NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: [DOEWatch] NYT---CONTRADICTIONS SEEN IN REPORT ON POSSIBLE NUCLEAR-WASTE SITE

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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 21:10:53 EST
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Subject: [DOEWatch] NYT---CONTRADICTIONS SEEN IN REPORT ON POSSIBLE
NUCLEAR-WASTE SITE
>
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>CONTRADICTIONS SEEN IN REPORT ON POSSIBLE NUCLEAR-WASTE SITE
> New York Times
>December 16, 1998
>   by Matthew L. Wald
>
>WASHINGTON -- After 15 years and $6 billion of research, the Energy
>Department plans to release this week its first detailed analysis of whether
>Yucca Mountain, in the Nevada desert, is a good place to bury nuclear waste
>for what amounts to eternity. 
>The report is expected to say there is no reason to stop investigating
>Yucca Mountain, near Las Vegas, as the site for storing thousands of tons of
>long-lived radioactive waste from the production of electricity and nuclear
>weapons. But according to people who have been briefed on the assessment,
>and public comments by agencies advising the Energy Department, several
>contradictory points are contained within its thousands of pages 
>First, water has been found to move through the desert mountain faster
>than many proponents of the site had hoped, posing the possibility that
>nuclear contamination could be carried relatively quickly into the
>groundwater under the mountain and then beyond the boundaries of the waste
>repository. 
>Because the mountain alone will not be able to contain the waste without
>some help from man, if then, engineering details such as how the wastes are
>packaged and how the storage tunnels are laid out will be crucial, the
>assessment states. 
>But the report's supporting documents also predict that the peak period
>of radioactive releases from the waste will be so far in the future --
>200,000 years or more -- that man-made features, like corrosion-resistant
>canisters, will not be reliable. 
>Officials at the Energy Department, which was supposed to have begun
>accepting reactor waste in February, say the report, known as a viability
>assessment, merely lays out a path for further research before 2001, when
>the department is supposed to make a recommendation on the site to the
>president. 
>Department officials and nuclear-power executives say the assessment is
>a step toward the department being able to recommend the site, even if the
>rock is not as impermeable as once believed. 
> But other experts, including independent reviewers brought in by the
>department, say that making any predictions about the site will be extremely
>difficult if the Environmental Protection Agency, which must eventually
>establish the criteria for it, decides that it must perform well hundreds of
>thousands of years from now. Two thousand centuries from now, they say,
>Yucca Mountain, now one of the driest and most remote places in the United
>States, may no longer be desert. 

>Energy Secretary William Richardson said in a telephone interview that
>predictions would be stated in probabilities. "That's all one can offer," he
>said. "I don't think in science one can offer certainty." 
> The assessment runs five volumes; thousands of supporting documents
>have already been made public. Many are available at
>http://www.ymp.gov/va.htm. 
> The nuclear industry, which is eager for the government to take spent
>reactor fuel off its hands, is asserting that the assessment shows there are
>no "show-stoppers" that would nullify Congress' instructions to the Energy
>Department to investigate Yucca Mountain. 
> Theodore Garrish, an expert on waste at the Nuclear Energy Institute,
>the industry's trade association, said study of the mountain was going
>through "a natural progression" into man-made aspects of the project. 
> "They're saying what kind of engineering needs to be put into this site
>to make this thing work," Garrish said. "This is a combination of geology
>and man-made barriers and engineering." 
> Garrish also said that the work thus far is sufficient to lay to rest
>some concerns -- for example, that a volcano or an earthquake would disturb
>the site. 
> But outside scientists have raised many questions about the research.
>Many of these scientists are not hostile to the idea of burying the wastes
>at Yucca, but say that evaluation of the 15 years of research points to many
>unanswered questions. 
> Recent reviews by outside scientists found that not enough is known
>about how water, the main vector in spreading the wastes, will flow through
>the mountain in coming millennia, when rainfall may be triple the mountain's
>current six inches a year. The time scale is so long that it probably
>includes climactic changes including ice ages. 
>"Greenhouse gas warming is a little blip on the screen, compared to
>longer-term changes we're going to see here," said another independent
>scientist who has seen the stat

NATIVE_NEWS: M O J O U R N A L:Historian Zinn blasts bombing / Alternative news of attack

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>Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 20:30:27 -0800 (PST)
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Zinn blasts bombing / Alternative news of attack
>   M O J O U R N A L
>   News from the MoJo Wire and Mother Jones magazine
>   December 16, 1998
>  http://www.motherjones.com/
>
>S P E C I A L  C O V E R A G E  ___
>Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Precedence: bulk
>Reply-To: MoJournal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>As a reader service, and because Clinton doesn't bomb foreign countries  
>*all* that often, we've decided to immediately send out the MoJo Wire's  
>take on today's events. Included in this e-mail:
>
>* Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, calls  
>the bombing "just another lie"
>
>* Total Coverage: Where to find voices on the attack other than the big  
>networks and papers
>
>
>IRAQ BOMBING "ANOTHER LIE," SAYS HISTORIAN ZINN
>
>[Immediately after President Clinton announced the bombing of Iraq 
>today,  we called Boston University historian HOWARD ZINN and asked for 
>his take.  After a few minutes, he e-mailed this forceful accusation:]
>
>President Clinton has just told another lie, this time not about the  
>relatively trivial matter of his sexual activities, but about matters of  
>life and death. In explaining his decision to bomb Baghdad, he said that  
>other nations besides Iraq have weapons of mass destruction, but Iraq  
>alone has used them.
>
>He could only say this to a population deprived of history. The United  
>States has supplied Turkey, Israel, and Indonesia with such weapons and  
>they have used them against civilian populations. But the nation most  
>guilty is our own. No nation in the world possesses greater weapons of  
>mass destruction than we do, and none has used them more often, or with  
>greater loss of civilian life. In Hiroshima hundreds of thousands died,  
>in Korea and Vietnam millions died as a result of our use of such weapons.
>
>Our economic sanctions are also weapons of mass destruction, having  
>resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children. 
>Saddam  Hussein may well have weapons of mass destruction, he may indeed 
>be  inclined to use them, but only the United States is actually using 
>them,  and at this very moment, people are dying in Iraq as a result.
>
>However evil Saddam Hussein is, whatever potential danger he may  
>represent, he is not, as the president said tonight (telling another 
>lie)  a "clear and present danger" to the peace of the world. We are. 
>And, as  the president said, if there is a clear and present danger we 
>must act  against it. It is a time for protest.
>
>We are living in times of madness, when men in suits and ties, and yes, 
>a  woman secretary of state, can solemnly defend the use, in the present, 
>of  indiscriminate violence-they do not know what they are 
>bombing!-against a  tyrant who may use violence, in the future. The 
>phrase "clear and present danger" has therefore lost its meaning. The 

>phrase "weapons of mass  destruction" too has lost its meaning when a 
>nation which possesses more  such weapons, and has used them more often, 
>than any other, uses those  words to justify the killing of civilians "to 
>send a message." We who are  offended by this should send our own message 
>to our demented leaders.
>
>Howard Zinn is professor emeritus of history at Boston University, and  
>author of _A People's History of the United States_.
>
>
>PLUS:
>TOTAL COVERAGE: IRAQ BOMBING
>
>For breaking news and voices on the bombing of Iraq, other than the ones  
>you'll hear blathering away on TV tonight, the MoJo  Wire has just  
>compiled this list of the best sites to supplement your  coverage of the 
>attack:
>
>INTERNATIONAL
>
>http://www.iraq.net/
>IraqNet's News Center seems to be the unofficial site for all things 
>Iraqi. Most importantly, it has a discussion forum where expatriate  
>Iraqis are already discussing the air strikes.
>
>http://www.opinion-pages.org/international.htm
>The "International Op/Ed Pages" offer just that -- a comprehensive list  
>of editorials from papers around the globe. Nothing about the bombings  
>yet. But this will be the place to check out world opinion tomorrow.
>
>http://www.arabia.com/
>Arabia On-Line's coverage includes breaking stories, though they're  
>mostly culled from wire services. It also has an "Arab Forum" you can  
>sign into to discuss the air strikes, though you have to register first.  
>Hopefully the site will have more regional-based reporting in the next  
>few days. 
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>The BBC Online carries information on the strikes from the British point  
>of view -- which is very similar to the U.S. point of view, as Britain 
>is  the other country bombing Iraq along with the U.S.
>
>
>ALTERNATIVE VIEWS
>
>http://www.commondreams.org/
>"NewsCenter," a project of Common Dreams, is the Ya

NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Free Leonard Peltier! Global Peace Now!

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Reply-To: "David Crockett Williams" 
From: "David Crockett Williams" 
To: "Leonard Peltier Defense Committee" 
Cc: "Ralph Cole" , 
"Yamato - SF- GlobalPeaceZone" 
Subject: Free Leonard Peltier! Global Peace Now! 
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:17:20 -0800 
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 

The following Message from Leonard Peltier, in support of the prayer for
"Global Peace Now!" as a universal human resolve, is especially timely
today in light of the war begun again today by the United States in the
Middle East, even though it was offered for and carried by the United
Nations 50th anniversary memorial Global Peace Walk in 1995 from New York
to San Francisco.  This message was hand delivered, along with many more
from other spiritual and religious leaders, politicians and community
leaders, to the President of the UN General Assembly on October 26, 1995,
by the Global Peace Walk initiator Rev. Yusen Yamato, during a UN NGO
conference on nuclear abolition.  It is offered here for local supporters
to copy and give to participants and media at the Saturday, December 19,
1998, nationwide demonstrations for the FREEDOM  OF  LEONARD  PELTIER.   It
is our position that in addition to being an unjustly incarcerated
political prisoner, Leonard Peltier is a leading Indigenous American
Spiritual Leader whose duties and responsibilities for the benefit of all
life on Earth compel his immediate release for the genuine cause of Global
Peace Now!   We need him out of jail so he can take part in the great
prayers of the ongoing Global Peace Walk, in 1999, and in the year 2000
when Peace Walkers will cover the route from San Francisco to Washington,
DC, to New York for the 55th anniversary of the United Nations in order to
unite all people of peace in a Spiritually United Nation.   In this time of
transition from a warlike society to a peaceful society we need the
spiritual leadership of Leonard Peltier out in the society and it is
especially fitting that the President grant him clemency as we approach the
mid-point of the United Nations designated International Decade of the
World's Indigenous Peoples (1995-2004).

 
LEONARD  PELTIER  DEFENSE  COMMITTEE
CRAZY  HORSE  SPIRIT,  INC.
PO BOX 583   LAWRENCE, KS 66044
(913) 842-5774 FAX  (913) 842-5796
 
Statement of Leonard Peltier, April 23rd, 1995
for Global Peace Walk
 
Greetings My Sisters and Brothers,
 
  I send you my love and support from behind these prison walls!  You
are in my heart for the sacrifice you endure in helping to make our Earth
Mother a place of peace and harmony.  As we approach the anniversary of the
United Nations and as we close in on the next century it is of vital
importance that the message of peace be made clear.
 
  It pains me to witness violence against our international neighbors
as well as against ourselves.  Planting bombs in buildings is as great an
atrocity as arming and training overseas death squads.  Constructing
nuclear arsenals is as devastating as saying and doing nothing to stop
their production.

 
  The Peace Walk and Global Unity Events are an example to all of us.
You represent the importance of reconciliation and unity.  By the action
you have taken, the letters collected, people educated, and resolutions
gathered, you demonstrate to people around the world the significance and
impact a group of compassionate individuals can summon in an effort to
better the planet for all of its inhabitants.
 
 Global Peace Now is critical to the survival of the human race.
Collectively, we have been apathetic to the state of our neighbors and the
deteriorating condition of our Earth Mother for too long.  Global Peace Now
is not just an invitation, it is a great cry for us to open our eyes and
ears, to use our heads and hands and create the kinds of change that will
save the planet and all who live and breathe upon Her.
 
  I wish that I could join you.  I wish that I could be with you, to
help out and offer my assistance in any way I could in this beautiful
effort toward peace.  I pray that soon we can be together so that I may
embrace you for the sacrifice you make, your blistered feet and hungry
bellies.  Know that although I am still in prison, my heart is there within
reach of every one of you.
 
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse,
 
Leonard Peltier
 
(dictated over the phone to Lisa Faruolo 4/23/95)
 
==
 
Let us all work to fulfill his wish to join us in walking for Global Peace
Now!   Rev. Yamato will be taking part in and offering his prayers at the
San Francisco demonstration this Saturday.  He is a buddhist monk and zen
shiatzu meditation practitoner whose people took part in and supported The
Longest Walk in 1978.  Yamato was the coordinator for the Long Walk for
Survival in 1980 and one of his elders, the late most venerable Nichidatsu
Fujii (whom Mahatma Gandhi called his teacher) left 

NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Judge Vigil to be sworn in tomorrow

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Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 08:56:23 -0700 
From: "Lisa A. Nelmida" 
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Organization: National Indian Telecommunications Institute 
X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) 
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Subject: Judge Vigil to be sworn in tomorrow 
X-Comment: Nevada Indian Environmental Coalition 

Carol Vigil's swearing-in ceremony will take place Friday December 18, 
1998 at 4 PM at the Santa Fe Indian School. Judge Vigil is the first 
American Indian State Court Judge. Her background can be found in the 
article below. 

Enjoy! 

Lisa 

http://www.sfnewmexican.com/news/news_june/jun03_disjudge.html 

Lisa A. Nelmida 
Development Coordinator 
National Indian Telecommunications Institute 
110 N. Guadalupe St., Suite 9 
Santa Fe, NM 87501 
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Voice: 505.986.3872 
FAX: 505.989.4271 
Web: www.niti.org 


  

'Flabbergasted' Vigil beats Pfeffer in judge race

By BEN NEARY
The New Mexican
Carol Vigil, pulling heavily from Rio Arriba County voters, has apparently
defeated incumbent District Judge Steve Pfeffer to win the Democratic Party
nomination in the First Judicial District Court judgeship race.
With some 800 votes still unaccounted for in Rio Arriba due to computer
failure
and other difficulties, by midnight Tuesday the returns gave Vigil 13,558
votes
to 12,489 for Pfeffer. There is no Republican opposition in November.
If the final figures show Vigil as the primary winner and she goes on to
win in
November, she will be the first American Indian district court judge in the
state. In 1979, she was the first American Indian woman admitted to the state
bar.
"I'm totally flabbergasted, and I'm not going to believe it until I get some
kind of written confirmation," Vigil said late Tuesday. "What an awesome
responsibility, not just an honor, but an awesome responsibility.
"And I'm not going to let anyone down," Vigil said. "People need to understand
that I will be a district court judge, and I will be continuing the kind of
decision making that I have been."
Vigil, 50, has served as domestic violence hearing officer in the district
court and has served in various tribal courts around the state. She has been
recommended by the state judicial selection commission as a qualified
candidate
for the last four district judge vacancies but state governors have selected
other candidates each time.
Vigil, a graduate of the University of New Mexico and the National Judicial
College, said she will be happy to preside over whatever sort of cases are
assigned to her by the chief judge. She said she's experienced in criminal,
civil and family law.
"Hopefully, I will be able to do a little more advocacy between the courts and
the people up north," Vigil said. "It's something that I've been wanted to do
for a very long time is to have a part-time court.
Pfeffer, who had been in private practice in New Mexico, had received high
marks from lawyers for his work as a judge since his appointment to the bench
by Gov. Gary Johnson early last year.
"I don't know that I have much reaction right now, it's a little late,"
Pfeffer
said at midnight. "I think I'll sleep on it and see what my reaction is in the
morning." Pfeffer, also age 50, graduated from the University of Denver Law
School.


Published in The New Mexican on 06/03/1998 

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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Re: $10 million to study racism

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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Organization: The University of Michigan - Flint
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:46:45 EDT
>Subject: Re: $10 million to study racism
>X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.53/R1)
>
>
>From The Flint Journal (Friday, February 5, 1999)
>
>Clinton proposes $10 million to study bigotry
>Associated Press
>
>President Clinton wants to examine how bigotry affects people through a 
>$10-million resesarch program that will study anecdotal reports of racism
and 
>come up with a way to measure the impact of racial bias in everyday life.
>
>As part of his fiscal 2 budget, Clinton proposed that the money go to 
>various federal agencies that collect or use populationd ata, from the
Justice 
>Department to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The goal is to convert
anecdotes 
>into a set of facts that can help calculate how racism affects people when
they 
>seek jobs, housing, insurance, medical care, and other services.
>
>"We need to start with a better understanding of the facts," said Harvard 
>University lawa professor christopher Edley, who is advising Clinton as he 
>drafts a report on race in America.  "Too many people mistakenly think that 
>discrimination is over."
>
>Initially, the agencies would look to measure straightforward
discrimination, 
>then expand into hard-to-measure forms.  For example, the Department of
Housing 
>and Urban Development would try to assess discrimination in rental housing, 
>then expand into looking at whether property insurers avoid writing
policies on 
>the basis of race or residence in low-income areas.
>
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NATIVE_NEWS: The Cracked Pot

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via [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Cracked Pot
A water bearer had two large pots, one hung on each end of a pole which
> he carried across his neck.  One of the pots had a crack in it, and while
> the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at
the
> end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked
> pot always arrived only half full.  For  two years this went on daily, with
> the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his master's
> house.  Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments,
> fulfilled in the design for which it was made.  But the poor cracked pot
> was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was unable to
> accomplish what it had been made to do.
> 
> After two years of enduring this bitter shame, the pot spoke to the water
> bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself and I apologize to
> you."
> 
> "Why?" asked the bearer.  "What are you ashamed of?"
> 
> "I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load
> because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back
> to your master's house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this
> work, and you don't get full value from your efforts," the pot said.
> 
> The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his
> compassion he said, "As we return to the master's house, I want you to
notice the
> beautiful flowers along the path."
> 
> Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the
> sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and was
> cheered somewhat.  But at the end of the trail, it still felt the old
> shame because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the Pot
apologized
> to the bearer for its failure.
> 
> The bearer said to the pot, "Did you not notice that there were flowers
> only on your side of the path, and not on the other pot's side? That's
> because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. 
> I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we've
> walked back from the stream, you've watered them.  For two years I have
> been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table.
> Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to
> grace his house."
> 
> Each of us has flaws.  We're all cracked pots.  But if we will allow Him,
> the Lord will use our flaws to grace His Father's table.  In God's great
> economy, nothing goes to waste.  Don't be afraid of your flaws.
> Acknowledge them, and you, too, can bring something beautiful to the
> Father.
> 
> ~~author unknown
> 

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NATIVE_NEWS: En;NAP,Coca Eradication a Hoax? Feb 7

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Although the specifics of this article belong to other areas of Latin
America, the implications of the drug-war/counterinsurgency project is
pertinent to the military operations in Chiapas. Pat

This message is forwarded to you as a service of Zapatistas Online.

--- Forwarded Message Follows ---
Date:  Sun, 07 Feb 1999 17:46:19 -0500
To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
From:  Paul Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject:   Coca Eradication is a Hoax




1998 coca production figures, according to 
a recent report by General Barry McCaffrey:

Bolivia   96500 acres

Peru 129500 acres

Colombia 20 acres


US Funding for Coca Eradication, 1999

Bolivia  $17M   

Peru   $0

Colombia$289M


Estimates for just the demilitarized zone 
in Colombia:

Uribe  2000 acres
La Macarena8000 acres
Mesetas1050 acres
Vistahermosa   2375 acres
San Vicente del Caguan12500 acres

Total Demilitarized Zone 25,925 acres


The demilitarized zone only contains about 
13 % of the Colombian coca.

The US coca eradication aid to Colombia is 
specified to be in the form of helicopters, 
gatling guns for helicopters, and bases in 
the DMZ.  The US is involved in a war in 
Colombia which is not about drugs.

I believe that the strategy is to eradicate
the guerilla insurgency.


Sources:

For McCaffrey's figures: Wash. Post 1/7/99

US Eradication Aid: Omnibus Appropriations 
Bill, and NY Times 12/1/98

Source for DMZ breakdown: Semana - "Cual 
Despeje" 9/28/98 - http://www.semana.com/
users/semana/semana98/sep28/nacion3.html




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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: En;M.Lemaitre,Rand's Report on Netwars,Feb 8

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>Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 08:44:20 -0600 (CST)
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiapas95-english)
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: En;M.Lemaitre,Rand's Report on Netwars,Feb 8
>
>This on-line book, outlined below, is available at the internet
>address below.   Pat
>
>This message is forwarded to you as a service of Zapatistas Online.
>
>
>http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR994/MR994.pdf/
>
>
>
>MR-994-A
>
>Copyright CR 1998 RAND
>
>Contents Preface
> Figures
> Tables
> Summary   
>Acknowledgments
>
> Chapter One: An Insurgency Becomes a Social Netwar
>
> Chapter Two: The Advent of Netwar:  Analytic Background
>
> Definition of Netwar
> Networks vs. Hierarchies:  Challenges for Counternetwar
> Varieties of Netwar
> Mexico--Scene of Multiple Netwars
> Chapter Three: Emergence of the Zapatista Netwar
>
> Three Layers to the Zapatista Movement
> The Indigenas: Growing Desperation and Politicization
> The EZLN:  Mixture of Vertical and Horizontal Designs
> Activist NGOs:  Global, Regional, and Local Networks
> On the Eve of War
> Chapter Four: Mobilization for Conflict
>
>
> The EZLN in Combat--A "War of the Flea"
> Transnational NGO Mobilization--A "War of the Swarm"
> Chapter Five: Transformation of the Conflict
>
> Zapatista Emphasis on "Information Operations"
> Attenuation and Restructuring of Combat Operations
> Government Efforts at Counternetwar   
>Chapter Six: The Netwar Simmers--and Diffuses
>
> Situational Standoff
>> From the EZLN to the EPR--Diffusion In Mexico
> The Zapatista Netwar Goes Global
> Assessments of the EZLN/ Zapatista Movement
> Actors to Watch:  The Military and the NGOs
> Basic Implication for U.S. Military Policy:  "Guarded Openness"   
>Chapter Seven: Beyond Mexico
>
>
> Toward a Demography of Social Netwar
> Evolution of Organization, Doctrine, and Strategy
> Favorable Conditions for Social Netwar
> Challenges to Authoritarian Systems   
>Implications for the U.S. Army and Military Strategy
> Concluding Comment
> Appendix
> A.Chronology of the Zapatista Social Netwar (1994-1996)
> B.Rethinking Mexico's Stability and Transformability
>
> Bibliography
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> Copyright CR 1998 RAND
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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Subcritical nuke test "Clarinet" to be exploded 2/9/99

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 07:10:44 -0800 
From: Shundahai Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Subject: Subcritical nuke test "Clarinet" to be exploded 2/9/99 
X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) 
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Good Morning Friends, 

We have just received word that the Department of Energy plans to explode
its sixth subcritical nuclear weapons test "Clarinet" at the Nevada Test
Site on Tuesday, February 9, 1999. 

"Clarinet" is a Lawrence Livermore test. The DOE says it consists of 3
packages containing 145 grams of chemical explosives and 170 grams of
plutonium. (We do not know if each package would contain this amount or if
this is the total amount of explosives and plutonium involved. If any one
has more information we would appreciate it. 

We are having a meeting today to figure out what our response can be. We
will let you know what we plan. 

Thanks for being out there and doing the good work that you all do! 

Peace, Reinard 


><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< 

SHUNDAHAI NETWORK 
"Peace and Harmony with all Creation" 
5007 Elmhurst St., Las Vegas, NV 89108-1304  
Phone:(702)647-3095 (FAX)647-9385  

Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
http://www.shundahai.org 

Shundahai Network is proud to be part of: 

Healing Global Wounds Alliance, a multi-cultural alliance to 
foster sustainable living and break the nuclear chain; and 

Abolition 2000: A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons 

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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: [buffalo-rescue] Sit-in sites are active

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>X-URL: http://www.egroups.com/list/buffalo-rescue/
>X-Mailing-List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:09:45 -0600
>From: "J.D.K.Chipps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (Win98; I)
>To: Buffalo Rescue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [buffalo-rescue] Sit-in sites are active
>
>Here are the sit-in sites:
>
>http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/jungle/1097
>http://www.geocities.com/athens/rhodes/3876
>http://www.geocities.com/broadway/wing/6318
>
>Just go to the site and read the instructions, when you get
>to the bottom, click "Begin Flooding" and the program will
>start automagically.  (It takes a little time to get
>started, so be patient)
>
>Tip of the day:
>
>After starting one browser, you can go to "File" and open a
>new Navigator Page, and access another sit-in site, and then
>same way for the third site.
>
>It appears as though Montana has been able to disable the
>first site.  (I can't get it to work from here)  Let me know
>if it works/doesn't work for you)
>
>Thanks
>
>p.s. you can tell if the sit-in is working by whether or not
>the target page loads OK, or not.
>
>If we are successful in shuting it down, it should either
>load really slow, or not at all.  As long as it is loading
>OK, then there isn't enough demand being made on the page to
>stop it.  Which means we need more people trying to access
>the page.  (Use the sit-in site atomatic program)
>
>
>"I can't believe the charges show up 24 hours after I shop on
>the Internet with my NEW NextCard Visa" - Reason to Apply #24
>Learn more at: http://offers.egroups.com/click/203/2
>
>eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/buffalo-rescue
>Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: ENVIRO BRIEFS FEB 8, 1999

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

February 8, 1999
On the web at: http://www.envirolink.org/environews/
Environmental Headlines from Around the Internet:

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING NEWS STORIES MAY BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB
ADDRESS:  http://www.envirolink.org/environews

Report criticizes vinyl in toys -- The sweet, smiling faces of some popular
toys could contain a hidden chemical hazard, the environmental activist
group Greenpeace warned Friday. Many manufacturers continue to use a common
vinyl additive despite fears that it could seep into children's mouths when
they chew or suck on toys, according to Greenpeace.

Ivory Coast rain forests dwindling -- Forestry agents burned down his
village and chased his family and neighbors from the protected forest where
they had carved out a new home. But Sep Djekoule just came back and
rebuilt. "I have 10 children, and we must eat," he said. "There is no way
they can keep me away from my livelihood." Throughout the dwindling
tropical rain forests of Ivory Coast, thousands of illegal hunters, loggers
and small farmers like Djekoule are waging a bitter struggle against
environmentalists and armed government officers. Conservationists warn the
remaining forests, still the largest in West Africa, are in danger of
disappearing all together, wreaking long-term damage on the region's
tropical ecosystems and weather patterns.

China Promises Better Environment -- Beijing will fight smog by scrapping
old cars and tearing down ramshackle housing mainly rented to migrant
workers, top city officials said today.

Zero-Emissions Automobile a Dream Machine Driven by Air -- It sounds too
good to be true, but that hasn't stopped a handful of engineers from trying
to produce a car that runs, quite literally, on air. That would be a true
zero-emissions vehicle. Here's the idea: Compressed air fed into an
expander (much as in the old steam engine) would drive a shaft that turns
the wheels, and the only byproduct would be very cold air. That cold
exhaust could also provide air-conditioning.

Dupont won't mine swamp titanium -- The DuPont Co. agreed to accept tens of
millions of dollars Friday to abandon plans to mine titanium in the piney
woods along the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp. The roughly $90 million plan,
worked out with environmentalists and other interests, also prevents anyone
else from ever mining there. Dupont would get the largest single share of
the $90 million. Much of the rest of the money would go to area
municipalities to make up for the tax revenue they would have received from
the mining project. The price tag drew criticism from Interior Secretary
Bruce Babbitt, who said it was inflated and unfair to taxpayers. Officials
must still figure out where the money will come from.

Former mine hunting dolphin dies -- A 20-year-old dolphin trained to hunt
mines, sniff out enemy swimmers and retrieve torpedoes for the Navy has
died of a stomach infection. Jake, a bottlenose dolphin the Navy donated to
a Florida sanctuary and then retrieved after an illegal release, died
Wednesday during emergency surgery. Jake and two other military trained
bottlenose dolphins were retired and donated to a dolphin sanctuary in the

Florida Keys in late 1994. They were among 20 animals offered to marine
parks and aquariums after the Navy reduced its marine mammal programs.
However, Jake and another dolphin were returned to Navy pens at Point Loma
in 1996 after the animals were illegally released and were later found
offshore, undernourished and dehydrated.

Thailand issues new cock-fight rules -- Bloody and battered, the Thai
fighter from the red corner lost courage, turned from his opponent and flew
out of the ring. Behind until then, the Vietnamese winner from the blue
corner was awarded a TKO and crowed victory - literally. They were among 26
fighting cocks from 11 countries pitted against each other Sunday under a
new set of rules the Thai organizers hope will promote a more humane style
of the popular - if much-criticized - blood sport. Losers will now be
allowed to fight another day, rather than finish in a pot. The rules were
drafted by the Thai Native Chicken Conservation and Development Association
for what was billed as the First International Amateur Cockfighting
Competition.

UN sees severe water shortage -- A severe water shortage could have
"catastrophic consequences" in some developing countries unless global
solutions are found soon, the U.N. weather agency said Friday. Almost 1
billion people could be living in countries with moderate to severe water
shortages caused by climate change, contamination and population growth by
the year 2025, according to the World Meteorological Organization. That
could double again by 2050. Although developing countries make up most of
those with severe water shortages, potential problem areas in the future
include the west coast of the U.S. More than 150 experts from around the
world will hold a U.N.-sponsored meeting in Geneva next w

NATIVE_NEWS: Atmosphere's ability to cleanse itself studied

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

also via Martha

Atmosphere's ability to cleanse itself studied
Monday, February 8, 1999 
Some of the measurements used in the experiment are being made at the 
Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in Tasmania. A team of 
Australian and British scientists is spending the summer down under 
studying the self-cleansing ability of the atmosphere as part of an 
international project called the Southern Ocean Atmospheric 
Photochemistry Experiment. 

The atmosphere contains naturally occurring chemicals called hydroxl 
radicals that react with, and destroy, a range of pollutants and natural 
compounds. Some scientists think that hydroxyl levels may be changing 
and thus increasing concentrations of ozone gas in the lower atmosphere. 


Ozone near the ground is both a greenhouse gas and an irritant that 
attacks the throat and lungs and irritates the eyes. 

"A change in ozone and hydroxyl radical concentrations in the lower 
atmosphere would certainly affect stability of the world's climate," 
said Professor Stuart Penkett, from the School of Environmental Sciences 
at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. 

The experiment is giving the scientists a present-day baseline in the 
cleanest air present in the atmosphere against which they can check 
future changes, said Penkett. 

The Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry Experiment is taking place 
now because sunlight is most intense at this time of the year. The sun's 
energy plays a vital role in driving many of the chemical reactions in 
the atmosphere. 

The Experiment involves measurements from the Cape Grim Baseline Air 
Pollution Station in Tasmania, from research aircraft and from the 
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization's research 
vessel the Southern Surveyor. 

There will also be measurement flights by a small pilotless aircraft. 
The 'aerosonde' will fly as high as three kilometers, collecting data on 
atmospheric pressure, temperature, relative humidity and wind speed. 
These data will be used in conjunction with observations from the Cape 
Grim station of both atmospheric chemistry and meteorology. 

The Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry Experiment is part of a 
major international effort to understand more about the chemistry of our 
atmosphere and its impact on climate. 

Copyright 1999, Environmental News Network, All Rights Reserved



Related stories:
•Ozone find sends chemists back to the computer
•Air pollution cleanup could boost economy
•Australian climate researcher honored
•Aussies to study Indian Ocean's effect on climate


Related sites:
•CSIRO: Climate and Atmosphere

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NATIVE_NEWS: Thank Mike Dombeck : No Mining Claim Staking

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

From: "Wild Rockies Alerts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

FRIENDS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT
PO BOX 763
CHOTEAU, MONTANA 59422
(406) 466-2750

mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

February 1999

To:  All Friends of the Rocky Mountain Front

From:  Gene Sentz

Subject:  THANKS to USFS Chief Mike Dombeck

Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck has announced a two-year moratorium on
mining claim-staking in 429,000 acres of Montana’s magnificent Rocky
Mountain Front, while an environmental study is done to determine
whether to withdraw "the Front" from mineral entry for twenty years, the
maximum time administratively allowable.

Please take time to write a THANK-YOU note to Chief Dombeck.  His
proactive step toward a withdrawal is the very action we have urged for
two decades.  It deserves genuine gratitude.  If possible, also send
copies of your note to others listed, and consider writing a
letter-to-the-editor of your newspaper, praising Dombeck's action and
Baucus' support, and welcoming Sen. Burns and Rep. Hill to join us in
this effort.

Chief Mike Dombeck  Secretary Bruce Babbitt
US Forest Service   Dept of Interior
PO Box 960901849 C St NW  (Mail Stop 621B)
Washington, DC 20090-6090   Washington, DC 20240

Sen. Max Baucus Sen. Conrad Burns
U.S. Senate U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510-2602   Washington, DC 20510-2603

Rep. Rick Hill  Gov. Marc Racicot
US House of Representatives Capitol Station, Rm 204
Washington, DC 20515-2601   Helena, MT 59620-0801

Regnl Forester Dale BosworthSupervisor Rick Prausa
US Forest Service   Lewis & Clark National Forest
PO Box 7669 PO Box 869
Missoula, MT 59807  Great Falls, MT 59403


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NATIVE_NEWS: BOYCOTT:SAN BERNARDINO: Pow Wow News

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Organization: The University of Michigan - Flint
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:52:30 EDT
>Subject: Re:  Pow Wow News
>X-Confirm-Reading-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.53/R1)
>
>
>It is with a sad heart that the American Indian Movement of San
>Bernardino must request a boycott of the Pow-Wow at Cal State University
>San Bernardino,on the last weekend in February.  California State
>University at San Bernardino is being sued for racism against the Native
>American Elder. There is several incidences  of racism on the campus and
>there are racist material being introduced into the curriculum in
>classes so we are asking people to please boycott any Indian activities
>on this campus.  This campus no longer has an Indian club because the
>person who headed this club, myself, after filing a 20 million dollar
>lawsuit, was verbally attacked in the parking lot and it is no longer
>safe for me to have a club on-campus. We must stop the abuse of Native
>Americans in the school systems, the only way to stop it is to quit
>putting our money,  our time, and our efforts into the more abusive
>schools. When we have Pow-Wows and such on these campuses they benefit
>because they look "Indians friendly." please help and boycott San
>Bernardino University the last week end in February. Thank you,
>
>Pamelalee Bailey-Shimizu, Executive Director
>American Indian Movement
>San Bernardino Area.  Aho!!!
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: Working Group on the Permanent Forum

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 19:11:55 +0100
From: Elsbeth Vocat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Working Group on the Permanent Forum

From: doCip Geneva
 

http://www.docip.org

Working Group on the Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples

The open-ended inter-sessional ad hoc Working Group on the Permanent
Forum for Indigenous Peoples, which will take place in
Geneva from 15 to 19 February 1999, is organized by the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Resolution 1998/20.
 
 

Historical background

Agenda 21 of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit refers to a number of measures to
be taken by the UN organizations, other international
development and funding agencies and governments aimed at integrating
Indigenous Peoples' (IPs) values, concepts and
knowledge into policies and programmes on issues such as resource
management (A/CONF.151/26/Rev.1 (Vol. I)). The idea of
the establishment of a Permanent Forum (PF) for IPs in the UN system, as
contained in the Vienna Declaration and Programme
of Action (A/CONF.157/23), arose from the 1993 World Conference on Human
Rights and was subsequently discussed in the
1993 Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP). It has become a
regular WGIP agenda item since 1994, following
General Assembly (GA) resolution 48/163, in which the CHR was requested
to give 'priority consideration' to the establishment of
a PF for IPs, and CHR resolution 1994/26. In 1994, Ms Daes, Chairperson
of the WGIP, raised a number of issues to be
considered, such as the mandate, structure, participation, institutional
status and financing of activities of the PF
(E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/13).

In GA resolution 50/157, the establishment of the PF is considered a
major objective of the International Decade of the World's
IPs. Following CHR resolution 1995/30, the first UN Workshop for the
Consideration of a Permanent Forum for IPs, hosted by
the government of Denmark, was held in Copenhagen from 26 to 28 June
1995 (Report of the Copenhagen workshop,
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/7. Also see Working Documents by Ms Daes, expert
and Chairperson of WGIP, and Rodolfo
Stavenhagen, Colegio de Mxico, E/CN.4/Sub.2/ AC.4/1995/7/Add.2, as well
as Update 11/12). The Secretary-General was
asked to report on the existing UN mechanisms concerning IPs. The second
workshop hosted by the government of Chile took
 place in Santiago de Chile from 30 June to 2 July 1997 (Report of the
Santiago workshop, E/CN.4/1998/11; Denmark, Grand
Council of the Crees, Saami Council, Temuco Declaration (Add. 1); Ms
Daes (Add. 2); Denmark, Ukupseni Declaration (Add.
3)). It concurred with the Secretary General's report emphasizing the
fact that virtually no mechanisms in the UN give IPs
decision-making opportunity (Review of the existing mechanisms,
procedures and programmes within the UN concerning
indigenous people, A/51/493). Both workshops were attended by IPs'
organizations, states, relevant UN and non-UN institutions
and individuals, whose views on a number of issues discussed are
reflected below (This paper only considers the outcome of these
two workshops, as the positions expressed by IPs and governments in the
WGIP sessions have been regularly reported in
Update).

 
 
 

Scope and mandate

At the Copenhagen Workshop, it was suggested that the PF should consider
issues relating to IPs' ethnic, cultural and social
survival. Some governments pointed out the necessity of a clear
definition of 'indigenous people' -'scope' meaning 'definition'-,
while other participants, such as the Saami Council (SC), considered
that it was not a prerequisite to the establishment of a PF.
The issue of 'peoples' vs 'people' was raised, as some participants
stated that the term 'peoples' implies a right to
self-determination and sovereignty over natural resources, a discussion
which was taken up again at the Santiago Workshop. The
overall goal of the PF should be the promotion of peace and prosperity.
The PF should deal with all issues affecting IPs, including,
guidance and advice, and dissemination of information. The mandate of
the Trusteeship Council could be changed to include IPs'
issues. That body could possibly serve as the PF.

The IPs presented a statement which includes the following points: the
PF should (a) make decisions and intervene effectively on
an urgent basis; (b) coordinate action for the resolution of conflicts;
(c) monitor the implementation and the effectiveness of
international and regional instruments and programmes, and of actions of
UN bodies and member states; (d) be a high-level and
public forum dealing with issues such as development, the environment,
culture, education, economics, social issues, intellectual
property and trade; (e) eliminate racism and discrimination; (f) promote
understanding of all peoples.

The Santiago Workshop pointed out that the PF mandate would be linked to
its level within the UN sys

NATIVE_NEWS: impoundment contacts

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:52:50 -0800
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Robert Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: impoundment contacts
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

>From BIGMTLIST

To see how the impounded livestock are mistreated, see the photos and vet
reports on my web page at

http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/pagea~1.htm.  The following just
received with contact persons' phone numbers.

Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 11:21:05 -0700 (MST)
From: Andrew Vernon Bessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Contact the BIA
To: bob dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Get involved and help stop eminent impoundments of Dine' livestock. The
BIA is serious and they need to know that the public knows how they are
spending our tax dollars. Although they claim this is for the good of the
land (there are problems with the lands, but this is a "final solution"),
this action is politically driven. So change it. Do something to help these
people. 

contact:

Fred Chavez BIA, Keams Canyon   520-738-2225, ext 223

Wanye Nordwall, BIA Phx 602-379-6605

Robert Carolin, BIA Phx 602-379-4511 *This guy has been around
a long time and knows everything. Most likely, he is taking orders from
Washington, so it may be worth it to get his superior's number and call
them. Don't think that your call will be worthless. Get their heart rates
going. Make them nervous. Make them feel the moral conflict that they most
surely rationalize out of themselves. Where is their human compassion? Why
is our government not impounding the livestock of White Ranchers who
deplete the resources of Federal land on a much larger scale? 

Kick butt and keep fighting. This is the last of America's great Indian
Wars. It is a war of slow attrition. It is immoral and demands our action. 

Andy



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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Thomas Benyacya passes on

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32)
>Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 11:56:09 -0800
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Robert Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Thomas Benyacya passes on
>
>From BIGMTLIST
>
>I will post more information about this later, but I wanted to get this
>information out to those of you who knew or knew of Thomas Benyacya.
>
>Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 11:30:32 -0600
>From: Elizabeth Stinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Organization: Grandmothers Basket
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Thomas Benyacya
>
>Dear Robert,
>Grace Yellow Hammer called me on Saturday to tell me that Thomas
>Benyacya had died in the morning.  He will be greatly missed.
>in peace,
>elizabeth
>
>
>You are on the BIGMTLIST, a moderated mailing list
>of Big Mountain relocation resistance information 
>(not discussion or debate). To unsubscribe, email
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the
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>and other activist internet resources, visit "The 
>Activist Page" at 
>
>http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/welcome.html
>Also, for great internet tools please visit:
>
>http://www.msw.com.au/cgi-bin/msw/entry?id=1271
>
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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Paris, France, Feb 6th, 1999 + last update on the E.P. resolution

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32)
>Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 21:54:52 +0100
>To: Leonard Peltier Defense Committee International Office <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: Celine - CSIA/LPSG-France <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Paris, France, Feb 6th, 1999 + last update on the E.P.
>  resolution
>
>Hi, Leonard, Gina, Keith, Bobby and everybody at the LPDC office,
>
>Here the report of the February 6th action in Paris and the last news
about the developments concerning the European Parliament resolution. It
sounds good 
>
>Sylvain
>
>--
>
>Paris - France
>Saturday, February 6th, 1999
>
>2:00 to 4:00 pm
>U.S. Embassy
>
>On February 6th, about 60 people gathered in front of the U.S. Embassy in
Paris demanding freedom for political prisoners Leonard Peltier and Mumia
Abu-Jamal. The demonstration was organized by the union CNT/AIT and the
Leonard Peltier Support Group - France. Members of Nitassinan CSIA/LPSG -
France, of the CNT/AIT, of the COSIMAPP (Mumia's Support Committee in
France), of the Anarchist Federation (FA), of the AADP (Americans Against
Death Penalty), etc, stayed, from 2pm to 4pm, under the rain, in front of
the main gate of the US Embassy, holding " Free Peltier ! " and " Save
Mumia ! " banners and posters. Corto Ravena, secretary for international
relations of the CNT/AIT spoke about the involvement of their union in
solidarity with Leonard and Mumia and all political prisoners fighting for
their social rights and against racism. Then the coordinator of the LPSG -
France spoke about Leonard's case and the mutual solidarity between the
campaigns to free Leonard and Mumia. The two statements written by Leonard
Peltier and by Mumia Abu-Jamal for February 6th were read to the people
attending. Then we urged everyone to go to the U.S. to attend the next
April 24th demonstration for Mumia in Philadelphia and the Leonard's
Conference next June in Kansas.
>
>The week prior this demonstration, the LPSG - France (along with the
organization KWIA) were lobbying the European Parliament (EP) to have a new
resolution on Leonard's case presented. The LPSG - France made and proposed
in coordination with the LPDC - Int'l Office, a draft resolution to several
EP members. Today (Monday 8th), I received the information from the
European Parliament that the resolution is registered and will be debated
next Thursday and presented to vote, next Friday. The resolution is on a
good way... Once again, I am calling the LPSGs in Europe to lobby the
Members of the European Parliament from their country before Wednesday to
inform them about Leonard's case, health situation and ask them to support
the resolution. You must contact them at the European Parliament office in
Strasbourg.
>
>Sylvain Duez-Alesandrini
>Nitassinan CSIA/LPSG - France & LPSG European Network
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: EarthWINS Daily #4.2

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EarthWINS Daily #4.2
2/8/99

Contents

1. WISCONSIN: Nashville Wisconsin Under Siege!
2. WISCONSIN: Calling All Surfers! Clean Water Action Council Launches Its
New Web Site
3. TENNESSEE: Save Our Cumberland Mountains
4. FWD: Campaign Finance Disaster

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1. Nashville Wisconsin Under Siege!

February 8, 1999
For Immediate Release

Please distribute widely

For information contact
Chuck Sleeter, Town Chairman of the Town of Nashville
Ph: 715-478-2524(W) 715-484-4501(H)
FAX: 715-478-2527
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

http://www.nashvillewiundersiege.com/index.html

David Takes on Goliath in Northeast Wisconsin

(Nashville, WI) The tiny Town of Nashville is standing its ground against
Nicolet Minerals Company, a subsidiary of the multinational, multibillion
dollar Rio Algom mining company. The company wants to build an underground
mine that would be partially within Nashville and extract approximately 55
million tons of ore over the next 30 years. Nashville is leading the fight
in trying to prevent that from happening.

The current members of the Nashville Town Board were elected in 1997 in an
election that had over 99% of its eligible voters participate. The previous
Town Board had entered into a Local Agreement with the mining company
following a series of meetings discussing that agreement that were closed
to the public.  The previous Town Board approved the agreement despite the
fact that at the public hearing for formal approval of it, the number of
citizens opposing the agreement ounumbered those in favor by a four-to-one
margin. Chuck Sleeter, Town Chairman, Duane Marshall and Robert Van Zile
won their positions on the Town Board in 1997 by pledging to open Town
government to the citizens, to undo the illegal Local Agreement and to
fight to prevent the mine from being built.

The Town is presently involved in major litigation relating to the closed
meetings held by the former Town Board. The current Town Board stood up for
the rights of its citizens by rescinding the Local Agreement that resulted
from all those closed meetings. The current town Board also rescinded a
lease that gave the mining company rights to any minerals under a Town road
because the lease was created illegally. As a result of those actions, the
Town also faces a real threat of more litigation because of a "Notice of
Claim" filed by Nicolet Minerals Company alleging that the Town's recisions
of those agreements were illegal. In direct correspondence to Nashville
citizens, Nicolet Minerals is implicitly threatening to bankrupt the Town
through litigation. In reality, the Town simply refused to honor illegal
contracts that would have given Nicolet Minerals a green light to construct
the mine.

The Nashville Town Board and a majority of its citizens are committed to
protecting the Town's environment and the health, safety and welfare of its
citizens by standing up to Nicolet Minerals and Rio Algom. The Town has
establised a legal defense fund to help cover the legal expenses necessary
to defend itself. The fund belongs to the Town, as a public entity, and it
will be

used only for the public purpose of defending the Town against this
litigation. Any contribution to it is considered a charitable contribution
and is therefore tax deductible. The Town encourages those concerned about
the environmental effects of such a huge mine at the headwaters of the Wolf
River, and those concerned about the destructive behavior of multinational
companies like Rio Algom, to give what they can afford to this fund to help
protect our state.

For more information on the status of the litigation the Town is involved
in and the need to protect the Town's and the state's environment and
natural resources, contact Chuck Sleeter, Town Chairman of the Town of
Nashville.

Nashville citizens have established a web site titled "Nashville Wisconsin
Under Siege!" at http://www.nashvillewiundersiege.com/index.html to help
raise money for the Town of Nashville Legal Defense Fund.

Tax-deductible contributions may be made to
Town of Nashville Legal Defense Fund
c/o Chuck Sleeter / Joanne Tacopina
P.O. Box 106
Pickerel, WI 54465

FAX: 715-478-2527

http://www.nashvillewiundersiege.com/index.html
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

For information about the web site contact Alice McCombs, 715-524-5998

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2. Calling All Surfers! Clean Water Action Council Launches Its New Web Site

For Immediate Release

February 2, 1999

Contact: Alice McCombs 715-524-5998, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Calling All Surfers!
Clean Water Action Council Launches Its New Web Site

(Green Bay, WI)  Fox Valley residents who want to learn more about clean-up
plans for the Fox River now have another source of information. Clean Water
A

NATIVE_NEWS: FS/BLM ORV EIS HEARINGS SCHEDULED

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From: Wild Rockies InfoNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FS/BLM ORV EIS HEARINGS SCHEDULED

The Forest Service and BLM have announced a series of February and March
meetings/hearings on its proposed Environmental Impact Statement to
limit the use of motorized vehicles to specifically designated areas,
roads and trails in Montana and the Dakotas.

President Jimmy Carter gave the agencies the authority to reverse the
prevalent "everything is open unless posted closed" policy to
"everything is closed unless posted open," via Executive Order 11989 in
1977.  Montana and the Dakotas would be among the last in the nation to
take this more common-sense approach to ORV management.

Montanans for Multiple Use has already flipped its lid over the proposal
and is mobilizing its members, making it sound as if the proposal will
close federal lands to ORVs altogether.  Oh, if only that were true!

Please mobilize your friends and members to attend one of the hearings
listed below and consider making some of the following comments:

1.  Limiting ORV use to areas, roads and trails posted "open" is an
improvement over the existing policy because it provides an incentive
for ORV riders to not tear down signs and provides easier and clearer
proof of legal violations for law enforcement efforts.  (The way it
stands now, ORV riders can tear a "closed" sign down and, when caught
riding in the closed area, claim that they saw no closure sign.)

2.  The new policy, however, does not go far enough to remedy a failed
experiment in allowing ORVs on public lands.  There should be no such
thing as motorized vehicles off-roads on public lands.  Motorized
vehicles should be allowed on open roads only and not allowed at all on
either closed roads, trails or public land "areas."  Insist that this be
an alternative in the EIS!

3.  While public land managers have long argued that terrain and
vegetation have naturally limited ORV use in "open" areas, they have at
the same time cast a blind eye to ORV enthusiasts illegally cutting and
blazing ORV trails through the very vegetation and terrain that was
supposed to prevent their use.  Insist that absolutely no "user-created"
trails be open to motorized use as it constitutes a reward to outlaws
and a wreckless invasion of wildlife habitat.

4.  The agencies are wrong to insist that the "issues involving
snowmobile access are different enough to warrant a separate analysis in
the future" rather than being included in the pending EIS.  It is a myth
that snowmobiles and snowmobilers are innocent angels floating about on
clouds of white snow, leaving no trace when springtime arrives.  Not
wanting to be limited by vegetation and terrain, they have resorted to
the same, heavy-handed, chainsaw-wielding cutting of illegal trails that
summertime ORV riders have and their play areas, trails and parking
areas are often strewn with trash when the snow melts.  The agencies are
already far behind in controlling powerful snowmobiles that are tromping
the daylights out of the mid- and high-elevation habitats of rare,
non-denning wildlife like lynx and wolverine.  They should delay no
further in prohibiting such snowmobile use


5.  Be sure to include your own experiences and horror stories of ORV
and snowmobile damage.

The hearings thus far announced are:

Feb. 22 - Kalispell at Cavanaugh's Outlaw Inn, 4-8pm

Feb. 25 - Lincoln at the Community Hall, 4-7pm

March 2 - Missoula at Ruby's Inn on Reserve, 3-7pm

March 2 - Libby at Kootenai NF Office, 6-9pm

March 3 - Trout Creek at FS Office, 6-9pm

March 4 - Eureka at FS Office, 6-9pm

March 9 - Hamilton at Presbyterian Church, 4-7pm

Written comments can be sent BY MARCH 31 to:

OHV Plan Amendment
Lewiston Field Office
PO Box 1160
Lewiston, MT  59457


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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: first reports on the February 6th protests to free Leonard Peltier

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>Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 17:48:57 -0600
>From: Leonard Peltier Defense Committee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: first reports on the February 6th protests to free Leonard
>  Peltier
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>REPORT ON THE FEBRUARY 6, 1999 ACTIONS
>You did a great job please keep it up!  We hope to see you this summer at
>the conference.  If you need newsletters or posters please let us know. 
>785-842-5774 
>
>
>PARIS, FRANCE
>Saturday, February 6th, 1999
>
>2:00 to 4:00 pm
>U.S. Embassy
>
>On February 6th, about 60 people gathered in front of the U.S. Embassy in
>Paris demanding freedom for political prisoners Leonard Peltier and Mumia
>Abu-Jamal. The demonstration was organized by the union CNT/AIT and the
>Leonard Peltier Support Group - France. Members of Nitassinan CSIA/LPSG -
>France, of the CNT/AIT, of the COSIMAPP (Mumia's Support Committee in
>France), of the Anarchist Federation (FA), of the AADP (Americans Against
>Death Penalty), etc, stayed, from 2pm to 4pm, under the rain, in front of
>the main gate of the US Embassy, holding " Free Peltier ! " and " Save
>Mumia ! " banners and posters. Corto Ravena, secretary for international
>relations of the CNT/AIT spoke about the involvement of their union in
>solidarity with Leonard and Mumia and all political prisoners fighting for
>their social rights and against racism. Then the coordinator of the LPSG -
>France spoke about Leonard's case and the mutual solidarity between the
>campaigns to free Leonard and Mumia. The two statements written by Leonard 
>
>The week prior this demonstration, the LPSG - France (along with the
>organization KWIA) were lobbying the European Parliament (EP) to have a new
>resolution on Leonard's case presented. The LPSG - France made and proposed
>in coordination with the LPDC - Int'l Office, a draft resolution to several
>EP members. Today (Monday 8th), I received the information from the
>European Parliament that the resolution is registered and will be debated
>next Thursday and presented to vote, next Friday. The resolution is on a
>good way... Once again, I am calling the LPSGs in Europe to lobby the
>Members of the European Parliament from their country before Wednesday to
>inform them about Leonard's case, health situation and ask them to support
>the resolution. You must contact them at the European Parliament office in
>Strasbourg.
>
>Sylvain Duez-Alesandrini
>Nitassinan CSIA/LPSG - France & LPSG European Network
>>
>PORTLAND, ME
>At an event organized by David "Spirit Bear" Walton approximately fifty
>people, attended to add their voices to ours. There was a drum there and
>the area echoed with Leonard's song. Many people stopped by to get more
>information and sign petitions, some even joined in the march around the
>square, We were also joined by supporters of Mumia. Press coverage was
>minimal, but spirits were high despite the cold all in all a good day.
>David Hendren
>Augusta/LPSG
>The Seventh Circle
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/7293/index.html
>
>SAN FRANCISCO, CA
>Greetings Friends,
>
>The gathering at the UN Plaza in San Francisco was a very moving one as
>they always seem to be there. This one was exceptional however.

>
>Of course many police were there which was to be expected. The energy and
>the love for Leonard was
>predominate. The speeches were wonderful and when Bobby Castillo spoke it
>was very powerful! We must never stop our fight.
>
>The attendance was large it was hard to say just how many were there as so
>many seemed to come and go. I would guess well over 150.
>
>The drumming was an inspiration and you could feel the Earth move. It was
>Beautiful even in the pouring rain. The rain was good as it gave us
>strength as it washed our Earth. I have much hope and know that all of
>us who are doing everything we can will succeed in seeing that our Brother
>Leonard will be taken to the Mayo Clinic for his medical treatment. We will
>not accept anything less. We will not stop fighting until he is treated
>medically and then we will continue to fight for his freedom!
>
>I would like to add that I have found very little on the news in our
>country about all that we have been doing but other countries are carrying
>it much more. However this really does not suprise me as this
>government knows how very wrong they are!
>
>Wishing you all much Peace and Love,
>In Solidarity
>
>Toksa ake,
>White Feather
>
>SAN DIEGO, CA
>Tim reports that 75 showed and that because it was such a busy location
>many people saw them.  One TV station showed up.  Many different groups
>attended.  It seems that the local support group is growing.  
>
>DENVER, CO
>Kathy Peltier reported that over 150 people showed and that the event went
>well.  The statements were read and the people who were there committed to
>working for Leonard's freedom.
>
>WASHINGTON DC 
>
>click on this webpage to see the protest
>http://www.sinkers.org/peltier_demo-feb99/index.html
>
>Washington

NATIVE_NEWS: [iktomi@hypertext.com] UTK campus Burial mound in path of road

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* From: iktomi  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



* From: Keith & Bomba Easter  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


http://www.knoxnews.com/archives/browserecent/02011999/archives/14665

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Burial mound in path of road
--

Ancient cemetery unlikely to stop parkway

February 1, 1998

By Jacques Billeaud, News-Sentinel staff writer

An Indian burial mound at the University of
Tennessee stands roughly in the path of a
proposed parkway that would link the university's
main and agriculture campuses.

But the mound, which preservationists are asking to
be protected, likely will not halt the parkway's
construction, said Luanne Grandinetti,
spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of
Transportation, which is planning the project.

"But you never know how these things are going to
work out," Grandinetti added.

The four-lane road and an 800-foot-long bridge to
both campuses -- now separated by a
manufacturing plant, railroad tracks and Third Creek
-- was criticized as a back-room political deal and a
waste of millions of dollars.

Opponents want a smaller link that wouldn't
increase traffic through the campuses.

Transportation officials say the four-lane parkway is
the best use of state money because it will address
long-range traffic needs.

The project will continue despite opposition to it,
university officials said.

With design plans still being drawn, it's not yet
known whether the parkway would skirt the Indian
mound or cut through it, Grandinetti said, adding
that it's too early to say whether the parkway's path
might be altered. "We will do all we can to address
this situation," she said.

Protection of the mound has been urged by the
university's historic preservation committee and by
the Cherokee Indians, who believe they are
descendants of the Indians buried in the mound.

"I am committed to the continued protection of our
ancestral burials and hope the University of
Tennessee will rethink any actions which would
lead to their destruction," Joyce Dugan, principal
chief for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians,
wrote to UT President Joe Johnson.

Johnson believes the mound, the only one on
campus, will be protected.

"I would certainly think that everybody would do
everything to preserve the Indian mound," said
Johnson, who is planning to pass Dugan's thoughts
along to the parkway's designers.

The mound, probably one of the few in East
Tennessee that hasn't been disturbed, should be
protected because it's a cemetery likely dating
back 1,000 years, said Charles H. Faulkner, an
anthropology professor on the university's historic
preservation committee.

But that's not to say that development hasn't closed
in on the mound, which is at the corner of Center
and Chapman drives.

"The two streets that go by the mound now are
close enough, and if that's expanded, it's going to
encroach further," Faulkner said.

While the mound is on the National Register of
Historic Places, that doesn't mean it's automatically
protected from being destroyed, said Betsey
Creekmore, chairwoman of the preservation
committee, which isn't recommending that the road

project be stopped.

"The committee feels this is a very important aspect
of the campus and it's important to our continuing
preservation of Native American artifacts and relics,"
said Creekmore, who is also the university's
associate vice chancellor for space and facilities.

John Nolt, a philosophy professor and spokesman
for Citizens for a Pedestrian-Friendly Campus,
wants the parkway scaled down.

If the parkway were reduced to two lanes, he said,
the mound would be protected, and he believes
much of the opposition would disappear.

Jacques Billeaud may be reached at 423-521-1833 or
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Monday, February 1, 1999

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NATIVE_NEWS: Hopi Chief Dan Evehema's Msg. to Mankind

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:
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:46:59 EST
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Hopi Chief Dan Evehema's Msg. to Mankind
Date:   2/6/99 2:56:47 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Subject:   Hopi Chief Dan Evehema's Msg. to Mankind

The following is from Techqua Ikachi at 

http://www.hinduismtoday.kauai.hi.us:80/ashram/Resources/Hopi/dan's_message.
html
Chief Dan Evehema's
Message to Mankind

I am very glad to have this time to send a message to you. We are
celebrating a time in our history which is both filled with joy and
sadness. I am very glad that our Hindu brothers have given us this
opportunity to share these feelings with you because we know many of you
are having the same troubles.

We Hopi believe that the human race has passed through three different
worlds and life ways since the beginning. At the end of each prior world,
human life has been purified or punished by the Great Spirit "Massauu" due
mainly to corruption, greed and turning away from the Great Spirit's
teachings. The last great destruction was the flood which destroyed all but
a few faithful ones who asked and received a permission from the Great
Spirit to live with Him in this new land. The Great Spirit said, "It is up
to you, if you are willing to live my poor, humble and simple life way. It
is hard but if you agree to live according to my teachings and
instructions, if you never lose faith in the life I shall give you, you may
come and live with me." The Hopi and all who were saved from the great
flood made a sacred covenant with the Great Spirit at that time. We Hopi
made an oath that we will never turn away from Him. For us the Creators
laws never change or break down.

To the Hopi the Great Spirit is all powerful. He appeared to the first
people as a man and talked with them in the beginning of this creation
world. He taught us how to live, to worship, where to go and what food to
carry, gave us seeds to plant and harvest. He gave us a set of sacred stone
tablets into which He breathed all teachings in order to safeguard his land
and life. In these stone tablets were made, instructions and prophecies and
warnings. This was done with the help of a Spider woman and Her two
grandsons. They were wise and powerful helpers of the Great Spirit.

Before the Great Spirit went into hiding, He and Spider woman put before
the leaders of the different groups of people many colors and sized of corn
for them to choose their food in this world. The Hopi was the last to pick
and then choose their food in this world. The Hopi then choose the smallest
ear of corn. Then Massauu said, "You have shown me you are wise and humble
for this reason you will be called Hopi (people of peace) and I will place
in your authority all land and life to guard, protect and hold trust for Me
until I return to you in later days for I am the First and the Last."


This why when a Hopi is ordained into the higher religious order, the earth
and all living things are placed upon his hands. He becomes a parent to all
life on earth. He is entitled to advise and correct his children in
whatever peaceful way he can. So we can never give up knowing that our
message of peace will reach our children. Then it is together with the
other spiritual leaders the destiny of our future children is placed. We
are instructed to hold this world in balance within the land and the many
universes with special prayers and ritual which continue to this day.

It was to the Spider woman's two grandsons the sacred stone tablets were
given. These two brothers were then instructed to carry them to a place the
Great Spirit had instructed them. The older brother was to go immediately
to the east, to the rising sun and upon reaching his destination was
instructed to immediately start to look for his younger brother who shall
remain in the land of the Great Spirit. The Older brothers mission when he
returned was to help his younger brother (Hopi) bring obout peace,
brotherhood and everlasting life on his return.

Hopi, the younger brother, was instructed to cover all land and mark it
well with footprints and sacred markings to claim this land for the Creator
and peace on earth. We established our ceremonials and sacred shrines to
hold this world in balance in accordance with our first promise to the
Creator. This is how our migration story goes, until we meet the Creator at
Old Oribe (place that solidifies) over 1000 years ago. It was at that
meeting when he gave to us these prophecies to give to you now at this
closing of the Fourth World of destruction and the beginning of the Fifth
World of peace. He gave u

NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: MENDOTA

[Ish]

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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 00:39:17 EST
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: MENDOTA
>X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 205
>
>CRITICAL UPDATE FROM LINDA BROWN
>Dear friends,  just a quick update on the meetings that took place on
>Sunday Feb. 7,1999:  morning meeting with plaintiffs lawyers [which is us] 
>this meeting was essentially to decide who would actually sit at the
>mediation table.  It was decided only the plaintiffs, or their designee in
>the law suit, could sit at the table, we will ask to reserve the right to
>be able to ask that different experts would be able to sit at the table to
>act as consultants with us. Afternoon meeting was held so everyone in the
>coalition could voice their concerns and bottom lines we feel this meeting
>was very successful.  Today Monday Feb.8th, 1999 the lawyers involved with
>lawsuit were to meet with federal mediator today  to lay down rules  and
>guidelines,  MNDOT sent archeological survey team to encampment to start
>survey's.  Mike Haney and Jim Anderson quickly responsed  to stop this, as
>we feel this is one of the mediation points, how and who will do the
>survey's.  MNDOT notified the judge of our actions and requested a hearing
>for tomorrow morning,  there is to be a hearing at 8:00 A.M. tomorrow
>morning in Judge Peter Albrecht's courtroom.  We ask that as many people
>attend this hearing as possible to show your support of mediation.. 
>Mediation is scheduled to start Friday February 12, 1999, if MNDOT doesn't
>sway court to cancel mediation. WE NEED AS MANY PEOPLE AT THIS HEARING AS
>POSSIBLE.We are still trying to find a Senator to sponser legislation, 
>meetings today with Senator Jane Ranum, and Senator Linda Berglin were
>cancelled because of MNDOTs actions at the site there is still time for
>people to call, or fax these Senators and ask them to sponser and support a
>bill relating to Traditional Cultural Properties or protection of the Camp
>Coldwater area as a Traditional Cultural Property.  Once again please use
>the peoples power and make those phone calls. This is so important to the
>cause.
>
>
>Love Linda
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Part Four----TOXIC SECRETS Fluoride & the A-Bomb Program

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Subject: Part FourTOXIC SECRETS  Fluoride & the A-Bomb Program


Con't from 3 of 4
==

SUPPRESSION OF ADVERSE HEALTH FINDINGS 
The crucial question arising from the investigation is whether adverse health
findings from Newburgh and other bomb-program fluoride studies were
suppressed. All AEC-funded studies had to be declassified before publication
in civilian medical and dental journals. Where are the original classified
versions?

The transcript of one of the major secret scientific conferences of World War
II-on "fluoride metabolism"-is missing from the files of the US National
Archives and is "probably still classified", according to the librarian.
Participants in the January 1944 conference included key figures who promoted
the safety of fluoride and water fluoridation to the public after the war:
Harold Hodge of the Manhattan Project, David B. Ast of the Newburgh
Demonstration Project, and US Public Health Service dentist H. Trendley Dean,
popularly known as "the father of fluoridation".

A WWII Manhattan Project c lassified report (25 July 1944) on water
fluoridation is missing from the files of the University of Rochester Atomic
Energy Project, the US National Archives, and the Nuclear Repository at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The next four numerically consecutive
documents are also missing, while the remainder of the "M-1500 series" is
present.

"Either those documents are still classified, or they've been 'disappeared' by
the government," said Clifford Honicker, Executive Director of the American
Environmental Health Studies Project in Knoxville, Tennessee, which provided
key evidence in the public exposure and prosecution of US human radiation
experiments.

Seven pages have been cut out of a 1947 Rochester bomb project notebook
entitled "DuPont Litigation". "Most unusual," commented the medical school's
chief archivist, Chris Hoolihan.

Similarly, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests lodged by these
reporters over a year ago with the DOE for hundreds of classified fluoride
reports have failed to dislodge any. "We're behind," explained Amy Rothrock,
chief FOIA officer at Oak Ridge National Laboratories.

So, has information been suppressed? These reporters made what appears to be
the first discovery of the original classified version of a fluoride safety
study by bomb program scientists. A censored version of this study was later
published in the August 1948 Journal of the American Dental Association.6
Comparison of the secret version with the published version indicates that the
US AEC did censor damaging information on fluoride-to the point of
tragicomedy. This was a study of the dental and physical health of workers in
a factory producing fluoride for the A-bomb program; it was conducted by a
team of dentists from the Manhattan Project.

¥ The secret version reports that most of the men had no teeth left. The
published version reports only that the men had fewer cavities.
¥ The secret version says the men had to wear rubber boots because the

fluoride fumes disintegrated the nails in their shoes. The published version
does not mention this.
¥ The secret version says the fluoride may have acted similarly on the men's
teeth, contributing to their toothlessness. The published version omits this
statement and concludes that "the men were unusually healthy, judged from both
a medical and dental point of view". 


After comparing the secret and published versions of the censored study,
toxicologist Phyllis Mullenix commented: "This makes me ashamed to be a
scientist." Of other Cold War&endashera fluoride safety studies, she asked:
"Were they all done like this?"


Asked for comment on the early links of the Manhattan Project to water
fluoridation, Dr Harold Slavkin, Director of the National Institute for Dental
Research-the US agency which today funds fluoride research-said: "I wasn't
aware of any input from the Atomic Energy Commission." Nevertheless, he
insisted that fluoride's efficacy and safety in the prevention of dental
cavities over the last 50 years is well proved. "The motivation of a scientist
is often different from the outcome," he reflected. "I do not hold a prejudice
about where the knowledge comes from."


Endnotes:
1. Dale, Peter P., and McCauley, H. B, "Dental Conditions in Workers
Chronically Exposed to Dilute and Anhydrous Hydrofluoric Acid", Journal of the
American Dental Association, vol. 37, no. 2, August 1948, pp. 131-140. Note
that Dale and McCauley were both Manhattan Project and, later, Program F
personnel; they also authored the secret Manhattan Project paper. 
2. Mullenix, Phyllis et al., "Neurotoxicity of Sodium Fluoride in Rats",
Neurotoxicology and Teratology, vol. 17, no. 2, 1995, pp. 169-177. 
3. Lamont, Lansing, Day of Trinity, Atheneum, New York City, 1965. 
4. Chomsky,

NATIVE_NEWS: Passing Chief Dan Evehema, 108 years old

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:13:10 EST
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re:  Thomas Benyacya passes on
X-Mailer: AOL 2.6 for Mac

Chief Dan Evehema, 108 years old (or so), has put on the cloud mask and walked
the sacred corn meal pathway to the west. January 15, 1999 at sun rise, our
beloved eldest elder Dan Evehmea, aka known as "Little Dan" left the world of
the living to join the Katchinas and be reunited with his wife and family in
the underworld. Grandfather Dan Evehema was considered the Spiritual Leader,
Snake Priest, Society Father, Eldest Elder of the Traditional Hopi Nation,
Hotevilla Arizona by all those who knew and loved him. Also co-author of
"Hotevilla Shrine of the Covenant" and "Hopi Survival Kit" and co-author of
Techqua Ikachi, the Traditional Hopi Newsletter along with many, many other
Elders. 

Dan Evehema one of the Spiritual Sources behind the Elders' visits to the
United Nations and the Hopi Sovereign, Independent Nation along with David
Monongye, James Kootz, Grandmother Carolyn, and others. May his spirit soar
and the Hopi Seeds of Peace he nurtured multiply in the world. The Corn fields
will mourn the loss of this one, the one they called "Kwa". These Hopi
Traditionalists have been keepers of a faith and culture more than 22,000
years old [according to carbon-dated prehistoric rock recordings]. They are
the only native people of America [perhaps the world] to have sustained
virtually their entire culture, though it is highly threatened today.
Hotevilla reveals the Covenant the great spirit of the Earth made with the
Hopi 1,100 years ago and the prophecy that it involved: the Hopi were to
understand themselves to be the microcosm of all of humanity and keepers of
the worldxs balance. Time would spiral down toward a climax. This information
was to be released at a special time in History--our time-- when they, their
tradition and wisdom would be threatened with extinction which, if it were to
happen, would be catastrophic for all of humanity. With his blessings we have
the information over the Cob Webs in the Sky and the Hopi Prophecy for you
today. Grandfather Danxs accomplishments and life is something we should all
take to task. Grandfather Evehema has no children of his own, he is survived
by his care taker and niece, Susie Lomastka, her children and his adopted
Spiritual Granddaughter, DeeSee Mana aka, Katherine Cheshire. Other uncles and
relations wish to keep their names private due to political struggles. We all
miss him but celebrate his arrival with our relations on the other side. 
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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Death of Hopi Elder

[Ish]

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>Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 08:30:35 -0700 (MST)
>From: Cyro Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Death of Hopi Elder
>Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Hopi Elder Thomas Banyacya died Saturday Feb. 6th 1999 at 8:00
>in Hopi Land. His family requests any personal memorial be
>held where you are.  He had been sick for little while.
>I will miss him and so will my family. There is a web page about him at:
>http://www.alphacdc.com/banyacya
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: sign on Appeal to End The Torture of Leonard Peltier

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

From: NORTHWEST LEONARD PELTIER SUPPORT NETWORK
  P.O. BOX 5464
  TACOMA, WA 98415-0464 USA
   e-mail; [EMAIL PROTECTED]

  (An appeal seeking people to sign on to)

  AN URGENT APPEAL TO END THE TORTURE OF 
LEONARD PELTIER
   American Indian Movement activist and political prisoner 
Leonard Peltier has been framed by the U.S. Government
for a crime he did not commit. His constitutional rights were
denied. His appeals for a new and fair trial were denied. All
of this happen because the U.S. Government sought to
distract the people from the truth and to cover-up the U.S.
Government's continuing policies against indigenous
people and the suppression of those that resisted.
  The government believed that by placing Leonard in
prison that they had neutralized his resistance and spirit.
But they were wrong. Leonard continued to speak out against
the injustice that had been done to him, to his people and 
he became a strong voice for social justice. 
  To try to silence Leonard, the prison authorities have 
continuously harassed him and even tried to assassinate
him. Now they are refusing him medical treatment.








  Leonard is currently suffering from complications 
of a previous maxilla-facial surgery at the Springfield 
Medical Prison facility. In that surgery Leonard
almost died. Not only did that surgery not improve Leonard's
condition, it made it far worst. Leonard is now in continuous,
excruciating pain. He cannot open his mouth enough to bite
his food, nor can he even chew. Leonard, for very good
reasons, does not want to go back to Springfield. The
renowned maxilla-facial surgeon Doctor Keller of the Mayo
Clinic has written to the prison telling them that he is willing
the treat Leonard. But so far, the federal Bureau Of Prisons
(BOP) has refused to let Leonard be treated. If the
government, for political reasons, causes and allows a
prisoner to suffer great pain, there is no other word for
that than torture.
  We are calling upon all people who believe in social
justice to help in the campaign to end the torture of
Leonard Peltier NOW! Please send e-mails to:
Ms. Kathleen Hawk, Director, Bureau Of Prisons
at:e-mail; [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED],
or write to her at: 320 First St.NW,
Washington, DC 20534, or fax: 202-514-6878, or
call: 202-307-3198 and ask that Leonard be allowed
treatment by Dr. Keller at the Mayo Clinic.
  Whereas; everyday that Leonard is refused medical 
treatment is another day in which Leonard must suffer.

  Therefore;  We, the undersigned, appeal for your support. We
know that the forces against Leonard are strong, but
we believe in the power of the people when  they
stand unitied in a bond of solidarity. Please stand with us
and support the end of the torture of Leonard Peltier by
sending messages to Ms. Kathleen Hawk, Director of
the Bureau Of Prisons and by supporting this campaign
by getting this message out widely.

  Please sign on to this statement;
Name___
City, State, Country 
Organization__
Please return to: NWLPSN at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

FOUR DAYS OF FAXING. We are asking that everyone
who can to please fax letters to Ms. Kathleen Hawk, 
Director, Bureau Of Prisons, fax: (202) 514-6878, on
February 15th to the 18th.  


INTERNATIONAL LEONARD PELTIER SOLIDARITY 
FAST/HUNGER STRIKE

   On February 6th, the INTERNATIONAL LEONARD
PELTIER SOLIDARITY FAST/HUNGER STRIKE
began. The purpose of this fast is to end the torture
of Leonard Peltier NOW!  Some people will be fasting in teams
and others will be fasting for longer times.  We plan to continue
this fast until the torture of Leonard ends. On each day of the
fast, different fasting people will be issuing statements calling 
for the end of the torture. Starting on the first day of the fast,
we are asking that supporters daily send e-mail messages to:
Ms. Kathleen Hawk, Director, BOP at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] asking that Leonard be sent to the Mayo
Clinic and thus end his torture. It make also be a good idea
to send copies of messages to elected or government officials
in your area.
  At this time there are over 67 faster across the U.S., Canada,
France, Basque Country, Russia, Spain and South Africa
  Those who wish to be a part of this by either fasting or
getting the statements of the fasters, please contact the
NWLPSN at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

FOR MORE INFORMATION

  For more information on Leonard's case and what you 
can do to help please contact: The Leonard Peltier
Defense Committee, P.O. Box 583, Lawrence,
KS 66044 USA. Phone number (785) 842-5774.
fax (785) 842-5796, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ask to be put
on the LPDC e-mail list) Web page:

http://members.xoom.com/freepeltier/index.html.

  We wish to 

NATIVE_NEWS: subcrit scheduled for 2pm

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


Dear Friends, 

We have just received word that the subcritical nuclear weapons test
"Clarinet" is scheduled to be conducted at 2pm U.S. Pacific
Standard Time. 
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SHUNDAHAI NETWORK 
"Peace and Harmony with all Creation" 

5007 Elmhurst St., Las Vegas, NV 89108-1304  
Phone:(702)647-3095 (FAX)647-9385  
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.shundahai.org


Shundahai Network is proud to be part of: 

Healing Global Wounds Alliance, a multi-cultural alliance to 
foster sustainable living and break the nuclear chain; and 

Abolition 2000: A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons 

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NATIVE_NEWS: Big Mountain Resisters Benefit Performance

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>From BIGMTLIST

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:04:09 EST

Event:  Dineh (Navajo) Big Mountain Resisters Benefit - 
The Celebration of Hope
Date/Time:  Saturday, February 20, 1999;  7:00 PM
Place:  Lake Street Church of Evanston Community Center
607 Lake Street (Corner of Lake and Chicago)
Evanston, IL 
Donation:   $10.00
Contact:James Yellowbank 773 - 561 -6155; Kathy Quasey 847 - 446 - 9595

The Evanston Ecumenical Action Council’s Interfaith Task Force, the Midwest
Buddist Temple, the Anawim Center, Urban Natives of Chicago and the Lake
Street Church of Evanston are sponsoring a benefit performance for the Dineh
Resisters from the Big Mountain area. Big Mountain is located in the Four
Corners region outside of Flagstaff, Arizona.  

Big Mountain is considered to be a sacred site of the Dineh. The Dineh have
resided in this area as traditional shepherds and farmers since the 10th
century. They believe that the CREATOR has asked them to perform ceremonies to
protect the earth through spiritual intervention.  For the past thirty years,
due to mining company pursuits, specifically, Peabody Coal, the Dineh have
been forced off their sacred land.  Only a handful of resisters, non -
signers, are holding fast to their spiritual doctrines.

Big Mountain is rich in marketable minerals including uranium and coal. Multi
- national mining companies have secured mining rights to the area. There has
been much environmental degradation including radiation and acid poisoning of
the water and soil.  
Genetically mutated children have been born and many elders have died as well
as their animals.  Increasingly severe restrictions have been instituted
including prohibiting the Dineh from maintaining their hogans (homes),
confiscating Dineh sheep accompanied by expensive retrieval fees, and limiting
fire wood gathering, as well as general harassment and constant surveillance.
Worse yet, the non - signers have received a 90 day eviction notice!!
Thousands of Dineh have already died due to relocation.

The Dineh are asking all U.S. citizens to call for repeal of Public Law 93 -
531 of 1974 which mandates their removal from their sacred land.  They believe
that if they are relocated, there will be a heavy price to pay by all of us
because they will not be able to perform their ceremonies.  

Their prophecies say that there will come a time when non - Indians will come
to assist them in their struggle. The Dineh are in dire need of legal and
financial assistance in their crucial battle to save their traditional way of
life.  Supporters of the Dineh believe that in this country, founded for
preserving religious freedom, there is a way to ensure that the Dineh can
maintain their sacred way of life. 

Traditional rug weavers and non - signers, Sarah Begay and Laverna Shorty,
will be present at this event which will feature performances by Nitty Hill
and friends, James Yellowbank, Nation of Natives, rap artists, Jeanne
LaTraille, Julietta Satter, and Ted Aliotta.

Big Mountain was the subject of the 1986 Academy award winning documentary,
Broken Rainbow, which will be shown at this event which will take place on

Saturday, February 20th at 7:00 pm at the Lake Street Church of Evanston
Community Center, 607 Lake Street, (corner of Lake and Chicago), Evanston,
Illinois. 

Dineh women weavers, Sarah Begay and Laverna Shorty, will be available for
media interviews the week prior to and after the event. 

You are on the BIGMTLIST, a moderated mailing list
of Big Mountain relocation resistance information 
(not discussion or debate). To unsubscribe, email
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the
subject header.  For non-list members receiving 
this post as a forwarded message, you may subscribe
by emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word
"subscribe" in the subject header. For Big Mountain
and other activist internet resources, visit "The 
Activist Page" at 


http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/welcome.html
Also, for great internet tools please visit:


http://www.msw.com.au/cgi-bin/msw/entry?id=1271


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NATIVE_NEWS: BRUSSELS: Peltier Rally Febr. 6 photos

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

KOLA International Campaign Office <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Some photos of the Febr. 6th Peltier action in
Brussels, Belgium can be viewed at:

http://users.skynet.be/kola/6feb.htm

There's only 7 photos but it can take a while
before they're loaded.

Greetings to all,

Christophe De Nockere

<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>=<+>
"Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere"
   FREE LEONARD PELTIER!!!
NO TELESCOPES ON MT. GRAHAM!!!
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NATIVE_NEWS: Physician Seeks State Authorization to Prescribe Extra Drugs in 1999 - Gary North's Y2K Links and Forums

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

As so many of our friends and relatives are dependent upon the reliable
availability of medicines for diseases such as diabetes, I am sending the
following information through to the news letter.  Hopefully, with
sufficient mail to the appropriate authorities laws may be stretched to
allow more individual monitoring of personal medical necessaries..
Ish
+

Category:  Health_Care

Date:  1999-02-09 09:36:29

Subject:  Physician Seeks State Authorization to Prescribe Extra Drugs in 1999

Link: http://www.y2kdoc.com/

Comment:  

A Tennessee physician sees what y2k shortages could do to his patients. He
is seeking authorization from the state medical board to prescribe extra
supplies of medication to people who are worried about y2k's effects on
supplies. 

Authorization should be given by every state. It is indicative of just how
far behind awareness campaigns are that this has not been done already. 

The problem is, bureaucracies move slowly when they move at all.
Bureaucrats fear innovation. They fear embarrassment in case things don't
turn out as predicted. So, I would not bet my life that such authorization
will come in time. 

Then there is political envy. "If everyone cannot buy medicines in advance,
no one should be allowed to." Most people will not be able to buy. There
are not enough physicians and not enough slots in their appointment
schedules. 

But since most people will not take action anyway, so what? Politics,
however, operates on the basis of symbolism. I do not expect such
authorization to come. But if it comes in one state, you might want to take
a little trip. 

I'll monitor this matter. I hope the y2kdoc.com lists all states that
authorize such sales. 

* * * * * * * * * 

. . . Given my experience thus far in trying to start the practice y2kdoc
for the purpose of helping people obtain medicines (primarily antibiotics)
in the event of disruptions due to y2k, the general public will need to
exert some pressure in an appropriate manner on the medical profession.
Otherwise, it is possible that human antibiotics might not be available to
most people next year. The best way to do this, in my opinion, would be to
contact your and my state Medical Board and your state representatives. 

I realize that many of you are focused on more important preparations right
now such as food, water, and heat and probably have not given a lot of
thought to obtaining medicines. You might be thinking that you would just
talk with your doctor later or that acquiring a prudent store of medicines
would be prohibitively expensive or cumbersome. Let me clear up both
misconceptions right off so as to motivate you to begin preparing for y2k
from a medical standpoint. First, as I will explain later, most doctors are
not going to be willing to prescribe what I would consider to be a
reasonable quantity of medicines unless there is pressure to do so in the
near future. This is explained in more detail later in this piece. You have
to lay the ground work NOW because there most likely will be a substantial
lag time between your addressing this issue and your actually receiving the
medicines, unless one of your best friends is a physician. And basic
medicines for your family are within the reach of most budgets. I was just
about to start a practice that would provide a family of four with basic
antibiotics for about $100. For approximately $50 more, such a family could
have purchased medicines to treat potential side effects of these basic
antibiotics along with a local anesthetic used in repairing lacerations. Of
course, newer and more effective antibiotics would be more expensive, but
as you can see a basic package is fairly economical. . . . 
The purpose of y2kdoc is to help you, the general public, prepare for y2k
in the event it causes disruptions in medical services. . . . 


I believe that in the event of disruptions in medical care, you are better
off having these supplies on hand with information on how to use them
appropriately than you are if you do not have them and they aren't
available. The risk of your not having these supplies to use when medically
indicated, I believe, far exceeds the risk of your using them inexpertly.
In other words, I believe that you will do yourself far more good than harm
in the long run if on occasion you happen to take an antibiotic when it
might not be medically indicated than if you don't have the antibiotic to
use when it is indicated. Infections that go untreated can cause a lot of
suffering and even death. Ear infections can lead to meningitis. Strep
throat can lead to rheumatic fever and kidney failure. Simple bladder
infections can spread to the kidneys then to the blood and cause sepsis
which usually overwhelms a person if antibiotics aren't initiated.
Pneumonia, which nowadays is typically treated as an outpatient
particularly for those in good health, can cause dea

NATIVE_NEWS: Siberia's Indigenous Peoples in Crisis

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 21:16:22 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16)
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Tom Goldtooth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Subject: Siberia's Indigenous Peoples in Crisis

Extreme winter conditions in northeastern Siberia are causing
disastrous hardships for the Inuit, Evank, Kolyak, Chukcha, and
Aleut people who live there.  International aid is urgently needed.

http://www.DisasterRelief.org/Disasters/990208Siberia/
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Indigenous Environmental Network - National Office
P.O. Box 485
Bemidji, Minnesota  56619-0485  USA
Phone: (218) 751-4967
Fax: (218) 751-0561
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Site: http://www.alphacdc.com/ien

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NATIVE_NEWS: mendota update

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 23:36:49 EST
Subject: mendota update
Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit
X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 205
   
  Mendota Update
Dear friends,
Here is the latest news from Mendota. A message from Linda Brown and a
reminder of an upcoming event.
The other night, I was speaking live in Medicine Hair's Lodge. It was a small
group but the conversation was lively! It was heart warming to make new
friends for Mendota and share with them some of the history. People are so
shocked when they hear about the police raid especially. Today I heard on the
news that the raid total cost was in the neighborhood of 3 million dollars! I
would like to verify that but I am pretty sure that is what I heard them say.
message from Linda:
Dear Friends,  We went to court this morning and a few things were
clarified by the judge,  MNDot will start archeological surveys sometime
this week, we will have the opportunity to observe along with the Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council.  If we feel the surveys are not being done to our
standards we will be able to address this through the mediation or by
recourse through the court.  We will be able to tape everything that is
going on through this process and so we can show the judge that this type
of excavation does not meet standards that are expected by other tribal
entities that are beginning to get involved with this issue.  We are still
working on strategies for this issue and I will let you know more on that
later.   We are still working on obtaining a sponser for the Senate bill,
but we may go  ahead with a press conference on Thursday morning I will let
you know for sure if this will happen.  Please keep your support and
prayers coming. Pidamiya,  Linda
Announcements:

On February 10th, the Highway 55 Protest Encampment will celebrate
its 6 month aniversary by holding a festival from 3:00 PM to 7:00PM at
theProtest Encampment. Ceili dancing, with music by the blackbirds, will begin
at4:00PM. There will also be speakers and food. If you plan to attend, please
bring your own drink, a small vegetable for the "stone soup" and a little
money to buy handcrafted jewlery. If the fundraising goal is met, one young
activist has promised to shave his head. For directions or moreinformation,
please call (612)-362-3387.


Please participate in the second annual Historic Group Oak Photo in the oak
savannah just south of 54th St. on Sunday, March 14th, 1999. Last year 200
people came in the cold of winter. This year, let's make it 2,000! Plan ahead,
rain or shine, bring your friends & family. Details soon.
Peace,
Diane Kerr

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NATIVE_NEWS: Re: Treaty Study availablility

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:



http://www.puebloindio.org/study.htm
Study on treaties, agreements and other constructive
arrangements

  between States and indigenous populations;
  
  Final report by Mr Miguel Alfonso Martinez
  Special Rapporteur ;

 UNEDITED VERSION
<>
(Final report of study on treaties, agreements and other construcctive
arrangements between States
and indigenous populations) 

INTRODUCTION


1. In Volume V (Conclusions, proposals and recommendations) of Mr. Martínez
Cobo's monumental
Study of the Problem of Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations,
(Document
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1986/7/Add.4 (also available as United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.86.xIV.3) the
Special Rapporteur stressed the paramount importance for Indigenous peoples
and nations in various
countries and regions of the world of the treaties concluded with present
nation-states or with the
countries acting as colonial administering powers at the time in question.

2. He concluded that a thorough and careful study should be made of various
areas covered by the
provisions of such treaties and agreements, the official force of such
provisions at present, the
observance, or lack of observance, of such provisions, and the consequences
all this may entail for
Indigenous peoples and nation parties to such treaties or agreements.

3. He further noted that in preparing such a study, account must
necessarily be taken of the points of
view of all parties involved, a task requiring the examination of an
extremely large quantíty of
documentation. For obvious reasons, this was an undertaking that could not
be carried out within the
framework of his own Study.

4. He therefore recommended that a thorough Study devoted exclusívely to
thís subject should be
undertaken in light of exísting principles and norms in the field and the
opinions and data submitted by
all interested parties, primarily the Governments and Indigenous nations
and peoples that signed and
ratified treaties or agreements. He believed that only a thorough study
could help determine with the
necessary accuracy the present status of international agreements involving
Indígenous peoples.(Ibid.,
paras. 388-392.)

5. Taking up an initiative of its working Group on Indigenous Populations,
(Document
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1987/22, Annex 1 (Recommendations to the Sub-Commission) ,
Recommendation 3.) at
its thirty-ninth session, the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of
Díscrimination and Protection of
Minorities acted upon Mr. Martínez Cobo's recommendation by adopting
resolution 1987/17 of 2
September 1987, entítled Study on treaties concluded between Indigenous
peoples and States. In taking
such action, the Sub-Commission was consístent with its resolution
1984/35-A of 30 August 1984, in
whích it had decided to consíder Mr. Martínez Cobo's conclusions, proposals
and recommendations as
an appropriate source for íts future work on the question of discrímination
against Indigenous
populations and for the work of its Working Group on Indigenous
Populatíons. 

NATIVE_NEWS: History: A Hundred Years Ago - Carlisle - week 93

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Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 23:10:37 -0500
From: Landis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subj: History: A Hundred Years Ago - Carlisle - week 93

 THE INDIAN HELPER
~%^%~
  A WEEKLY LETTER
 -FROM THE-
Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.

VOL. XIV. FRIDAY, February 3, 1898  NUMBER 15

"THE world is wide
In time and tide
And God is guide --
Then do not hurry.

That man is blest
Who does his best
And leaves the rest --
Then do not worry."

  THE WEDDING.
---
  The announcement of Miss Hunt's prospective marriage was given last
week.  We have now a letter direct from the scene.
  Mr. R.D. Shutt, of the San Carlos School, Arizona says:
  "I thought as Miss Hunt is a staunch friend of the HELPER and school
in which it is published, perhaps you would like a notice of her
marriage."
  The Man-on-the-band-stand thanks our unknown friend for the notice;
and here it is:
  On Wednesday morning, January 25th, occurred one of the pleasantest
events of the season, when Miss Lydia L. Hunt was united in marriage to
Mr. William A. Wright, at the residence of the bride at the Indian
School, San Carlos, Arizona.
  The beautiful and impressive ceremony of the Lutheran Church was
performed by the Rev. J.H. Plocher, in the presence of a small company
of invited friends and associates, immediately after which the happy
couple took a train south for a two weeks' trip through Mexico.
  Miss Hunt has been superintendent of the San Carlos Indian School for
several years, where by her untiring energy and indomitable courage she
has achieved a well-merited success.
  Miss Hunt was formerly a resident of Sherman, N.Y, and one of the
prominent educators of Chautauqua County, a graduate of the Fredonia
Normal School, and a teacher in several of the largest and best
schools.  On last July she ably represented the territory of Arizona at
the National Educational Association at Washington, D.C.
  Mr. Wright, who was formerly of Cuero and San Angelo, Texas, comes
from one of the pioneer families of the above named State, and has also
been in the employ of the United States government for several years as
a cattle man, where he has made a host of friends by his sterling
integrity and honorable gentlemanly conduct.
  The popularity of Mr. and Mrs. Wright is attested by the numerous and
beautiful wedding gifts of silver, cut-glass etc., of which they were
the recipients, and by the good wishes showered upon them by their many
friends in the vicinity, and by numerous letters and telegrams from
distant loved ones.
  =
   IT DOES NOT BELONG TO THE GOVERNMENT.
  -
  "Don't you think you had better cover your book?"
  "This book does not belong to the Government; it is mine.  I paid for

it with my own money."
  "Then all the more reason for you to take good care of it, for your
are not as rich as the United States Government."
  The boy had not learned the first element of success, and he has been
going to school for a long time.  The great lesson for us all to learn
is to take care of things.  Take just as good care of Government
property as we would of our own, and take such good care of our own
things that when we go on the hunt for a good paying position our
friends can say of us: "He is not shiftless, or, She takes good care of
her things.  He or she deserves good pay because they are careful of
property."
 ===
  "No paper is more welcome to our home than the little HELPER.  It is
eagerly looked for each week," says W.H. Moore, '95, of Dent, Oklahoma.
=
(page 2)
  THE INDIAN HELPER

 PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY
--AT THE--
Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.,
  BY INDIAN BOYS.
---> THE INDIAN HELPER is PRINTED by Indian
boys, but EDITED by The man-on-the-band-stand
 who is NOT an Indian.

P R I C E: --10  C E N T S  A  Y E A R

Entered in the P.O. at Carlisle as second
class mail matter.

Address INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle, Pa.
   Miss Marianna Burgess, Supt. of Printing.

Do not hesitate to take the HELPER from the
Post Office for if you have not paid for it
some one else has.  It is paid for in advance.

  The students of 8th grade, Mrs. Cook, teacher, gave another
interesting debate on Tuesday evening before a few invited guests.  The
morning school took the affirmative of the question.  Resolved, That the
expansion policy is a good one for the United States, and the afternoon
division took th

NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Special meeting of the O.A.S.

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>Date: 9 Feb 1999 23:41:21 -
>To: List Member <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Phil's List - http://members.tripod.com/~PHILKON/
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>Hi,
>
>Here is some information on a meeting scheduled to begin this Wednesday. 
>
>"The OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is holding a meeting of
>experts in Washington, D.C. to discuss a draft of the American Declaration
>on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples." You will be able to monitor the
>meeting on the following internet site.
>
>http://www.oas.org/agvideo/oasliveint.asp
>
>Transmission Time:
>February 10th., 1999
>10:00 am -12:00 pm Eastern time 
>
>Till next time,
>
>Phil Konstantin
>http://americanindian.net
>
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NATIVE_NEWS: Another Passing

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* From: Margaret Raymond  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



I am saddened to report that William Smith, Keetoowah Night Hawk leader,
died unexpectedly last week. He is the great grandson of Redbird (Smith)
who brought our sacred fire from the east to Oklahoma. He was a "doctor"
gifted in an ability to bring many into balance of body and spirit. Funeral
services were at the Stokes Smith stomp grounds near Vian, Oklahoma on
Saturday. Wilma said "People move on to the spirit country, others step up
to lead and while it will never be the same,the ceremonies will continue".

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NATIVE_NEWS: [medough@aol.com ] Press Release - American Indian Veterans Memorial Organization

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<< FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >>

February 9, 1999
Contact: Mary E. Dougherty (602) 917-4883 or (602) 756-7396
[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]   Kent C. Ware (602) 954-0115

Future Home of the American Indian Veterans Memorial:
Phoenix Steele-Indian School Park

Goal: To Raise Awareness in this Project and To Encourage Participation

Phoenix, AZ.  The Phoenix City Park and Recreation Department has agreed to
provide a site location for the American Indian Veterans Memorial.  The
proposed memorial would be housed within the planned Steele-Indian School
Park, which will be located on the grounds of the former Phoenix Indian
School.  These grounds are bordered by Central and Indian School Roads in
north Central Phoenix.

The American Indian Veterans Memorial Organization (AIVMO) has received a
letter of notification from James A. Colley, CLP, Director, City of Phoenix,
Parks, Recreation and Library Department, confirming the site of the Memorial.
Colley stated, " We have prepared a refined master plan and provided a
location for the proposed monument adjacent to the lake". The Parks and
Recreation Board and City Council approved that plan."

This memorial commemorates the contributions made by American Indians who
valiantly served and continue to serve our country in military service.
American Indians have fought for the United States in every major war since
the American Revolutionary War.  It is the desire of the AIVMO that the lives
and blood of their brothers and sisters be remembered and honored in a manner
that reflects the significance of their contributions.

The American Indian Veterans Memorial Organization (AIVMO) is recognized by
the American Indian tribes, the National Congress of American Indians,
municipalities and is incorporated in the State of Arizona.  AIVMO is
qualifying as a 501(c)3 Non-profit organization under the Internal Revenue
Code.

AIVMO welcomes all support from the Indian and non-Indian community.  It is
the primary goal of AIVMO to raise $4 million for the design, construction and
maintenance of the memorial.

For further information, please contact:
Mr. Kent Ware, Sr., Chairman/CEO
AIVMO - 3820 North Third Street, Phoenix, AZ  85012
Phone: (602) 954-0115,  Fax:  (602) 222-9176
Email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website: http://members.tripod.com/~medough/AIVM-2.html

#

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NATIVE_NEWS: Mohawk Elder Andrew Maracle Dies

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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 11:17:34 -0500
From: Kahn-Tineta Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.02 [en] (Win95; I)
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Subject: Mohawk Elder Andrew Maracle Dies

CASNP.  Kahnawake Mohawk Territory.  10 Feb. 99.  The members,
supporters and friends of the Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with the
Native Peoples (CASNP) mourn the death of one of its elders. CASNP
extends its deepest regards to his family.  Andrew Maracle, at 84 years
of age, of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Belleville, Ontario, died on
Tuesday, February 9th 1999 after a speaking engagement.  He was a
tireless activist for Indigenous rights, always showing up when least
expected, but never missing a commitment when he promised to be there.
He said he did not believe in Indian time.  He brought to CASNP a lot of
wisdom, support and encouragement.  "When we figured things were going
down he’d bring us back up", said Kay Murphy of CASNP.  He went to
Sudbury in the summer of 1997 to pay his respects to Art Solomon,
another longtime CASNP elder and advisor who died also at 84 years of
age.  Andrew Maracle has been a witness on many a court battle, the most
recent for Loran Thompson of Akwesasne over the Canada-United States
border crossing issue.  He was always telling us different things we had
to remember about our history.  He kept a wealth of documents that he
wanted us to use in our battle for sovereignty.  One of his greatest
passions was for the preservation, use and development of the Mohawk
language.  We were privileged to have him as an elder at CASNP.

Kahn-Tineta Horn, President of CASNP, knew him for most of her life. "He
was great friends with my aunt Annie Horn.  He said they  would  drink
tea and tell old stories for hours.  She was one of the most humorous
people he knew.  Andrew Maracle always encouraged people like me.  He
was with us in the early 1960’s when we put on the historic "Iroquois
Speak" at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. That was the first time the
public ever heard anything about the long history of Iroquois rights and
grievances.  Andrew sat on the panel with Stanley Mayo and Louis Hall of
Kahnawake, John Montour of Kanesatake and myself.  They are all gone
now.  More recently, in 1990 he took an active part in the Mohawk Oka
Crisis.  In 1995 he immediately drove up to Stoney Point-Ipperwash after
Dudley George was gunned down by the OPP.  He successfuly fought against
conscription of our young native men into the United States army.  He
was involved in the taxation issues in both Canada and the US.  His
advocacy and vision was for all Indigenous people worldwide".

It was his tireless energy, his vast knowledge and experience, and his
struggle to impart that knowledge onto people that are his legacy.  Now
it’s left to others to carry on the work of these good people who have
gone.

Kahn-Tineta Horn, President
Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with the Native Peoples
Box 991, Kahnawake Mohawk Territory

(Quebec, Canada) J0L 1B0 450-635-7402 Fax 450-635-2413
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]

http://users.cyberglobe.net/~casnp

Viewing, Wednesday 2-4:00 and 7:-9:00 - McGlade Funeral Home
Funeral (Napanee Ontario)
Thursday at 11:00 a.m. Evangel Temple
FAX EULOGY TO ANDREW MARACLE - 613-396-2555
To send flowers - Aboriginal Expressions 613-966-0368 or Bayshore

Flowers 613-3260
Contact:  613-354-5626

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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: 5th Anniversary Column of the Americas

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: 5th Anniversary Column of the Americas
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 19:09:15 EST
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PG/RR Feb Update

5th Anniversary
Column of the Americas

The end of this month marks the 5th anniversary of our syndicated "Column of
the Americas." We were first picked up as “Latino Spectrum” by Chronicle
Features in San Francisco in 1994. Last year, Universal Press Syndicate bought
out CF and in the process, picked up our column. At any one time, we are
picked up by 30-40 newspapers nationwide and we appear on various national
electronic listservs.

We simply wanted to acknowledge the support we've received from people
throughout the country -- some of you whom have received the column since its
inception. We also wanted to thank you for that support.  

Please continue to call/write to your local editors and tell them they should
either pick up our column and if they already pick it up, to run it. We thank
all those who have done so throughout the years.

Also, thanks to everyone who has invited us to speak across the country as a
result of our column.

Incidentally, if anyone would like to write to our editors, feel free to write
them and tell them what you think of our column. It won't hurt and it would be
nice if they knew what readers think of the column. We are still only two of
four Raza nationally syndicated columnists in the country. We were the first
two Raza columnists at CF and also the first two at Universal Press. There
should be a lot more and hopefully, of the many hundreds of writers of color--
and writers of conscience -- who write across the country, hopefully a few
more -- a lot more -- will be picked up in the next few years by the major
national syndication services. Our experience these past 5 years has taught us
that there’s no excuse for such writers being the exception. 

Our editor's name is Greg Melvin. He’s a great editor and very supportive. No
doubt he will appreciate a few letters. Write him at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If possible, please cc the letters to us at [EMAIL PROTECTED]


“Honoring our Elders” Column

Our recent column in which we wrote about the importance of honoring our
elders elicited many letters. Apparently, the subject resonates. We would like
to run a few of them. Hope you enjoy them. RR & PG

Companeros,
Estoy de acuerdo with your ancianos message.  I was raised by mis abuelos.
They correctly taught me that being "educado"  was about courtesy and respect
for everyone. I have been extremely fortunate to have attended some of this
country's finest institutions of higher education, but my greatest education
came from two ancients - miss Abel's.
Antonio Delgado, PH.D.
Hands Across Cultures, 
Espanola, Nuevo Mejico


Can you explain to me what quality does one have to posses to be regarded as
an elder?  Is someone regarded as an elder for simply living a long time or
for living a long time and possessing a particular type wisdom that come from
a life time of learning and experience?  I don't think all people who live a
long time necessarily gain wisdom - particularly in western society. I

certainly don't regard Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, or Pinochet as
having
wisdom.  I wouldn't confer on them the title of "elder" with all of the
respect that comes with that title.  I don't respect them for simply having
lived a long life.  On the other hand, I never tire of listening to a Nelson
Mandella, a Studs Turkell, a "Grandpa" Al Lewis speak because I feel they have
wisdom and have experienced history that I haven't lived through. To me, they
truly do have wisdom and I always feel a thirst to hear their wisdom and learn
from them.  Does this make sense to you?
In my own family, I didn't respect my grandfather for simply being an older
man.  I always felt he took advantage of my grandmother who was a very sweet,
very kind woman.  He never abused her physically, but he never did anything
she wanted to do.  When they retired, he never did anything to please her, to
make their lives happy or joyous.  When I became old enough to understand
these things I was angry at him for being this way.  My  grandfather may have
had wisdom about other areas of life, but I don't  regard him as someone who
had wisdom for simply living a long time.
Larry Siegel 
Que lindo es ser Mexicano! We should always follow the customs of our Abuelos.
They know more about life than any of us. Los felizito for bringing this home
to us! 
Adan


Thanks for a word on behalf of us all of us who recognize the achievements of
those who came before us.  I was at a Doña Agueda Martinez'  100th birthday
celebration in Medanales last year--this year she will be 101! You may
remember her from the film "Agueda Martinez:  My country my people” produced
by Moctezuma Esparza, no?.  The profusion of cincuentanera celebrations attest
to the need to ma

NATIVE_NEWS: [DOEWatch] SRS study lists dangerous pollutants

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

SRS study lists dangerous pollutants
   (Herald Rock Hill SC; 02/07/99)


   COLUMBIA - Leukemia and lung cancer have been linked to pollutants that  
poured from the Savannah River Site for nearly four decades, but it could be  
years before scientists know how people might have been affected.

   A special research team on Thursday presented the Centers for Disease  
Control and Prevention draft report, a six-year study of pollution releases at
SRS. The next mission is to find out how much contamination actually escaped, 
where it went and who lives in those areas, The (Columbia) State reported  
Saturday.

   The contaminants are potent if people have been exposed in sufficient  
amounts.

   Pollutants discharged at the federal weapons complex from the 1950s through
the 1980s include:

   - Benzene and radiation. Suspected to cause leukemia. SRS released up to 18
tons of benzene annually to the air, the report said.

   - Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. They contribute to smog. SRS
released 
more than 17,000 tons of the pollutants together annually.

   - Lead. Can retard brain development in young children. It's particularly a
problem in drinking water. SRS released lead to both air and water, including 
up to 1,400 pounds per year to a seepage basin.

   - Mercury. Can damage the brain and kidneys. SRS released up to 18 pounds a
year to a creek through ground water.

   - Iodine 131. Can accumulate in a person's **thyroid** and cause cancer.

   - Plutonium. Suspected to cause lung cancer if people breathe it.

   ''The range of effects may be nothing if you encounter one molecule or it  
could cause serious health problems if you encounter a serious amount over  
time,'' said state Health Department Dr. Bob Marino, who was not involved in  
the study. ''The root of exposure and the dose are very important in trying to
determine the health effects.''

   The report said 57,000 curies of radioactive iodine were released at SRS  
over the past 40 years compared to the 761,000 curies of iodine released by a 
site in Richland, Wash. A curie is a measurement of radioactivity.

   The Hanford site, a sister plant to SRS, was one of the first Energy  
Department sites studied. But CDC researcher Charles Miller said no connection
was made to Hanford's iodine releases and **thyroid** cancer cases in the
area.

   But that does not mean that SRS's releases did not cause problems, he said.
Weather, wind and the environment must be considered.

   The American Lung Association is concerned about SRS's releases. Many of
the 
pollutants released can make breathing more difficult and even cause cancer.

   ''We would want to know more about the amounts and the possible effects  
these releases have had on the environment,'' said Jim Webber, executive  
director of South Carolina's chapter.

   During the Cold War weapons buildup, radioactive releases were the major  
concern at SRS. But chemicals, because regulations were soft, were not a  
priority.


   ''Chemicals are one of the things that concern us,'' said John Till, an  
Orangeburg nuclear scientist who led the study.

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NATIVE_NEWS: Subcritical "Clarinet" conducted at 1:58 pm PST 2/9

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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 08:10:44 -0800
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Subject: Subcritical "Clarinet" conducted at 1:58 pm PST
2/9

Dear Friends, 

We are sad to announce the completion of the sixth U.S. subcritical
nuclear weapons test at the Nevada Test Site since the program was begun
in 1997. This test involved 6 ounces of plutonium and was exploded at
1:58 pm U.S. PST on Tuesday. 

Darwin Morgan, Department of Energy (DOE) spokesperson, said " The
primary objectives of Clarinet were to observe the speed and surface
effects of the plutonium as it blew apart when shocked by the energy from
detonating chemical-high explosives." (This plutonium is left 680
feet in the ground dangerously near groundwater that has already been
found to be contaminated with plutonium and tritium from past nuclear
explosions.) Morgan said Tuesdays experiment will help expand the
knowledge base that scientists from the national Laboratories are
developing under the stockpile Stewardship Program, a key element of the
DOE's $6.2 billion defense budget the Clinton administration has
requested for next year. 

Corbin Harney, a Newe (Western Shoshone) elder, who's land was stolen to
create the test site and other military bases, began a prayer ceremony at
9am. People from Healing Global Wounds, Shundahai Network, Alliance of
Atomic Veterans, Nevada Desert Experience and other groups maintained a
vigil all morning at the Mercury gates to the test site. Nine people were
arrested for blocking the road at around the same time that
"Clarinet" was exploded. They were cited for trespass and
released. Later that afternoon others gathered in front of the Las Vegas
Foley Federal Building for a small but spirited protest vigil. 

We hope to hear reports from the actions that took place at the Bechtel
Headquarters in San Francisco and elsewhere. Thank you especially to our
friends at Tri Valley CARES for organizing that event with such short
notice. We in Nevada continue to be inspired by your dedication. 

Thank you to every one involved in the important work of nuclear
abolition around the world. Peace. 
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NATIVE_NEWS: Asking for letters: Environmental Mohawk Reservation

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[EMAIL PROTECTED] replies:

Any variation of this that could be sent to Clinton and/or Gore by folks
out there would be helpful.  
**

>February 9, 1999
>
>President Bill Clinton
>Vice President Al Gore
>White House Office
>1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
>Washington, DC   20500
>
>Dear Mr. President and Mr. Vice President:
>
>I would like to inform your good office of a crisis situation here are
>Akwesasne (St. Regis Mohawk Reservation).  Over the past few weeks it has
>come to light that the Mohawk Casino drilled five wells that subsequently
>contaminated the wells of Mohawk residents.  These wells were not sealed;
>they were abandoned.  Mohawk people are experiencing abdominal illnesses
>that could have long term health effects.  At a meeting on February 4th,
>residents were told the ultimate consequence from the contamination could
>be death.
>
>The St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council, the Casino management firm and the
>well driller did not inform the residents until individual homeowners
>detected brackish water.  As the problem spread throughout the community,
>this group admitted abandoning the wells but took no responsibility for
>the problem.  We were told that it is 99% certain, from the testing to
>date, that source of the contamination is the casino site.
>
>A closed landfill on this site was recorded as containing organic
>contaminants.  The dirt from this landfill was moved from an off
>reservation site to an on reservation site and is now covered with
>plastic.  Runoff of these organic contaminants will contaminate
>reservation homes, lands and wells.
>
>Further, a private developer, Mr. Rick Hamelin, has filled in 10 acres of
>wetlands and this is against federal environmental laws.  This site is
>directly adjacent to the casino site and proposed as a future hotel and
>mini-mall.
>
>The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe received a grant from Indian Health Service,
>Rockville, Maryland, to provide a sewage treatment plant for 50
>reservation homes.  The casino management and the Tribal Council are
>currently laying the piping to the treatment plant to provide sewer
>services to the casino.  At present there are 4 homes, one school, one
>alcohol treatment facility and a community hall linked into the treatment
>plant.  The current plant does not have the capacity to service the 4
>homes and the casino.  I believe it is a misappropriation of funds on the
>part of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council to service the casino before
>the 50 homes.  This also needs investigation.
>
>I have no faith in the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council or the newly formed
>People's Government.  I would like to see a team of state and federal
>agencies investigate the occurrences at Akwesasne,  a full report
>disclosed directly to the Mohawk people and a plan of action devised to
>remedy the situation we find ourselves in today.
>
>Mohawk citizens faced with serious health risks.  We were not informed of
>this until two months after the contamination spread.  I am requesting
>that your good office take the necessary measure to protect the general
>health and well being of the Mohawk people of Akwesasne.  The casino site

>should be closed and all work stopped until a full outside, state and
>federal investigation can be conducted.  The wells must be capped to
>prevent further contamination.  The soils on the casino site must be
>tested to determine level of contamination by organic compounds.  The soil
>mounds on the reservation must be tested to determine the level of
>contamination by organic compounds and plans made for removal of the
>contaminated soil. There must be an investigation into the illegal
>destruction of the wetlands adjacent to the casino site.
>
>
>
>I await your response,
>
>Sincerely,

   &&
  Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
 Unenh onhwa' Awayaton
  http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/   
   &&
 

NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Protest the Slaughter

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 11:16:46 -0600
>From: JD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (Win95; I)
>To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Protest the Slaughter
>
>Please join us in a cyber sit-in at the Montana web page.
>
>Just go to:
>
>www.angelfire.com/ny2/BuffaloBill21
>
>And follow the instructions.
>
>Thank you.for the buffalo
> 
   &&
  Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
 Unenh onhwa' Awayaton
  http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/   
   &&
 

NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: About Treaty Study

[Ish]

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>Date: Sun, 01 Jan 1995 23:33:50 +0100
>From: Elsbeth Vocat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U)
>X-Accept-Language: de,de-CH
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: About Treaty Study
>Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists.speakeasy.org
id LAB01900
>
> 
>  28.08.98
>
>SUBCOMMISSION ON PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AND
>PROTECTION OF MINORITIES CONCLUDES FIFTIETH SESSION
>
>Rights of Indigenous Peoples
>
>Under this agenda item, the Subcommission adopted resolutions and
>decisions through which it:
>
>...
>-- requested the Special Rapporteur on treaties, agreements and other
>constructive arrangements between States
>and indigenous populations to submit a new version of his final report
>by 31 March 1999;
>
>The last and unedited version of Treaty Study we published at:
>http://www.puebloindio.org/study.htm
>
>Also we remember  WGIP 98 Report: chapter IV, Study
>
>IV. STUDY ON TREATIES, AGREEMENTS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTIVE
>
>ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN STATES AND INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
> 
>
>The Special Rapporteur on treaties, agreements and other constructive
>arrangements between States and
>indigenous populations, Prof. Miguel Alfonso Martinez, presented his
>final report on this matter to the Working
>Group. He said that he has been working on this study for nine years.
>He
>continued by stating that this work has been extremely challenging and
>interesting, and that it has changed his view on many important
>matters.
>The study has introduced new ideas and offered him the opportunity to
>explore new ways of thinking. Moreover, that it has given him the
>opportunity to view new dimensions of issues concerning indigenous
>peoples. The Special Rapporteur apologized for the delay of his
>submission of the final report and for the fact that the report is
>available in English only. He thanked a number of individuals who have
>assisted him in his work, in particular his consultant Dr. Isabelle
>Schulte-Tenckhoff. He also expressed his gratitude to the Office of the
>High Commissioner for  Human Rights for its valuable support to his
>work.
>
>The Special Rapporteur invited all participants to comment on the
>report
>and his conclusions and recommendations. He said that he will highly
>welcomeall critical opinions that may arise during the debate that will
>be held on the contents of this final report. He said he will take into
>account all the comments before the Report becomes an official United
>Nations publication.
>
>The Special Rapporteur said that the report contains four chapters. The
>first chapter is dealing with key points of departure: (1) treaties
>concluded between States and indigenous peoples, (2) agreements made
>between States or other entities and indigenous peoples; (3) other
>constuctive arrangements arrived at with the participation of the
>indigenous peoples concerned; (4) treaties concluded between States
>containing provisions affecting indigenous peoples as third parties;
>and

>(5) situations involving
>indigenous peoples who are not parties or the subject of any of the
>above-mentioned instruments.
>The second chapter - summary of findings - addresses matters such as
>(1)
>treaties/agreements between indigenous peoples and States; (2) Other
>constructive arrangements; (3) Situations lacking specific bilateral
>legal instruments to govern relations
>between indigenous peoples and States. The third chapter is looking
>into
>the origin, development and consequences of the process of
>domestication
>of indigenous issues including all matters related to treaties between
>indigenous peoples a States. The Special Rapporteur referred to
>paragraphs 168 - 169 in this regard.
>
>· The conclusions and recommendations are contained in chapter four.
>The
>Special Rapporteur underlined the problem pertaining to indigenous land
>rights, and said that this is the core issue to indigenous peoples
>regardless of where they live. In paragraph 256 of his report, it is
>said that very little or no progress can be made in this field without
>tackling, soIving, redressing - in a way acceptable to the indigenous
>peoples concerned - the question of the uninterrupted dispossession of
>indigenous resources (land, in particular), vital to the lives and
>survival of indigenous peoples.
>
>The Special Rapporteur also stated that indigenous peoples have the
>right to self determination, like all other peoples. He said that
>States
>have the duty to promote and protect this right.
> 
   &&
  Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
 Unenh onhwa' Awayaton
  http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/   
   &&
 

NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Re: History: 300 Years Ago

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:08:07 -0500
>Reply-To: Teaching American History <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sender: Teaching American History <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: Bob Pettapiece <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject:  Re: History: 300 Years Ago
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Listmembers (especially those with roots around Detroit),
>
>In 2001 Detroit will be celebrating the 300th anniversary of the
>arrival of Cadillac, the man not the car.  Does anyone have any info on
>that event from the Native American point of view?  I am especially
>interested in who might have been standing on the bank of the Detroit River
>when he arrived or close to that time.
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Bob
> 
   &&
  Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
 Unenh onhwa' Awayaton
  http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/   
   &&
 

NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Nancy Ward Memorial

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 14:52:11 -0600 
From: Tusweca 
Subject: Nancy Ward Memorial 
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Organization: http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/porton/73/seals/seal.htm 
X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (Win95; I) 

PRESERVING HISTORY, ESPECIALLY NATIVE HISTORY, IRKS TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS


Several months ago we were alerted to this situation. We contacted TDA
(Tennessee Department of Archeology) who related there was sufficient cause
to order a archeological examination of the right of way of State Highway
411 in regards to the proposed road widening project. Based on this and the
NHPA (National Historic Preservation Act), TDOT agreed to reroute the road.
There are 3 options being considered. Alternative C would widen the
existing road from 2 to 4 lanes and is supported by Zach Wamp and Senator
Bill Frist. Alternative B would bypass the Nancy Ward site entirely and is
the alternative selected by TDOT. However, the city of Benton is
considering using the right of way for water line placement. The problem,
as related to us, is business owners and owners of large farms who oppose
the loss of revenue and or land. Now we have learned some of these people
are attempting to influence state lawmakers to lobby to change historic
preservation laws due to extra costs in such projects. Amazingly some of
our legislators are supporting this! A trend is being seen where cost
overruns due to avoidance of historic sites, and Native American sites in
particular, is fueling an outcry to change federal preservation laws.
Complaints were lodged at Brentwood Library, WalMart- Nashville, and now
the Nancy Ward Memorial site about the excess cost of preserving or
removing these sites to comply with present legislation. Below is an
article about a public meeting to discuss this project. Many will remember
Representative Buck from 1996 when he opposed the changes in Tennessee law
to discourage artifact trafficking. Now we find he is asking "what right
the federal government has to prohibit Bishop from tearing down his own
house." 


We received a tape of the meeting and were shocked by certain comments.


Representative Newton: 

"...in all actuality she is not buried on that knoll..."

'...we need to urge, encourage our federal folks to evaluate, reevaluate
that preservation act and see what it's costing them."

"... when common sense dies, something as silly as this frustrates me."


Bishop: 

...70% of THC's work involves roads and their decisions are controlled by
TDOT, which makes no rhyme or reason..."

'...originally 3 acres now it's 13 acres', "she becomes more historical the
longer she's dead."


Representative Buck:

" We're spending some $400,000 dollars when they are not even buried there.
That's real bright." 


Many Tennessee politicians are attempting to circumvent federal law. They
are concerned it is costing too much money to preserve history, especially
Native history. The Nancy Ward Memorial is a nationally registered historic
site and should be protected and not ravaged for the pursuit of the all
mighty dollar as some of our legislators propose. TDOT, TDA, THC (Tennessee
Historical Commission), are doing what's best in this situation and should
be commended. However, the legislators who are proposing such changes must
be sent a message to leave history alone, especially Native history. 



The following is the full text article from the Feb 2, 1999 issue of the

NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN.


HIGHWAY ROUTING AROUND CEMETERY IRKS LAWMAKERS by Duren Cheek, staff

writer.

State lawmakers fumed yesterday at federal regulations that require

routing a four-lane segment of US 411 around a Benton, Tenn. cemetery named
for

a Native American princess who may not be buried there.

Benton-area business and government leaders want to convert the existing

two lane highway through town to four lanes.


State transportation officials said that can't be done because it would

disturb the Nancy Ward cemetery and the Clemmer House. The cemetery is

on the National Register of Historic Places and the Clemmer House is

eligible for that designation because of the brick pattern used in its

construction. 


TDOT alternative calls for building a bypass around the community, near

Chattanooga in southeast Tennessee. "It doesn't make any sense" said state
Rep. 

Chris Newton, R-Turtletown. He estimates a bypass will cost up to $1 million 

more than four-laning the existing road and force as many as 30% of Benton 

businesses to close. 


Preservationists maintain that Nancy Ward, a Cherokee who befriended white
soldiers 

and settlers, is buried in the 16-acre cemetery along with her son,

Five-Killer, and her brother, Longfellow. Locals say there is no hard

evidence that is the case.

Ken Bishop, who own the Clemmer House, has offered to tear it down and

donate the property to the state if the state will simply widen 411

through town.


But 

NATIVE_NEWS: Tenacity of 22-Year Forest Service Veteran Brings Convictions

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:



http://www.sltrib.com/1999/feb/02101999/utah/81719.htm

 Wednesday, February 10, 1999 

  Tenacity of 22-Year Forest Service
  Veteran Brings Convictions Against
  10 People in Theft of Artifacts


   
  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 

  PROVO -- No one will ever really know how a tribe of
  Indians dwelt in a cave in the northern LaSal Mountains 8,000
  years before European explorers set foot in America. 
  But thanks to archaeological sleuth David Griffel, authorities
  know who made off with chipped stone tools, basketry,
  plant-fiber sandals and leather clothing and pouches the Anasazi
  or perhaps Fremont Indians left behind. 
  Between 1986 and 1991, vandals excavated and looted Polar
  Mesa Cave in southeastern Utah, stealing about 500 artifacts
  and some burial remains. 
  But authorities were able to recover many of the stolen items
  after Griffel, a Provo-based U.S. Forest Service special agent,
  cracked the case. It was the largest Archaeological Resources
  Protection Act caper in the United States. 
  Griffel led a team of local, state and federal investigators
  whose five-year probe resulted in 18 felony convictions against
  10 people. 
  All Griffel had to go on when the U.S. Attorney's Office
  assigned him the case in November 1994 was some beer and
  soda cans, food containers and a big hole in the ground. 
  He and his team rounded up about 30 people who they
  believed might have heard something about the stolen artifacts.
  At least two of them turned into suspects who decided to
  cooperate with authorities. 
  Investigators initially pieced together the crime on
  circumstantial evidence and were able to corroborate it with
  more tangible clues, said Griffel, a 22-year Forest Service
  veteran. 
  Through the interviews, investigators learned the pothunters
  had taken photographs during their illegal digs. Griffel obtained
  them to identify suspects. 
  The FBI crime lab in Washington, D.C., found latent
  fingerprints on some of the trash and was able to link them and
  some DNA evidence to the suspected thieves. 
  The case earned Griffel recognition as the Forest Service's
  special agent of the year for 1998. 

NATIVE_NEWS: History: A Hundred Years Ago - Carlisle - Week 94

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:54:47 -0500
From: Landis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

 THE INDIAN HELPER
~%^%~
  A WEEKLY LETTER
 -FROM THE-
Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.

VOL. XIV. FRIDAY, February 10, 1899  NUMBER 16


If the world's a wilderness,
  Go build houses in it!
Will it help our loneliness
  On the winds to din it?
Raise a hut, however slight;
  Weeds and brambles smother;
And to roof and meal invite
  Some forlorner brother.

If the world's a vale of tears,
  Smile till rainbows span it!
Breathe the love that life endears,
  Clear from clouds to fan it.
Of your gladness lend a gleam
  Unto souls that shiver:
Show them how dark sorrow's stream
  Blends with hope's bright river!
LUCY LARCOM.
===

 QUAKERISM.
  ---
  As many of our students live in Friends' families, and we are often
asked what Quakerism is, we take this from the Friends' Intelligencer
for a full answer to the question:
  Quakerism stands for what is right; not what is expedient, says the
Intelligencer.
  For courage of conviction; not a weak submission to incipient evil.
  Four love and forbearance; not hatred and strife.
  For cheerful obedience to those in authority; not rebellion against
wholesome rule.
  For good taste and simplicity; not dead conformity and display.
  For neat, tasteful homes; not ostentatious mansions.
  For wholesome recreations; not corrupting diversions.
  For cordial hospitality; not elaborate entertainments.
  For honesty and fair dealing; not injustice and avarice.
  For moderation in all things; not extravagance in many things.
  For pure, everyday living; not spasmodic goodness.
  For broad, cultured minds and warm hearts; not selfish intellectualism
and coldness.
  For self-respecting aid to the needy; not demoralizing charity.

  For simplicity in worship; not formality and grandeur.
  For sincerity and freedom in belief; not cant and narrowness.
  For toleration; not assuming judgement.
  For the inward revelation of truth; not dependence upon dogmatic
theology.
  For faith in God and the divine Christ in men; not faith alone, or
works alone, but both faith and works combined.

==
   AN INDIAN NOT BETTER DEAD THAN ALIVE.
---
  Letters like the following are by no means uncommon.  We get many
such, but this is the most recent.  It speaks for itself.  What returned
pupils need is just the influence, encouragement and confidence herein
portrayed:
  Major R. H. PRATT:  MY DEAR SIR:  I cannot refrain from writing to you
concerning  , and complimenting Carlisle upon sending out such
splendid young men as he is.
  His influence over our boys is for the best, and his conduct will
assist our young men to push their way up the ladder of life.
  He is an exceptionally fine young man, and we take a great deal of
interest in him.
  He comes to me very often for advice and I feel as though a chance had
come for me to materially aid him by the advice I can give.
  Pardon my intrusion but I am interested to such a great extent in the
young men and women of the Indian race that I cannot forbear telling you

what I think of this young man.  Carlisle may indeed feel proud of him.

==
   A REPUTATION THAT COUNTS.
 ---
  Could you send me one of your boys again?  I have found your boys of
better moral character than the average of the boys working on farms.  I
am glad of your work done.  If you can send me as good as Luke
Bearshield, Joseph Gordon, John Webster, or Brigman Cornelius I won't
ask any nicer boys than they.  You could not help liking them.
   ONE OF OUR PATONS.



(page 2)
  THE INDIAN HELPER

 PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY
--AT THE--
Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.,
  BY INDIAN BOYS.
---> THE INDIAN HELPER is PRINTED by Indian
boys, but EDITED by The man-on-the-band-stand
 who is NOT an Indian.

P R I C E: --10  C E N T S  A  Y E A R

Entered in the P.O. at Carlisle as second
class mail matter.

Address INDIAN HELPER, Carlisle, Pa.
   Miss Marianna Burgess, Supt. of Printing.

Do not hesitate to take the HELPER from the
Post Office for if you have not paid for it
some one else has.  It is paid for in advance.

   MAJOR AND MRS. PRATT WITH US AGAIN.

  After a very rough passage, the entire distance of which Major and
Mrs. Pratt suffered all the distresses known to inexperienced seamen
they arrived safely on Saturday night 

NATIVE_NEWS: LOVE OF BIRTH

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

passed along by Wendy

LOVE OF BIRTH

  This story happened sixteen years ago, my son is now 22 years old,
but when I look at him even as a grown man, I remember the small child with
the tears.
 We had a female cat who was ready to give birth to her kittens, and
like all young children, my son was curious and excited to see the birth of
these new babies.  I felt he was old enough to view this miraculous event.
So I answered all his questions and prepared him the best I could so he
wouldn't be shocked or scared.
 The night the blessed event took place, one kitten had been born by
the time my son arrived home from school.  He was so thrilled and amazed at
what he saw.  He would lay his hand on the mother cat's belly and feel the
other kittens moving and awaiting their turn to be born.  When the mother
cat began to yeowl very loudly, it was clear the second was on its way.
 My son watched but never said a word.  When the second kitten was born
and the mother was busy taking care of it, preparing for the next, my son
asked me, "Mommy how come she cries so loud when the baby comes?"  In my
delight of having my son wanting to view this miraculous event and thinking
I had prepared him for it, I had not thought to explain about the pain of
giving birth.  Not wanting to take anything away from the miracle he was
witnessing, I tried to explain to him that it was not hurtful pain but a
pain of great pleasure for the mother cat, knowing her babies would soon be
born.
 When the birth of the third kitten became obvious by the crying yeowls
of the mother, I glaced at my son to offer words of comfort if he showed
signs of it becoming too stressful for him.  When I looked at his face he
had tears rolling down his cheeks.  So I asked him why he was crying and he
looked up at me and said, "Mommy, I'm sorry I gave you all that pain to
have me."
 I thought my heart had stopped.   It was all I could do to contain
myself from grabbing him and just holding him close to me but I knew I
couldn't have him thinking that his birth was something that caused me pain
in the way he was thinking.   With a careful choice of words and
reassurance, I told him his birth has done nothing but bring smiles to my
life and that I would go through it 100 times -- that the pain meant so
little compared to the joy of having him.
 He gave me this big hug and then he said, "Mommy I know why the
kittens come out that end?"   I asked him why and he said, "Because the
other end has got teeth."  I was laughing so much inside, I thought I would
burst.  The things a child will notice that an adult takes for granted will
always surprise me.
 My son is a grown man now but he and I always remember that day so
clearly and he still says today the memory for him was finally
understanding what the word "love" meant.  The memory for me was feeling
the love of my child as he wrapped his arms around me and gave me the
biggest hug he had ever given me. Never underestimate what your child is
capable of understanding, or more important, the logic they use to
understand what they are seeing or hearing.

   &&
  Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
 Unenh onhwa' Awayaton
  http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/   
   &&
 

NATIVE_NEWS: EarthWINS Daily #4.4

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
EarthWINS Daily #4.4
2/10/99

Contents


 WASHINGTON: Mining Ban Pits Environmentalists
4. WISCONSIN: Some things you can do to help Nashville Wisconsin
  a. Info for requesting link to Nashville Site
  b. Help Nashville, WI with Affiliate Programs
5. WISCONSIN New Bill Seeks End to Political Control of DNR

6. WISCONSIN: Representative: Interpretation Of Law Too Easy On Mining Company

+++

 WASHINGTON: Mining Ban Pits Environmentalists

sawtooth   talk.environment   11:07 PM  Feb  5,
1999
(at wilderness.net)   (From News system)


The Battle Over the West

By Brad Knickerbocker
The Christian Science Monitor

O L Y M P I A,   Wash.,   Feb. 5 The Clinton administration has taken a
major step toward dismantling a law that ó for better or for worse has
tied the "new" American West of environmentalism and cybercommuting to the
old West of prospectors and pick axes.

Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck announced this week that 429,000
acres along Montanaís Rocky Mountain Front ó an area of rich wildlife
habitat ó would be off limits to hardrock mining. The move is aimed squarely
at the General Mining Law of 1872, an act signed by President Ulysses Grant
that was designed to populate the interior West by luring white settlers
with the promise of mineral riches.

For years, reformers have tried to amend the law, which critics claim
has cost the United States Treasury billions of dollars while leaving behind
a legacy of environmental degradation. But so far, Congress (especially the
Senate, which is proportionately dominated by conservative Westerners) has
failed to do so.

[...]

Constant Attackí on Mining Industry

For the past 10 years we've been under constant attack,î says Jill Andrews,
executive director of the Montana Mining Association. "When mining, oil and
gas, and timber were allowed, we were near the top in per capita income. Now
we're 51st ó even lower than the District of Columbia."

Four years ago, some $27 million a year was spent on hardrock mineral
exploration in Montana, almost all of it going into the local economy.
Today, says Ms. Andrews, the figure is down to about $400,000.

"We have just been devastated," says Andrews, whose trade organization
has about 450 members, most of them small miners and suppliers.

These days, however, itís not the promise of gold or platinum but the
see-forever views and relative quietude that attract the new pioneers, many
of them from back East or urban California.

This change in the demographic balance is one reason Montanans last
November voted to ban ìheap-leachî mining, a process in which a cyanide
solution is sprayed over large piles of ore to extract microscopic bits of
gold.


[...]


Unreclaimed Mines Left Polluted

The Mineral Policy Center reports that hardrock mining across the West has
resulted in more than 557,000 abandoned mines left unreclaimed. Among these
are 61 mines so polluted that they are on the Superfund National Priorities
List.

"The mining law is a relic of a bygone era," says Stephen DíEsposito,
president of the Mineral Policy Center, a nonprofit research and advocacy
organization in Washington. "Since passage of the mining law, the federal
government has given away more than $231 billion in publicly owned
minerals."

"When these policies were originally enacted, they may have been called
progress," Jill Lancelot, legislative director of the budget watchdog group
Taxpayers for Common Sense, told a Senate hearing last year. "However, over
a century later we call it corporate welfare."

Slowly, Dombeck Makes Moves

Forest Service Chief Dombeck's action this week is the latest in a series of
steps he's taken to reduce the impact of logging and mining on federal land,

including a suspension of new road building in national forests.

Speaking of the General Mining Law of 1872 this week, he said, "Many
areas are simply not appropriate for certain activities, such as hardrock
mining."

"We must protect the last best places and restore the rest," said Dr.
Dombeck, a fisheries biologist.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the nationís other big landlord,
also is reviewing its mining regulations with an eye to more environmental
protection.

This, too, is sure to heighten the political debate over what some
critics call the Clinton administration's "war on the West."

[...]

"The mining law is a relic of a bygone era. Since passage of the mining law,
the federal government has given away more than $231 billion in publicly
owned minerals."
Stephen DíEsposito, Mineral Policy Center


http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/miningban990205.html



+++

4. WISCONSIN: Some things you can do to help Nashville Wisconsin

a. Info for requesting link to Nashville Site

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Februa

NATIVE_NEWS: Vancouver Feast for Nuxalk Ista Defenders...You're Invited!

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 19:49:14 -0600
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Forest Action Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Feast for Nuxalk Ista Defenders...You're Invited!


Hello-

In case you hadn't heard, there will be a feast in support of
the Nuxalk who will be sentenced this Friday for stopping the
clearcutting on their lands.

If you HAD heard, please note that there is a change in venue, due
to a request by the Nuxalk chiefs for more dance space. Hope to
see you all and tell all your friends. Show up for court too --
Supreme Court of BC from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.

POTLUCK/FEAST FOR NUXALK ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12th

On Friday night, following the court appearance at which six
Nuxalk people will be given sentences for stopping the clearcutting
at Ista, there will be a potluck feast at the Vancouver Aboriginal
Friendship Centre in support of the Nuxalk. All supporters are
welcome but please come with food!

The potluck, followed by cultural activities, will be held from 6:00
through 10:00 p.m. It would be appreciated if volunteers could show up
promptly at 6:00 to assist in the set-up and then at 10:00 assist in
the clean-up.

Date: Friday, February 12th

Time: 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Place: Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Center
  1607 East Hastings Street (west of Commercial Drive)

Please come out to show your support for the Nuxalk chiefs, elders
and citizens who have been fighting to keep their lands and
streams pristine. Note that the Nuxalk's appearance at court is
Friday, February 12 at 9:00 a.m., and will last one hour -- Supreme
Court of B.C., 800 Smithe Street.



Dayna @
Forest Action Network
Box 625, Bella Coola, Nuxalk Territory, 'BC' V0T 1C0
ph: (250) 799-5800  fax: (250) 799-5830
website: http://www.fanweb.org

"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our
being, drive a spear into the land, and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers,
governments and corporations, 'Thus far and no farther'."
-Uncle Ed Abbey



FOREST ACTION NETWORK
Box 625, Bella Coola, 'BC', V0T 1C0
ph: (250) 799-5800  fax: (250) 799-5830
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  website: http://www.fanweb.org

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NATIVE_NEWS: Big Mountain letter campaign

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And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>From BIGMTLIST

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 19:39:00 EST
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: For posting to the Big Mountain list-Big Mountain Campaign to
Washington, DC BIA

Dear Big Mountain list,

I wanted to send you a copy of the letter campaign we faxed to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs in Washington, DC.  The information contained in this letter
should prove useful in your conversations with the local BIA and the BIA in
Washington, DC.  We will keep you informed about the status of impending
livestock confiscations.

Anyone able to travel to Black Mesa to support the elders should e-mail us for
further information or call us at:  520-673-3461.

Thank you for your support,
Marsha Monestersky
Consultant to Sovereign Dineh Nation

February 5, 1999

Mr. Kevin Gover, Director,
US Bureau of Indian Affairs
1849 C Street NW Mail Stop 4140
Washington, DC  20240
We call your attention to two issues requiring immediate action by your
office.
Eviction Threats
Officials representing the US government are deliberately  misrepresenting US
laws with respect to relocation and engaging a systematic campaign to
terrorize elderly people. According to US law, people who do not sign leases
with the Hopi Tribe will be subject to forcible relocation after February 1,
2000, and the only penalty imposed upon people who do not voluntarily sign up
for relocation is the loss of their right to participate in the selection of
their relocation housing.
Representatives of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation have
engaged in the following actions:
Preparation and distribution of documents deliberately
misrepresenting this law. Attached is a copy of a letter sent to people who
have not signed leases. Note that it states in large capital letters" "NOTICE
TO VACATE" with "90 days" appearing 3 times in the next paragraph. The
document is structured so as to convince its elderly recipients who are not
lawyers that they will be evicted within 90 days.

Verbal threats.  The officials delivering these notices on behalf of the US
government verbally threaten the recipients and reinforce the fraudulent
intent of the document's author. In the attached testimony from Pauline
Whitesinger, she relates how the officials delivering the letter told her that
she would be sent to jail within 90 days if she did not sign the relocation
papers and that he (the
official) has the right to kill people. Pauline told us that Sarah Begay and
Roberta Blackgoat stated that the same official also told them that they would
be sent to jail if they did not sign. The officials who delivered the notice
to Bert Tohannie
told him he would be evicted in 90 days.

The pattern of consistent and gross verbal misrepresentation of US law to
these people indicates that these abuses are not isolated accidents, but
rather are deliberate policy of the officials managing this program.
The US government is causing unnecessary pain and suffering by these actions.
Upon receiving a similarly phrased notice on November 18, 1998 concerning this
same issue, Kee Zee Begay suffered heart pains which eventually required his
being taken by ambulance to the hospital.  The notices and their method of

delivery are having their intended effect of creating terror and misery
amongst its elderly recipients. The US government does not have to
deliberately hurt people in this way just to deliver information concerning
the selection of relocation housing.
We are also concerned that this behavior may be another consequence of the $25
million bounty that was placed by the US government for signatures on leases
under the 1996 Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act. The US Congress intended this fee
to be used to insure the fairness of the settlement offered the people.
Instead, it has become the driving force in a campaign of terrorism against
defenseless elderly people.
We strongly urge the US government to take immediate corrective action
including the following:

- Immediately notifying all recipients of these letters that the US government
will honor the laws that prohibit forcible evictions prior to February 1, 2000
and that people who refuse to sign leases or relocation papers will face no
penalties other than the loss of their right to participate in the selection
of their relocation housing.

- Removing Christopher Bavasi and Paul Tessler from responsibilities with
respect to administering this program, as allowing them to continue in this
capacity is a clear indication that the US government at the highest levels is
endorsing these illegal activities.

- Insuring that all communication with the people is structured so as to
clearly inform people as to their rights under existing US law, and that these
written statements are not verbally misrepresented by the officials who
deliver the documents.
Livestock Impoundment
The US government is currently engaging in a policy of depriving elderly
people of their sole means of survival in a program th

NATIVE_NEWS: Tripod Sitters Enter 3rd Week! Volunteers Needed!

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>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:08:29 -0600
>To: "Buffalo Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buffalo Nations)
>Subject: Tripod Sitters Enter 3rd Week! Volunteers Needed!
>Sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Precedence: Bulk
>
>1. We know you've heard it before, but we really need you to come help the
>buffalo!
>2. Tripod sitters weather intense winds and storms
>3. Take a moment- call the Governor and DOL and ask them some hard questions.
>
>
>1. Hi everyone, it's Sarah again asking anyone with time to lend to come
>out to help with the buffalo here.  We are at one of our lowest points as
>far as numbers go and are reaching a critical point in the campaign.
>
> There are five buffalo at Red Canyon.  One of these has already been
>captured and released as testing negative for brucellosis.  The DOL has
>been out to look at them which is their usual practice before trying to
>haze and capture the animals.
>
>There are also buffalo coming dangerously close to the Duck Creek capture
>facility.  Patrols in this area are kept around the clock.
>
>And, of course, our blockade of the 610 Forest Service road continues and
>requires a number of volunteers to be there 24 hours.  We are trying to
>keep the volunteers rotated out for rest, but our dwindling numbers are
>making this difficult.
>
>No matter what, we will be here.  If you can be here too, please call me at
>(406)646-0070 or answer this e-mail and let me know when you can come out.
>The week of the 14th coming up is a time we especially need people. Hope
>you can make it!
>
>
>
>Buffalo Nations
>P.O. Box 957   West Yellowstone, Mt. 59758
>Phone (406)646-0070 Fax (406)646-0071
>E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Blockaders Enter Third Week in Tripods on Forest Service Road 610 to Stop
>Construction of Buffalo Trap
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 9, 1999
>Media Contacts: Sarah Chalmers, Sue Nackoney (406) 646-0070
>
>WEST YELLOWSTONE, MT-   Two Buffalo Nations volunteers, Kelly Needs and
>Brandon Bridges, continue into their third week of blockading the
>construction of a new capture facility. Since Januray 25, they have been
>sitting on platforms suspended 30 feet above the ground from lodgepole pine
>tripods blocking the Forest Service Road leading to the site of a newly
>permitted bison trap on Horse Butte. The trap, which has not yet been
>constructed, will be similar to the trap at Duck Creek which has sent 15
>buffalo to slaughter this winter.
>
>On Friday, January 29, District Ranger David Garber signed a Decision
>Notice allowing the DOL to operate a new buffalo capture facility on the
>Gallatin National Forest according to their "long-term" plan over the next
>10 years. The Permit to build the facility has not been signed by the
>Department of Livestock. Forest Service representatives available today did
>not know why the signing was delayed.  As of late January, the DOL stated
>that they were planning to construct the trap before February 1, during
>which time they had permission to operate by the terms of their
>"short-term" plan. Currently DOL is conducting eagle surveys for a nesting

>pair whose habitat is adjacent to one of the proposed capture facility
>sites.
>
>"Why is the DOL responsible for wildlife management? It makes no sense for
>livestock agents to be monitoring the nesting patterns of eagles whose
>presence might prohibit the construction of the capture facility. This is
>the same twist of logic that allows the DOL, an agency in charge of
>livestock, to have control over wildlife through current bison managment
>policy. The DOL has no incentive to care for wildlife when cattle interests
>are at stake," stated Sue Nackoney, Buffalo Nations spokesperson.
>
>The road blockade progressed from two tripods (30 foot high structure made
>of three lodgepole pine poles lashed together at the apex) to four tripods.
>One 3 foot by 5 foot platform is suspended from the apex of one of the
>tripods and the other platform is suspended from a pole balanced between
>two of the other tripods. There are now a total of 15 poles in the
>structure, one for each buffalo who has been killed by the DOL this year.
>
>"We are here because we can not watch more buffalo face needless death at
>the hands of the Department of Livestock. It is obvious that capture
>facilities kill buffalo, and that few are released. Our blockade will
>continue for as long as necessary, until buffalo are safe on Horse Butte,"
>said Brandon Bridges, an 18 year old student from Kentucky.
>
>The sitters have spent their days and nights living on platforms in the air
>since the early morning of Monday, January 25. Temperatures have reached
>thirty degrees below zero at times and there have been several major
>snowstorms and huge windstorms. The 610 road is closed by drifting snow.
>
>Law enforcement officers from the DOL, Forest Service, and Montana
>Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks have visited the blockade, but they
>h

NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash, Dudley George - Decision today

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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:55:17 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ipperwash, Dudley George - Decision today
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Thursday, February 11, 1999 

Decision today on Ipperwash beating incident

  By JULIE CARL, Free Press Reporter
  The province's Special Investigations Unit will announce today whether it
will lay charges in the 1995
police beating of a native protester at Ipperwash. The investigation into
the beating of Cecil Bernard
George has stretched over more than three years and included interviews
with more than 50 "witness"
officers, said Gail Scala, a communications officer with the SIU, which
investigates all serious police
incidents in which citizens are killed or seriously injured.

Witness officers are not under investigation for the incident in question.
Six officers have been
designated as "subject officers" -- those under investigation in George's
beating, Scala said. She
declined to identify the officers or say where they were from.

Earlier, the SIU determined George was beaten by eight to 10 OPP officers
outside Ipperwash
Provincial Park, the site of a native occupation, Sept. 6, 1995, the night
Dudley George (no relation to
Cecil Bernard George) was shot by police. But no charges were laid because
the SIU could not
identify the officers involved.

The case was re-activated after acting OPP Sgt. Kenneth Deane was convicted
of criminal negligence
causing death for shooting Dudley George and several native protesters were
acquitted of an array of
charges.

Witnesses testified to seeing Cecil Bernard George beaten and kicked by OPP
officers. Medical
evidence indicated George was hit at least 28 times. 



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NATIVE_NEWS: Lincoln, NE: University Police investigate latest discovery of bones

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tip from Mary..thanks,Ish

University Police investigate latest
 discovery of bones 
 BY JOE DUGGAN Lincoln Journal Star

http://www.journalstar.com/stories/loc/sto4

 The discovery of possible American Indian remains last week
 in a University of Nebraska-Lincoln classroom has prompted
 a University Police investigation.

 While cleaning out Room 109 in Bessey Hall last week, UNL
 officials, professors and an Indian activist found a handful of
 bone fragments and a tooth believed to be American Indian.
 They also found field notes from archaeological digs that
 occurred in the 1930s.

 If the bone fragments and tooth are Indian, they are protected
 under the Native American Graves Protection and
 Repatriation Act. The federal law required institutions to
 report any collection of Indian remains and burial artifacts by
 November 1995. Once reported, Indian nations may claim
 the remains for reburial.

 "Regardless of how and why these remains came to be in 109
 Bessey, we are as committed now to the NAGPRA policies
 as we have been in the past," Chancellor James Moeser said
 Tuesday.

 University Police have launched an investigation to determine
 whether the bones are Indian and how they got in the room,
 said University Police Sgt. Bill Manning.

 It's not the first time human bones have turned up in Bessey
 Hall.

 In September 1997 an anthropology instructor found an
 Indian skeleton in Room 109. The discovery triggered
 accusations against Karl Reinhard, an anthropology professor,
 who said he used the room as a forensic laboratory.

 The accusations eventually prompted investigations into the
 university's handling of Indian bones. The Nebraska State
 Patrol last year conducted one investigation, which produced
 no criminal charges. The university has hired Lincoln
 attorney Robert Grimit to head another investigation, the
 results of which are pending.

 Reinhard has denied all allegations of wrongdoing.

 University officials were puzzled by Friday's discovery
 because they thought all human remains had been removed
 from Room 109, according to a university news release.

 "I can, with all certainty, state that as of Dec. 21, 1998, these
 items were not in the area in which they were found,"
 Manning said. "It would have been impossible to overlook
 those notebooks in our previous search of the room." The
 room has long contained the Anthropology Department's
 teaching collection, a series of bone casts used by instructors
 in classes.

 University officials, anthropology faculty and Indian activist
 Randy Thomas of Lincoln converged on the room Friday to
 oversee Reinhard's move to a different office. They also
 moved the teaching collection to a different location in
 Bessey Hall.

 During the move, the new bones were found. If the bones
 and tooth turn out to be Indian, every effort will be made to
 repatriate them, Moeser said.
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NATIVE_NEWS: En;CDHFBLC, Update on Ocosingo incident,Feb 10

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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 14:08:30 -0500
From: irlandesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FBC HRC Update on Ocosingo Incident
Sender: irlandesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: chiapas-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Originally published in Spanish by the Fray Bartolome de Las Casas Human
Rights Center
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Translated by irlandesa


Date:   Tuesday, February 9, 1999 18:52:37 -0600
From:   FBC Human Rights Center <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


ILLEGAL DETENTION AND INCOMMUNICADO STATUS OF TWO INDIGENOUS FROM LA
MENDOZA, MUNICIPALITY OF CHANAL, CHIAPAS

Yesterday, February 8, the Fray Bartolome de Las Casas Human Rights Center
received the denunciation concerning the detention of DANIEL GOMEZ VELAZCO
and JOSE ANGEL GOMEZ VELAZCO, both tzeltal indigenous.  The detention
occurred on February 6 at 10:30 AM at the military checkpoint at La
Peninsula, in the Municipality of Ocosingo.  According to the testimony of
the driver of the van in which they were travelling, the men were detained
by members of the Mexican National Army and Public Security Police forces
of the state of Chiapas.  In addition, evidence gathered by this Human
Rights Center indicates that the Gomez Velazcos were blindfolded, beaten
and their physical integrity assaulted.

On February 9, this Human Rights Center conducted an investigation through
various officials with the Delegate of the Office of the Attorney General
of the Republic (PGR) in Tuxtla Gutierrez;  with the State Attorney
General's Office;  with Juan Ignacio Cruz Padilla in the Public Ministry
Agency of the PGR in Ocosingo and with the Ocosingo Council, concerning the
whereabouts of the men, and we were not given any information on the
matter.  This Human Rights Center appeared before the Public Ministry
Agency in Ocosingo at approximately 4:30 PM on February 9, and the acting
Public Ministry Agent said that the Gomez Velazcos had effectively been
under their charge, but that "the time had run out and they didn't know the
whereabouts of the indigenous."

At approximately 7:55 PM on February 9, we received information concerning
the whereabouts of the Gomez Velazcos, who were in the Public Ministry
Agency cells in Ocosingo.

Up to this moment, we know nothing of the condition of the gentlemen.

The Human Rights Center expresses its opposition to these acts of illegal
detention and the incommunicado status by executive branch authorities.

Consequently, we demand of the relevant authorities:

1.   Investigation of the acts of illegal detention and the holding  of
DANIEL AND JOSE ANGEL GOMEZ VELAZCO incommunicado.
2.   Punishment of those responsible for these acts.




Human Rights Center Fray Bartolome de Las Casas
Francisco Leon 5
Barrio de Santa Lucia
San Cristobal de las Casas
Chiapas, C.P.  29250
Mexico

Telephone:  (967) 8 35 48
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NATIVE_NEWS: Enviro Briefs

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February 11, 1999
All news stories can be found on the web:

http://www.envirolink.org/environews  (including previous days' headlines)

Environmental Headlines from Around the Internet:

9-year-old ban on ivory export to Japan to be lifted -- An international
convention on endangered species unanimously approved Wednesday a one-time
sale of elephant ivory to Japan from two African nations beginning in
mid-March, lifting an embargo made by the convention in 1989.

Link between lead poisoning, fuel under scrutiny -- The link between lead
poisoning and fuel came under scrutiny as an international conference in
southern India wrapped up. World Bank economist Magda Lovel, who has since
1995 been spearheading a campaign to phase out lead from automobile fuel,
said Wednesday that lead from vehicle emissions accounts for 80 to 90
percent of the airborne lead in Indian cities where leaded gasoline is
still used.

EPA, FBI Argue Over Chemical Data -- The Environmental Protection Agency is
exploring ways to provide sensitive chemical accident information to the
public, yet keep it out of the hands of potential terrorists, an agency
official said Wednesday. The release of information about so-called
"worst-case" accident scenarios at chemical plants has been a subject of
intense negotiations between the EPA and security officials for months.

Virginia is for lovers, of trash that is -- Virginia is tired of other
folks dumping on it. Virginia landfills took about 3.2 million tons of
out-of-state garbage in 1997, second only to Pennsylvania, and the amount
is growing. Now Republican Gov. Jim Gilmore has made cutting garbage
imports a top priority of the legislative session that ends Feb. 27, and
has been submitting bills to keep the garbage trucks at bay.

Diesel pipeline bursts in Tenn. -- A 10-inch pipeline burst Wednesday
morning, sending 85,000 gallons of diesel fuel spewing onto homes and
flowing into the Tennessee River. No injuries were reported, but 10 homes
hit by the fuel were condemned, according to the Tennessee Emergency
Management Agency.

Attempts to set Ore. ship afire fail -- Navy demolition experts with
grenades failed to set fire to a grounded cargo ship Wednesday night,
leaving it vulnerable to an advancing storm that threatened to break it
apart and cause a disastrous oil spill. Flames flickered and black smoke
billowed out of the New Carissa, but within seconds the only thing burning
aboard the 639-foot ship was a small smoldering fire in one cargo hold.
Coast Guard officials had said that burning the ship could be like lighting
a barbecue grill - it could take several tries to get the heavy, low-grade
oil to burn.

Taking stock of our stuff -- Individuals, communities, and businesses are
finding innovative ways to make do with less, and in the process improve
economic performance and quality of life. "Groups as different as
neighborhood associations and corporations are discovering economic
well-being is not necessarily linked to using vast quantities of
materials," says Gary Gardner, a senior researcher at Worldwatch. "In fact,
getting more of what we want through smarter use of materials is a winner

for the bottom line and the environment."

All news stories can be found on the web:

http://www.envirolink.org/environews  (including previous days' headlines)

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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Indiana Native American Project Issues.

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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 19:32:40 EST
>To: nativenews-digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Indiana Native American Project Issues.
>X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 76
>
>Here is a story on the issue... We are asking for people's ideas. At the
>bottom of the article is a way to contact the legislators.Thank you,
Karen
>
>++ University Project Promoters Face Native Advocates +++
>> 
>By Lloyd Payne
>
>>Indiana proposes a Native American License Plate for sale. The current
>bill, which was passed last year, targets the sale for the year 2000. Now,
>there
>rises a debate on how the funds from the sale should be spent. The battle
>seems to rising between Purdue University's interests and the state's
>Native American community.
>>
>>"Native American Indian people have serious economic, social and health care
>problems in this state," says Karen Curtis, Native American Council sponsored
>masters student at University of Illinois. "These kinds of funds are better
>spent on People of today not on a local institution's pet history project."
>>
>>Purdue University's museum project, Prophetstown, was to receive all the
>proceeds from the license plate sale.  Currently, Prophetstown funding
>commitment from donation to the buildings and simulated village projects have
>already passed $2 million dollars. The project is named after Tecumsah's
>controversial brother, The Prophet. Museum industrial sponsor include Dow
>Chemical Company, Great Lakes Chemical Company, Cinergy-PSI Foundation, Inc.
>and  Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc of Iowa.
>>
>>State representation of the Native American communities are alarmed.
>Recently, an ammendment to the license plate law was submitted as a
result. It
>indicates the Governor's Native American Council to receive the funds not
>Prophetstown. The difference in opinion springs from whether dollars
should go
>to cultural preservation in a museum setting or diverted to projects that are
>identified by indigenous peoples. Some Council members would like to see the
>monies go out for grant proposals to help Native American Indian groups with
>the
>current problems.
>>
> The Roads and Transportation committee
>>will be hearing  statements concerning this change
>
>
>>Purdue University Prophetstown supporters believe all this activity is a
>moot point. They have met with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and have received
>approval on the license plate design. It is an original design done by a
>Native American artist of the Miami Nation. Prophetstown further boasts the
>support of recognized leaders in state native american affairs.
>>
>>Supporters of the Amendment to the Bill have made some very important
>steps. Their next step is to convince the Road and Transportation Committee
>that
>the change in funding destination is very important. Also, that it is in
>support of the modern Native American  community.  They are calling for unity
>in
>the cause and vocal support that will help all Native American Indians in
>Indiana.
>>
>
> The following list is the

>Representative that are on the committee that is reviewing HB 1579.
>
>Gary Cook[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Scott Pelath [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Bob Bischoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Duane Cheney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Jerry Denbo  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Larry Lutz   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Dennis Oxley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Russ Stilwell[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Dean Mock[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Jim Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Bob Cherry   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cleo Duncan  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Rich McClain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Tom Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Native American Indian License Plates.  Provides that money in the Indiana
>Native American Indian trust fund is distributed annually to the Indiana
> Native American Indian Council, which determines the allocation of the
>money. There are 18 Native American Indian groups in Indiana that can help
>our people with this funding. They can apply through a grant process to
>assist Native American Indian in Indiana.
>
>Some of the reasons the funding can help our people here in Indiana are as
>follows:
>
>With a population of 16,000 in Indiana representing 103 different Nations.
>There is only one agency to assist them with any needs they may have if they
>are not from the Pokagon Band Potawatomi. Most of their funding is from the
>Department of Labor for a JTPA program.
>
>10.2 unemployment rate
>
>Average living standard is under 35,000 a year for a household. But
>forgetting that we are a holistic society, so usually we have more then four
>people living in the same house.
>
>Drop out rate 17.4%
>Without High school diploma or GED 35%
>Indian living in poverty 22.9%
>
>We have no Cultural Center for our people to gather.
>
>We have no figures on Homeless because no one has ever

NATIVE_NEWS: PROTECT AMERICA'S HERITAGE FORESTS: Internet Day of Action

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Help Protect America's Heritage Forests at http://www.ourforests.org


Dear Friend,

Today is an Internet DAY OF ACTION to protect America's wild public
forests for future generations. Heritage Forests look like national parks,
but they are being destroyed by uncontrolled logging.

We ask that you -- and with your help thousands of other concerned
Americans -- do two things today to PROTECT AMERICA'S
HERITAGE FORESTS:

* Send an urgent fax to the Clinton-Gore Administration today at

http://www.ourforests.org. It's quick, easy and free!

* Forward !this! email to your friends, family and colleagues so
they, too, can send a message to protect our Heritage Forests.

Why? Because every child deserves to grow up around tall trees as
well as tall buildings; to watch salmon in a river, as well as on a
TV screen; to wander through mossy groves as well as urban sprawl;
to walk on a carpet of pine needles as well as one of asphalt.

Because wilderness is a hard thing to come by in today's world.

One-third of our publicly-owned forest lands -- America's Heritage
Forests -- are roadless and scenic, but unprotected.
Our Heritage Forests belong to you, to me, and to all Americans.

Right now the Clinton-Gore Administration is deciding the future of
our majestic forests. It seems like an obvious choice, doesn't it?
Let's keep our forest heritage as a legacy for future generations.

Unfortunately, while you and I might agree, the timber and mining
special interests think differently. They make big profits destroying
our ancient and pristine forests. It's wrong, but they are lobbying
in Washington, DC, to make sure that they keep it business as usual.

Unless we act now, our Heritage Forests will be gone forever.

The Forest Service just announced a short-term suspension on logging
in some of America's Heritage Forests. That's a really good idea,
but it's not nearly enough. Soon the Administration will be finalizing
National Forest ìroadless areas policyî and deciding the long-term
fate of these unprotected scenic forests.

We must ensure that the Clinton-Gore Administration permanently
protects all of America's Heritage Forests, leaving this land an even
better land for our descendents.

HOW YOU CAN HELP: PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNET DAY OF ACTION.
Please do two things today to help protect our Heritage Forests:

* Send an urgent fax to the Clinton-Gore Administration today at

http://www.ourforests.org. It's quick, easy and free! And
your message will have the most impact if you send it now.

* Forward !this! email to your friends, family and colleagues so
they, too, can send a message to protect our Heritage Forests.

Today you can join with other Americans to leave a lasting legacy.
Our forests and future generations will thank you for your actions.

Ken Rait
Heritage Forests Campaign

mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

http://www.ourforests.org

P. S. Until the Clinton-Gore Administration adopts a *roadless*
policy to protect America's Heritage Forests, please help spread the

word by updating your email client's signature file (the one that
"advertises" you at the end of your email) to add one simple line:

Help Protect America's Heritage Forests at http://www.ourforests.org


This email message is brought to you by the Heritage Forests
Campaign, an alliance of conservationists, educators, scientists,
clergy and ordinary Americans working together to ensure our
unprotected scenic wilderness forests are permanently protected.

For a complete list of the citizens and organizations that *are* the
Heritage Forests Campaign, visit http://www.ourforests.org.

Please post this message in any appropriate Internet forums.

==
Sarah DiJulio
Heritage Forests Campaign
Internet Organizing Project
Technology Project
(206) 547-8419

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NATIVE_NEWS: Douglas Fir Beetle Project: YOUR COMMENTS NEEDED!

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

From: "Wild Rockies Alerts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Douglas Fir Beetle Project: YOUR COMMENTS NEEDED!

Idaho Panhandle National Forest Under Siege
Forest Service Taking Too Much, Moving Too Fast

An Old Song and Dance

On January 25 the Idaho Panhandle National Forests released a draft
Environmental Impact Statement outlining a massive logging project, in
response to an outbreak of Douglas fir bark beetles.  In the Idaho
Panhandle and parts of the Colville National Forests, the agency plans to
remove as much as 153 million board feet of Douglas fir sawtimber this
year!  The Forest Service's preferred alternative calls for over 5 thousand
acres of clearcuts and over 20 thousand acres of "selection harvest". This
intensive logging of big, old trees would be carried out on a huge road
network -- made larger with 183 miles of road reconstruction!

The Forest Service is so determined to log it has asked Chief Mike Dombeck
to declare a "forest health emergency", which would allow the Forest
Service to cut short public process and start cutting before citizen
appeals can be filed.

The Lands Council is conducting a comprehensive citizen and scientist
review of this proposal, because we believe the intensive logging planned
could cause more long-term damage to our forests than the bark beetle
outbreak. Public comments are being accepted until March 16. We ask you for
your help responding to this outlandish push to log off yet another major
component of the Inland Northwest forest: the big Douglas-fir.

BACKGROUND

In the winter of 1996/97 ice storms damaged Inland Northwest forests. Trees
broken or downed by ice and snow were susceptible to infestation by
insects, root diseases and other drivers of forest succession.  Enter the
Douglas fir bark beetle:  a small, native insect.  After ice storms and no
fires for a long time, these little critters took advantage of the
opportunity to breed in a big way, by building egg galleries in downed
trees.

By last fall major insect activity began to show up in the woods.  Standing
trees stressed by drought conditions were unable to "pitch out" the beetles
and started fading, then turned red as they succumbed to the bug.  By late
autumn localized damage was extensive enough for people to see in the
Hayden Lake, Chain Lakes, Priest Lake and Pend Oreille River areas.  The
Forest Service knows that logging will NOT stop bark beetles.  However, the
agency claims that logging will reduce fire risk and generate money needed
for restoration work.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

An outbreak of Douglas-fir bark beetles is known to last only about 2 to 3
years.  The Forest Service wants to declare an emergency to log now,
because the trees "could start to lose commercial value in as little as two
years."  So this so-called "emergency" isn't really about "forest health".
It's about money.

In 1997 the IPNF lost more than $1,200.00 on every acre logged.  From
1992-96 the IPNF lost over 50 million dollars on its timber sales.  Dave
Wright, IPNF Supervisor, declares the bark beetle project will bring in 14
million dollars.  With a track record of huge losses on logging and a
depressed timber market, it is unlikely this sale will reap profits; rather

it could cost taxpayers a bundle.

The outbreak of Douglas-fir bark beetles is a natural event, occurring in
the absence of fires.

Since 1983 200,000 acres of the IPNF have been logged off, and forest
condition continues to decline.  Additional logging could seriously damage
stream systems by causing increased run-off and erosion.  The Forest
Service admits that short-term sediment increases will occur upon
implementation of this project.  Degraded stream systems can't withstand
additional pressure, and fish populations could suffer further setbacks if
intensive logging is done so quickly.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

* Please contact the Forest Service and voice your opinion!  Send a letter
by March 16, 1999.  Tell the Forest Service you want proof that logging
reduces the risk of wildfires and will actually improve forest conditions
before they take action on the ground.  Ask for proof that this sale will
contribute "hard money" to restoration efforts being promised after the
trees are gone.

Douglas-fir Beetle Project
Idaho Panhandle National Forests
3815 Schreiber Way
Coeur d'Alene, ID  83815

* Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.

* Spread the word!

* For further information, please contact:

TLC Forest Watch
(509)838-4912 or

Jeff Juel
The Ecology Center
(406)728-5733.

mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

And thank you for your help!

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Lisa Ramirez
The Lands Council
517 S. Division St.
Spokane, WA 99202
509.838.4912

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NATIVE_NEWS: [Fwd: ACTION ALERT! Tell Press About Nashv]

[Ish]

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Newsgroups: alt.native
Subject: ACTION ALERT! Tell Press About Nashv
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February 11, 1999
For Immediate Release

Please distribute widely

ACTION ALERT! Tell Press About Nashville Wisconsin's Web Site

Hi Folks,

Here's the latest in what you can do to help Nashville. Send the email, 
enclosed below, that I received today to Wisconsin and national media. 
Ask the media to please cover this important story of brave Town of 
Nashville Wisconsin citizens who feel so threatened by Rio 
Algom/Nicolet Minerals Company proposed Crandon sulfide mine that they 
have set up a web site to raise funds at

http://www.nashvillewiundersiege.com/index.html 

Email addresses of wisconsin media and national media I've harvested 
over the years follow. And thanks in advance for your help.

Alice McCombs

Wisconsin Media

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>From: "Ted Miner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Internet utilized to fight Crandon mine
>
>Published: Thursday, February 11, 1999
>
>Internet utilized to fight Crandon mine
>Town of Nashville's Web page gives details for making donations to legal
>defense fund
>
>
>
>ROBERT IMRIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
>
> A tiny government that opposes a proposed zinc and copper mine in northern
>Wisconsin is going high-tech to raise money in the fight.
>The Town of Nashville created an Internet Web page with details on how
>people can donate money to a legal defense fund in what the town calls a
>``David takes on Goliath'' showdown.
>
>Town Board Chairman Chuck Sleeter said Wednesday the site --
>www.nashvillewiundersiege.com -- had already helped generate $1,000 in
>donations since the page was published online about 1 p.m. Monday.
>
>As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, the page had been visited 165 times, the site's
>designer said.
>
>Sleeter said using the Internet as a fund-raising tool in an expected legal
>fight against Nicolet Minerals Co. gives ``us a chance to let people all
>over the world help this small town in a time of need. It is like a
>miracle.''
>
>But while the town is using the Internet, it doesn't have the tools to
>monitor it, because it doesn't own a computer, Sleeter said.
>
>``We go to one of our neighbors who has that capacity,'' he said.
>
>Dale Alberts, a spokesman for Nicolet Minerals, said nothing high-tech is
>needed to solve any differences with town.
>
>``There is no need for this worldwide fund raising. All we have to do 
is sit
>down and talk to each other,'' Alberts said. ``It need not play out in the
>courtroom. It could be played out across the kitchen table.''
>
>Nicolet Minerals, a subsidiary of Toronto-based Rio Algom Ltd., is seeking
>state and federal permits to remove 55 million tons of mostly zinc and
>copper ore from an underground mine south of Crandon, about 70 miles
>northeast of Wausau.
>
>Opponents of the mine say it will hurt the environment, but propo

NATIVE_NEWS: Detroit lobbyists: INCREASE AIR POLLUTION / INCREASE PROFITS

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] replies:
Ish, does this surprise you?

DETROIT NEWS ON POLLUTERS

Surgical Steel 1@135750 WWIVLink
Mon Feb 08 21:50:43 1999

From: Steve Pedery of the Sequoia Club:

A very interesting story on a new and powerful industry lobbying campaign on 
the EPA's proposed "Tier II" air pollution standards for cars and trucks. 
While the story is not directly global warming related, it has some pretty 
ominous implications.  The clean air standards the story describes are 
expected to ratchet up pressure on automakers to turn towards vehicles that 
help w/both health affecting pollution and global warming (assuming the 
standards eventually adopted are tough).

The Air Quality Standards Coalition is already weighing against programs to 
reduce global warming. Also note the participation of the National Mining 
Association -- they don't make cars, but they are interested in blocking GW 
efforts.

Steve Pedery
Sierra Club Global Warming Campaign
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

The Detroit News 
February 07, 1999, Sunday

Lobbyists meet over EPA rules: GM, DaimlerChrysler representatives try to 
sway Clinton to loosen regulations

WASHINGTON -- Why were big industry lobbyists in Washington talking about 
Mayor Archer and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan in a private conference 
call two weeks ago?

The lobbyists, including representatives of General Motors Corp. and 
DaimlerChrysler AG, thought the Rust Belt Democrats could use their 
considerable influence with the White House to convince the Clinton 
administration to loosen new air pollution regulations.

But what the lobbyists meeting just blocks from the White House didn't know
was that an environmental activist secretly listened in on the call, took 
notes, and faxed them throughout Washington's environmentalist community.

The battle over new haze, smog and soot regulations that won't take effect 
until well after the year 2000 could radically alter auto manufacturing in 
the United States. The regulations would change the way companies take iron 
ore and oil out of the ground, the way steel, gasoline and plastic get made, 
even the technology used in cars and the way manufacturers put them together.

Complying with the rules, industry estimates, could cost more than a hundred 
billion dollars. Even the EPA put the cost at a staggering $ 10 billion 
spread across America's economy.

So, leading representatives from big industry held this meeting to quietly 
come up with ways of putting pressure on mid-level EPA staffers to make the 
agency's new air rules more flexible. As one lobbyist noted: "We don't want 
(EPA Administrator Carol) Browner to own this thing." If she made this a 
personal crusade, the lobbyists believed, changing the rules would only get 
more difficult.

Now, however, industry officials are backpedaling, the Environment Protection 
Agency is furious about the lobbyists' plans and Levin and Archer are saying 
they know nothing about it.

Though lobbying top officials in Washington is a billion-dollar business, the 
public almost never sees it as it happens. Private meetings, six-figure 
political donations and "fact-finding" junkets to golf resorts are the 

currency of insider influence.

For the most part, voters only see the results -- a hidden tax break slipped 
into a bill at the last minute or the quiet modification of an environmental 
regulation to make it easier on business.

That's why Frank O'Donnell's notes -- all perfectly legal, if dismaying to 
the business lobbyists -- offer a rare and important view inside the 
high-stakes jockeying over the nation's environmental standards.

If the assembled lobbyists could motivate Archer, a long-time White House 
ally just named to be co-chairman of the Democratic National Committee or 
Levin, one of the president's chief defenders in the impeachment trial, to 
push industry's agenda, the White House and EPA would be more likely to 
listen.

Nothing that happened at the meeting in the offices of Edison Electric 
Institute two weeks ago was illegal or even uncommon inside the beltway. The 
assembled lobbyists represented mining companies, the oil industry, 
utilities, truckers and the chemical industry.

The group calls itself the steering committee of the "Air Quality Standards 
Coalition." In 1997, the assembled interests spent more than $ 100 million 
wielding influence in Washington. This year, they'll likely spend more.

The coalition was formed in 1996 in response to EPA rules tightening standards
for smog and soot that industry groups said would cost them $ 80 billion. The 
EPA reported the rules would save 15,000 lives a year.

"These are the kinds of rules that can shut us down," said Quin Shea, a 
representative of the National Mining Association who was at the private 
meeting and is one of the fe

NATIVE_NEWS: Black Mesa Food Caravan Report; Supporters needed on land

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From BIGMTLIST

Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 17:57:33 -
From: "mauro deoliveira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

SOL Communications has just completed a 4000 lb plus food run on Black
Mesa. We were also carrying nearly 500 pounds of clothes. Our 8 vehicle
caravan left Los Angeles under the watchful eye of somebody with a badge,
but we are not sure who he was. Our run was well publicized locally. After
14 hours on the road, we safely landed at Glenna Begay's homesite. Glenna
is a Director of the Sovereign Dineh Nation. We bunked down for three hours
sleep then with Dineh adults as our leaders, we split into two groups and
delivered food.
The two groups delivered food to about 18 homesites, though we visited 25. 

Throughout the weekend we expected to see BIA, but we were only stopped by
the Hopi Rangers. They backed off when our Dineh guides
counter-interrogated them. The caravan was stopped 3 times by law enforcement.

So where is all the support on land? That is a logical question with so
many people "supporting" the struggle. Jake was at Roberta's and Sean was
at Glenna's. We also no of supporters at Pauline's but they were out with
the sheep when we arrived. We brought her a brand new truck battery,
installed it and fixed her gas line while we were there. Other than the
handful of people we saw, the Grandmother's are alone. What will happen
when the BIA, Hopi Rangers and the Navajo Police decide to impound the
livestock. Yes, the Navajo are very much a part of this. Without the Navajo
Tribal Council's blessings, this impoundment could not happen. Otherwise
would not the Navajo "protection agency" be there to defend thier own? No,
the Grandmothers, Grandfathers, and thier children who call themselves the
Sovereign Dineh Nation are alone. 

When the BIA reduces the livestock, they then turn around and sell the
livestock back to those they stole them from. If they really wanted to
reduce livestock they would not sell them back. But they do..each time this
has happened. So this is not livestock reduction. This is terrorism. 
\
Each person who calls himself/herself a supporter needs to ask themselves
if they can be on the land right now. From the 14th until around the 28th.
The Grandmother's will give you a warm place to bunk. They always watch
over us. There is no doubt...they want and need you now. Each group out
there on this list should support a vehicle or two and a couple of
supporters to make this trip.The primary mission is to document and witness
the reign of terror. Disposable cameras and video cameras are the most
powerful tools we have. 


Our 8 vehicle caravan and all 18 people made it home safely.

Mauro Oliveira
SOL Communications



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NATIVE_NEWS: Genocide

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

From:  David Rider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
via FN

I ran across this one [quote]last night. It's from an officer who 'served'
in the US forces that invaded the Phillipines and made war against
natives there, circa 1899-1901:

"There is no use mincing words...If we decide to stay [in the
Phillipines], we must bury all qualms and scruples about Weylerian
cruelty, the consent of the governed, etc., and stay. We exterminated
the American Indians, and I guess most of us are proud of it, or
at least, believe the end justified the means; and we must have
no scruples about exterminating this other race standing in the
way of progress and enlightenment, if it is necessary."

I often hear people today who say that terms like "genocide" and
"extermination" and "invasion" are too strong, and they accuse me
of using today's standards to judge actions of the past. Yet I
have read a seemingly endless array of quotes from people who were
'there' in the past and who used equally strong terms to describe
their own actions. Today's "standards", I believe, have changed
only in the sense that people are not supposed to openly admit what
was done in the past. The people who committed genocide knew what
they were doing, they were proud of it; and it never occurred to
most of them that any "human" would ever find fault with it. The
quote I provide above is not unique, it is typical...

dave
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NATIVE_NEWS: SAN CARLOS: Water Restored to Mine

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Tribe restores water to Morenci mine 

http://www.azcentral.com/news/0211valbos.shtml
   SAN CARLOS -- Officials for the San Carlos Apache
   Tribe said Wednesday that they have resumed delivery
   of water to Phelps Dodge's Morenci mine for 10 days in
   hopes of reaching a water-delivery pact with the copper
   giant. 

   The tribe ordered Bureau of Reclamation workers to
   shut off the water at the Black River Pumping Station
   last week because no agreement had been worked out
   on an allocation of the water. 

   Phelps Dodge uses the Black River water as its primary
   source for the mine, one of the largest open-pit copper
   mines in the world. The Apaches maintain that they
   must retain a flow of at least 20 cubic feet per second in
   the river to operate their smallmouth bass fishery. 
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NATIVE_NEWS: Arsonist attacks on Hopi

[Ish]

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Arsonist attacks on Hopi

http://www.navajohopiobserver.com/news2.htm
  By Stan Bindell
  The Observer

  KYKOTSMOVI, (Ariz.)-The peaceful village of
  Kykotsmovi had to fend off fires lit by an arsonist
  on January 30 before an arrest was made and calm
  was restored.

  Fires were set at Kykotsmovi Village Store, Hopi
  Day School, and the Independent Church. No one
  was physically injured, but all of the facilities
  suffered some damage.

  Keith Joseph Lesch, a 21-year-old from Reno,
  Nevada, was arrested and charged with three
  counts of arson. He was arraigned before Federal
  Magistrate Steven Verkamp in Flagstaff February
  1.

  Judge Verkamp declined to set bail for Lesch,
  stating that the suspect was a danger to himself
  and society. Lesch was then transferred to a
  Phoenix jail in the custody of U.S. Marshals.

  Hopi Police Officer Alfonso Sakeva reported that
  the Hopi Police received a telephone call at 5:28
  a.m. January 30 reporting that a vehicle was on
  fire. Twelve minutes later it was reported that the
  Hopi Day School was on fire and about 20
  minutes later that the Independent Church was
  burning. The fire department was quickly on the
  scene to douse each of the fires. 

  Police believe that Lesch started by lighting his
  own vehicle on fire at Kykotsmovi Village Store.
  The 1985 Ford Bronco was totally burned. 

  The Bronco was set on fire next to the gas pumps.
  Tommy Canyon, manager of Kykotsmovi Village
  Store, used his Dodge extended cab pickup to push
  the burning Ford out of the way so the store's gas
  tank would not catch fire. The gas station's pump
  was burned on the outside, but the fire never
  penetrated the pump to set the gas in the tank on
  fire.

  Hopi Day School had a 15 by 15 foot section of
  its roof burned. The church had its wooden door
  and frame totally burned, but other parts did not
  catch fire because they were made out of
  sandstone. Police did not have monetary estimates
  for any of the damages.

  After putting out the vehicle fire, Hopi police
  were able to run the license plate and identify
  Lesch, so they knew they were looking for an
  Anglo. Lesch had been stopped earlier in the
  morning when he was driving his vehicle at a slow
  speed and weaving, but he had not been cited.

  Seven Hopi officers were involved in the
  investigation. 
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NATIVE_NEWS: Clinton proposes Native American education initiatives

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Clinton proposes Native American education
  initiatives 
  in budget

http://www.navajohopiobserver.com/news3.htm
  By Tanya Lee
  The Observer

  The $1.883 trillion budget presented by President
  Clinton to Congress on February 1 includes
  several initiatives for Native American education.

  The president's FY 2000 budget requests $10
  million to begin recruiting and training 1000 new
  Native American teachers for reservations and
  other areas with high concentrations of American
  Indian and Alaska Native students.

  According to Lynn Cutler, deputy assistant to the
  president for intergovernmental affairs, the new
  teachers will be recruited from among college
  students as well as from among people who wish
  to go back to school to be trained as teachers. The
  program will provide full subsistence, including
  child care and other support systems, for returning
  students and will integrate two-year and four-year
  programs. "The dollars will follow the student"
  through the training process, said Cutler. The
  newly trained teachers would be placed in the 150
  Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools as well as
  in urban areas with high percentages of Native
  American and Alaska Native students. The
  program would initially pay the teachers' salaries,
  then those costs would be picked up by the BIA
  and other schools employing the teachers.

  In another initiative, the president has proposed
  $108 million to replace and repair some of the
  185 BIA-funded schools on reservations. The
  requested amount is an 80% increase over the FY
  99 enacted amount. Of the $108 million, $78
  million would be used to assist in replacing older,
  unsafe, and dilapidated schools. According to
  Cutler, $700 million is needed to replace schools
  and provide health and safety-related repairs and
  improvements on a Congressionally-approved
  priority list. The remaining $30 million would be
  used to help tribes or tribal organizations to issue
  bonds by using the funds to assure principal
  repayment.

NATIVE_NEWS: ICT: BRIEFS

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

http://www.indiancountry.com/  NEWS BRIEFS
+++

http://www.indiancountry.com/Natl233.html
Judge's order puts limits on further
hog farm work
Opponents - who filed suit to stop what would be the third largest
hog farm in the country -claim major victory after judge ruled against a
request to return the
case to South Dakota.
+++
http://www.indiancountry.com/NP33.html
Stonewall between inspectors, Montana
is bad news for bison
Low risk Yellowstone Park bison are still being slaughtered by the Montana
Department of Livestock.
+++
http://www.indiancountry.com/NP233.html 
Groups use American Indian for promotion then forget the tribes
Although only half the state's tribes were represented at the Governor's
conference on tourism, many felt that whole the state works to promote
tourism around the world.
American Indian reservations are ignored.
+++
http://www.indiancountry.com/SW33.html
Navajo country radiation, The silent killer
Every Navajo family in this community has lost a loved one to cancer
or pulmonary failure as a result of haphazard and reckless uranium mining.
Only recently
were Navajo elderly moved from homes built with radioactive rock.
+++
http://www.indiancountry.com/SW233.html 
Skull Valley nuclear dump on fast track
The Skull Valley Band of Goshute's agreement for a nuclear fuel storage
facility appears to be on the fast track after two landowners agreed not to
oppose federal
licensing and settled with Private Fuel Storage, an energy consortium.
+++
http://www.indiancountry.com/Gaming33.html
Nevada casinos shouldn't fear Indians
Nevada has nothing to fear about the expansion of Indian casinos in
California and may actually benefit from the increased exposure of games of
chance, leaders of a tribal gaming conference said Jan. 12.
+++
http://www.indiancountry.com/Gaming233.html
Washington tribes gather for gaming shoptalk
Washington gaming tribes came together to discuss the future of Indian
gaming, unify their efforts and discuss federal regulations that affect
their operations.


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NATIVE_NEWS: Fw: European Parliament demands US free Leonard Peltier

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


--
Date: Friday 12 February 1999 11:03:44
From: Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
Subject: European Parliament demands US free Leonard Peltier

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

February 12, 1999


Contact: Leonard Peltier Defense Committee 785-842-5774 or
Sylvain Duez-Alessandrini 011-33-1-43-730-580
Bobby Castillo- 415-386-7041

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DEMANDS
THAT THE UNITED STATES
FREE POLITICAL PRISONER LEONARD PELTIER

The European Parliament passed a new resolution yesterday (February 11,
1999) reinstating their insistence that world renowned humanitarian and
U.S., Indigenous political prisoner, Leonard Peltier be granted Executive
Clemency and that an investigation into the improprieties of his conviction
be implemented.Also included in their resolution was the insistence
that Leonard Peltier receive proper medical treatment.  The resolution
calls on the European Parliament's delegation for relations with the United
States to raise the Case of Leonard Peltier at its next meeting with its
American counterparts.

This was in lieu of Amnesty International's repeated show of concern in the
fairness of Peltier's trial, the US government's admission that Peltier's
extradition from Canada was fraudulently obtained, the US government's
violation of international humanitarian law and it's own Constitution in
not allowing Peltier to receive proper medical treatment, the complete
absence of evidence regarding Peltier's guilt, and Leonard Peltier's role
in the defense of the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The European Parliament passed a similar resolution in December of 1994.
But, because Mr. Peltier continues to reside unjustly behind bars and
because his misery has been coupled by a severe medical condition, this
additional resolution has been passed due to the urgency of the situation
and in order to further implement steps to see that Leonard Peltier
receives justice.

##

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NATIVE_NEWS: Fw:

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>From: "Kent Lebsock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Ishgooda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Fw: 
>Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:30:20 -0700
>X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155
>X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by crius.flash.net id
MAA15966
>
>
>
>--
>> From: Kent Lebsock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: NetWarrior broadcast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: 
>> Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 8:47 AM
>> 
>>  Black Hills
>>  Teton Sioux Nation
>> Tetuwan Oyate
>> MEMBER RESERVATIONS
>> Pine Ridge
>> Lower Brule
>> Cheyenne River
>> Standing Rock
>> Rosebud
>> Fort Peck
>> Crow Creek
>> Santee
>> Canadian Sioux
>> 
>> For immediate release ­ February 11, 1999 ­ For immediate release
>> 
>> by Tony Black Feather (Spokesman, Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council) and
>> Kent Lebsock (Legal Secretary to the Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council)
>> 
>> C/o Kent Lebsock, 4448 Jupiter St. NW, Albuquerque, NM  87107,
>505-341-4230
>> phone and fax, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> C/o Tony Black Feather, Spokesman, PO Box 48, Pine Ridge, SD 57770,
>> 605-867-5938
>> 
>> 
>> Since 1894, when the Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council was founded by
>Chief
>> He Dog, our purpose has always been to uphold the treaties and to protect
>> our culture, our land, our water and our way of life.  It is our duty,
>> then, to speak up when we see violations to our treaties and the Natural
>> Law of the Creator. This is the situation that has once again arisen on
>our
>> territory with respect to this confusion surrounding the Missouri River
>> bills.  
>> 
>> Under the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, our Lakota territory extends to
>the
>> east bank of the Missouri River.  The Tetuwan Oyate rejected the original
>> action on the Pick Sloan Act in December 1944 as a violation of treaty
>> rights.  More recently, our late chief, Garfield Grass Rope, expressed
>the
>> same opposition in a letter to the Committee on Energy and Natural
>> Resources in the United States Congress on April 14, 1997.  "The issues
>at
>> hand concerning the Missouri River discuss the allocation and management
>of
>> resources still covered by the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868.  Therefore,
>> these issues must be governed, as set forth in the treaty, by a
>> three-fourths vote of the eligible Lakota treaty descendants on all eight
>> Lakota reservations.  Any other action is and will be a flagrant
>violation
>> of lawful United States treaty obligations."
>> 
>> The Tetuwan Oyate stands on the treaties.  Under the laws of both the
>> United States and the Lakota Nation, treaties govern the relationship
>> between our two peoples.  When asked to comment on this Tony Black
>Feather,
>> the Spokesman for the Tetuwan Oyate (Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council),
>> stated: "The law governing treaties is international law.  We are
>protected
>> by it and are pursuing these violations on an international level; at the
>> United Nations and the World Court of Justice."  In the past, the Teton
>> Sioux Nation Treaty Council has taken the issues of the Missouri River to
>> the United Nations.  At the XVth Session of the Working Group on
>Indigenous

>> Populations at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Ellen Wright
>> delivered the following statement on behalf of the Teton Sioux Nation
>> Treaty Council.
>> 
>> "The control of the very source of our lives is denied even though we
>have
>> legally binding international instruments setting forth the rights given
>to
>> us by the creator.  The source of this abuse is that our treaties our
>> ignored.  Our way of life, which protects the water and the environment,
>is
>> preserved in the treaties, but the treaties are violated.  It was the
>> colonizer that asked for the treaties, yet they have steadily violated
>them
>> in one form or another."
>> 
>> The Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council reminds our own people and the
>> government of the United States that action on treaty issues without
>> consideration of the treaty provisions is a violation of international
>law.
>>  Tony Black Feather stated that domestic action on the Missouri River is
>> illegal.  "We support the tenets of the Draft Declaration on the Rights
>of
>> the World's Indigenous Peoples now before the Commission on Human Rights
>at
>> the United Nations which states, in part, that 'Indigenous peoples have
>the
>> right to the restitution of lands and territories which have been
>> confiscated, occupied, used or damaged without their free and informed
>> consent…'"  The resolution of Missouri River issues lies in adherence to
>> the treaties.  
>> 
>> Mitaku Oyasin
>> 
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Ipperwash coverup "no evidence" excessive force by police

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unverified)
>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32)
>Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 08:35:18 -0500
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Ipperwash coverup "no evidence" excessive force by police
>
>Friday, February 12, 1999
>
>Report exonerates Ontario
>police in Ipperwash arrest
>It's a cover-up, Natives Say
>
>Stewart Bell
>National Post 
>
>An independent investigation has found no evidence that
>police used
>excessive force on a man who claimed he was the victim
>of a
>Rodney King-style beating during a violent 1995 native
>rights
>protest at Ipperwash Provincial Park in Southern
Ontario. 
>
>The director of the Special Investigations Unit, which
>probes
>complaints of police misconduct in Ontario, told a news
>conference
>yesterday there was no "credible and reliable" proof to
>support
>criminal charges against any of the Ontario Provincial
>Police officers
>involved. 
>
>Although the evidence "firmly establishes" that Cecil
>Bernard
>George was repeatedly struck by Ontario Provincial
>Police officers
>during his arrest, "the available evidence does not
>support the
>conclusion that the officers exceeded the level of
>force permitted
>under the Criminal Code," Peter Tinsley said. 
>
>Mr. Tinsley also said he was unable to determine the
>identity of the
>officers responsible -- despite an 18-month
>investigation and the
>fact the tussle was witnessed by several police
>officers. Mr.
>George's injuries were so severe an ambulance attendant
>said his
>vital signs stopped during the trip to hospital. 
>
>The Chiefs of Ontario labelled the report "outrageous"
>and called
>for a public inquiry. "It smells like a cover-up to
>me," said Chief
>Tom Bressette, the province's top native leader. The
>Kettle and
>Stony Point First Nation, to which Mr. George belongs,
>called the
>report "devoid of justice." 
>
>Natives occupied Ipperwash park in September, 1995, to
>protest
>what they called the destruction of a burial site and a
>delay in the
>return of the land, part of an 1827 Chippewa treaty, to
>tribal
>control. On the night of Sept. 6, the protest turned
>violent and Mr.
>George, a band councillor, claims police kicked and
>beat him after
>he fell to the ground. That same night a police
>tactical team shot and
>killed protester Dudley George. 
>

>The killing made a martyr of Dudley George among
>aboriginal rights
>crusaders. A coalition was formed to lobby for a public
>inquiry and
>police and government handling of the standoff
>continues to be a
>sore point among many natives, uttered in the same
>breath as Oka
>and Gustafsen Lake. 
>
>The Special Investigations Unit, a civilian-led agency,
>began
>investigating the incident the next day. Acting
>Sergeant Kenneth
>Deane was charged with, and eventually convicted of,
>criminal
>negligence causing death. But no charges were laid
>against police in
>relation to the treatment of Cecil Bernard George. 
>
>The case was reopened in June, 1997, at the request of
the
>commissioner of the OPP, after both the former director
>of the SIU
>and a trial judge commented that police appeared to
>have used
>excessive force. The investigation examined the conduct
>of six
>officers, who Mr. Tinsley said were co-operative. Mr.
>Tinsley
>handed his report to Ontario's attorney-general on
>Monday. 
>
>He met with Mr. George and the Kettle and Stony Point
band
>leadership yesterday. He described Mr. George's
>response to the
>report as "somewhat philosophical." 
>
>Asked by reporters why there was insufficient evidence
>for charges,
>Mr. Tinsley said the officers were responding to an
>agressive crowd
>of protesters, and some of Mr. George's injuries may
>have been the
>result of incidents prior to 

NATIVE_NEWS: [BIOWAR] Online Freedom of Information Sparks Fear of Terrorist Attacks

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

http://www.foxnews.com:80/js_index.sml?content=/scitech/021199/cmp_informati
on.sml
-
Online Freedom of Information Sparks Fear of Terrorist Attacks 
11.59 a.m. ET (1659 GMT) February 11, 1999 
By Mary Mosquera  


WASHINGTON, D.C. — Posting disaster information over the Internet from
66,000 hazardous-materials facilities could provide a road map for
terrorists, some lawmakers said Wednesday. 

The Internet's ability to make information public and transmit it
quickly and universally raises concerns among law-enforcement agencies
that terrorists and criminals could use it against the communities
trying to protect themselves from possible disasters. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to release in June
worst-case scenarios, such as number of deaths and amount of damage,
related to disasters at chemical facilities around the country. The
Clean Air Act requires facilities that produce lethal agents, such as
anthrax and sarin gas, have risk-management plans and that they be
published as part of the Freedom of Information Act, so communities can
prepare for emergencies. 

The House Commerce Committee heard emergency, law-enforcement, and
government witnesses testify about the quandary of fulfilling the
public-information mandate while trying to protect communities from
becoming a terrorist target.

Posting the sensitive information online could empower terrorists to
pinpoint attacks on neighborhoods and towns," said Commerce Committee
Chairman Thomas Bliley, R-Va., who is prepared to propose legislation to
make it more difficult for terrorists to gain access to the information. 

The FBI believes there are legitimate law-enforcement concerns about the
potential misuse of the sensitive disaster files, said Robert Burnham,
the FBI's chief of the domestic terrorism section. 

The EPA and the FBI have proposed that the most sensitive information —
the consequence analysis of a disaster — be separated from the overall
risk-management plan, said Timothy Fields Jr., the EPA's acting
assistant administrator. 

Although the risk-management plans will be transmitted as planned in a
national database of the 66,000 facilities, the worst-case data could be
available to only the affected states in a closed, secure system. That
closed system could require special passwords and follow-up queries to
the user. 

However, the problem is still there if someone who accesses the
worst-case data wants to share it on the Internet. The government is
also looking at developing technology for a read-only CD-ROM that will
not let a file be duplicated or loaded on the Internet, Fields said. The
fears of potential terrorists need to be balanced with the public's
right, said Paul Orum, coordinator of the Working Group on Community
Right-to-Know, a public-advocacy group. 

Over a 10-year period, the government recorded nearly 1 million chemical
accidents. "By comparison, we don't have much information on chemical
accidents caused by sabotage, let alone any examples involving the
Internet," said Orum. 

Civil-liberties groups urged Bliley not to retreat from gains made in
ensuring that citizens have access to public information. "Rather than

taking advantage of the Internet's democratic potential to provide
public access to this public information, these proposals view the
Internet and its power to distribute information as a threat," said Ari
Schwartz, policy analyst at the Center for Democracy and Technology in
Washington, D.C. 

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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: BUFFALO PROTEST

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 10:05:16 -0600
>From: "J.D.K. Chipps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (Win95; I)
>To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>    "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>KOLA International Campaign Office <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: BUFFALO PROTEST
>
>Please forward this to as many people as you can, thank you.
>
>CYBER SIT-IN TO PROTEST THE SLAUGHTER OF THE BUFFALO
>
>Please join us today in protesting the slaughter of the buffalo in the
>Yellowstone area by the MDOL, (Montana Department of Livestock) under
>the expressed orders of Governor Racicot.
>
>It's easy, it's fun, it's effective.
>
>Just go to this page:
>
>http://www.goplay.com/buffal0
>
>That's it!  That's all you have to do.  the rest is done automatically. 
>Just leave your browser connected to this page and you will
>automatically be protesting the slaughter.
>
>Ignore the message you receive "This File Doesn't Exist".
>
>That is just to throw Montana off when they start looking for us.
>
>Cyber tip on being more effective:
>
>You can open up more than one copy of your browser and have it connected
>to the sit-in page:
>
>http://www.goplay.com/buffal0
>
>Another helpful hint is to make sure "Java" is enabled, and "Java
>Script" is disabled.  This program works off of Java and have to be
>running on your browser.
>
>Change your cache to "0" in your "Preferences" "Advanced" too, this will
>keep a cached version of the Montana page from being called.
>
>Good Luck to all of you and thank you for the buffalo for helping stop
>this senseless slaughter.
>
>Let Racicot and the MDOL know how you feel about their actions by your
>actions...help us make this statement today.
>
>"Wokiksuye Pte Oyate Kin"
>
>"Remember the Buffalo"
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: Colorado river: Extent of water contamination disputed

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

"Randy Whitewolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replies:
from WorlNetDaily @
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_exnews/19990212_xex_extent_water.shtml

Industry experts say a little uranium won't kill you 



By David M. Bresnahan
© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com 

Dangerous contaminants are seeping through the ground and into the Colorado
River, and could eventually reach public drinking water. An environmental
group has issued a warning, a congressman is taking action, and industry
experts say there's nothing to worry about. 

WorldNetDaily carried an exclusive story last weekend "Does your water glow
in the dark?" that detailed a report being prepared by the Project on
Government Oversight. 

Their report blames now bankrupt Atlas Corporation for improperly disposing
of uranium tailings and polluting the source of drinking water for 20
million people. 

Several industry professionals contacted WorldNetDaily and were extremely
critical of the article. Most made emotional attacks, but one is an expert
who says he tested the pollution claims. 

"The implication that this is dangerous contamination, to Las Vegas and
other downstream cities, is a gross exaggeration," Robert Holloway, Ph.D.,
explained. "I have measured the uranium content in Lake Mead water, the
source that provides drinking water to Las Vegas. 

"It is not at all at dangerous levels, and in fact it is not above that
normally expected in river water. All river water and ground water has
trace amounts of uranium. There is nothing unusual about the uranium
content in the water supplies of Las Vegas and other cities downstream of
Las Vegas." 

Holloway, an experienced environmental radiochemist, agreed that there is
contamination from the tailings, but disputed the claims by POGO that
tailings present a threat to safe drinking water. 

"Ten and a half million tons of toxic wastes," said Rep. George Miller,
"are stored in a tailings pond located immediately adjacent to the Colorado
River near Moab, Utah. These tailings are radioactive and contain high
concentrations of ammonia, arsenic, lead, vanadium, selenium, mercury,
molybdenum, nickel, and other toxic metals left by the leaching process
used to separate uranium from ore." 

Miller, the senior Democrat on the House Resources Committee, confirmed the
dangers reported by WorldNetDaily are real. He said the tailings pond,
which was first built in the 1950s, is not lined to prevent seepage into
the ground. This has allowed the toxic wastes in the pond to make their way
into the aquifer and on into the Colorado River. 

Holloway and his colleagues complained to WorldNetDaily for the use of the
word "toxic," which they claim is a scare tactic. 

The POGO report claims the levels of radiation in that ground water are 530
times higher than EPA allowances for such locations. Miller is concerned
because that water ends up in the homes of millions of people in Los
Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson. 

Although the toxins presently leaking into the water may not be showing up
in taps yet, the potential exists for that to happen in the future if steps
are not taken. 


POGO and Miller are not alone in their concerns. The Department of the
Interior, Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the
National Park Service have all agreed that there is a hazard and that the
tailings should be removed. 

Holloway did not offer a solution, and accused WorldNetDaily of poor
reporting. He was not alone. 

"The scare tactics are classic," said Susan Gawarecki. She claims that
there is nothing to fear since the contamination will be sufficiently
diluted in the river to make it harmless by the time it gets to people who
drink it. She also criticized WorldNetDaily for the headline and some of
the words used in the article. 

None of the critics denied the existence of contamination in the
groundwater, nor did they dispute the claims in the POGO report. 

Miller was critical of the NRC and the technical information they have used
to come up with their plan to simply cover the tailings with dirt. 

Miller claims the National Park Service, the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and many state and local government
agencies have all expressed concerns about the quality of scientific data
used by the NRC. 

"Leaving a huge, leaking tailings pile adjacent to the Colorado River does
not make sense. In the event of flood, the Colorado River could easily be
contaminated," he warned. 

Miller is concerned that financial considerations will result in the wrong
solution to the problem. The expensive way to eliminate the threat is to
remove the tailings to a safe dump site. The cheap way out is to cover the
tailings. 

"Lacking regulatory and financial alternatives, the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission is ready to approve the Atlas Corporation's inadequate plan to
reclaim the site 

NATIVE_NEWS: MENDOTA UPDATE

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>From : DMKERR

MENDOTA UPDATE
Dear Friends,  Today MNDOT was suppose to start their excavations, weather
was terrible, and survey team didn"t have the correct equipment to start
today.  They have decided to wait until Monday,[our prayers are working]. 
Mediation team met with U.S. Mediator today and this will start about the
22, or 23 of this month.  I am also providing an excerpt from the State of
the City Address 1999, from Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton,
published February 11, 1999, this is from the transit portion of the
address:

" If we are serious about moving people from dependence to to
self-sufficiency, we need affordable, accessible, 24-hour public
transportation and a stable funding source.

Last year, the region broke a 20-year impasse to create the spine of the
region's light rail transit system along the Hiawath Corridor.  The LRT
line, with its feeder bus network, will connect downtown Minneapolis to the
Airport, the Mall of America and communities in between.  It promises to be
a catalyst for a bold new regional transit strategy including commuter rail
and high speed transit ways to move us into the 21st Century.

President Clinton and Governor Ventura included funds for LRT in their
repective budgets. Piece by piece, we're moving forward.  Without superior
public transit, the continued economic growth and quality of life we have
come to enjoy will be in jeopardy.

While I am firm in my support of LRT and the recontruction of Hiawatha, I
want to acknowledge the opposition of some people in our community to this
project.  Work is underway to determine the historical significance of the
proposed Hiawatha re-route site to American Indians.  If it is affirmed
that the proposed re-route will disrupt buried American Indian
archeological relics, we must respect that finding. T his project is too
important to let it stall in controversy.  We must resolve the dispute in
good faith and move forward."  { What do you think of that!}  

I will be out of town until Sunday night or Monday morning, so this is my
last update until then.  Representative Karen Clark Along with the Mendota
people will be holding a press conference at 10am Tuesday, at the State
Office Building, this is for sure, as of now.  Just got a call from Jim
Anderson, MNDOT will proceed with survey starting tomorrow morning.  It
will be cold and Jim will be sitting in the RV, nice and toasty, while they
are outside all day. {ha-ha}  Also there will be a State Trooper stationed
at the site during the hours that MNDOT crew will be there,  supposedly to
protect the encampment.  what a joke!

Take care everyone, I'll talk to you on Sunday or Monday,  Thanks again for
all your support and prayers.  Love Linda

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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Toxic Sludge for the Lawn?

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 16:08:07 -0500
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: How about this?
>
>   From the Billings Gazette, an excerpt from the article:
>
>   
>
>Bill would limit hazardous materials in fertilizers in Montana
>
>By ERICA CURLESS
>Gazette State Bureau
>HELENA - Ann Prunuske unknowingly spread 40 pounds of hazardous waste on
>her Helena lawn, but she told lawmakers Thursday selling it to her nursery
>customers worsened the situation.
>
>..
>
>"There's no way to know this is a hazardous material," Sikorski said. "The
>only warning is that it'll stain the concrete."
>
>Because there are no national standards for heavy metals, arsenic or
>organochlorine in fertilizer
>products, corporations dispose of  hazardous wastes by selling it to those
>companies.
> 

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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Ipperwash: "It's OK to go around beating up [just] hide your face"

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>Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 16:25:52 -0500
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Ipperwash: "It's OK to go around beating up [just] hide your
>  face"
>
>Friday, February 12, 1999   London Free Press
>Probe rejects charges in Ipperwash beating
>
>  By JULIE CARL, Free Press Reporter
>  A decision not to lay charges in the beating of a native man sends the
>message violence against natives is acceptable, says Ontario's top native
>politician. But OPP representatives said they're pleased with the news and
>look forward to building a good relationship with native communities.
>Ontario Regional Chief Tom Bressette said he doubts that's possible. The
>decision by Ontario's Special Investigations Unit "says it's OK to go
>around beating Indians and all you have to do is hide your face and you get
>away with it," he said. Bressette, also a vice-chief of the Assembly of
>First Nations and a cousin of the injured man, renewed his call for a full
>public inquiry into the Ipperwash crisis. The SIU, which investigates
>police actions that kill or seriously injure civilians, said yesterday it
>won't lay charges in the case of Cecil Bernard George. He was severely
>injured while being arrested Sept. 6, 1995, outside Ipperwash Provincial
>Park, then the site of a native occupation.
>Native protester Dudley George (no relation) was shot and killed by acting
>OPP Sgt. Kenneth Deane during the same clash at Ipperwash.
>SIU director Peter Tinsley said "there's no question" Cecil George was
>injured during his arrest, but there's no "reliable and credible evidence"
>to prove OPP officers used excessive force against him --
>nor that all his injuries were inflicted during his arrest.
>
>The finding contradicts an earlier SIU report that George was beaten by
>police officers whom witnesses were unable to identify. The earlier report
>didn't call for charges because the officers
>couldn't be identified. Tinsley said there's still no "reliable and
>credible evidence" to establish the identity of the arresting
>officers. But he admitted photographs of police officers were never shown
>to witnesses. During the first part of the investigation, the OPP officers'
>association opposed releasing officers' pictures to the SIU. Tinsley said
>the photos weren't needed because there was no indication witnesses could
>identify the officers. 
>
>The Ipperwash confrontation, described by witnesses as "combat" and
>"skirmishing," took place in the dark and officers wore equipment that
>obscured their faces, he said. Bressette said he believes OPP officers are
>covering up for fellow officers by claiming they can't
>identify who arrested George. "Obviously somebody knows who did this and
>they're keeping their lips shut. What kind of integrity does that show on
>the part of the police?"  Deputy OPP Commissioner Maurice Pilon said he was
>pleased the report cleared officers and
>confirms they were "executing their lawful duties." OPP Commissioner Gwen
>Boniface wasn't available for comment yesterday. But a statement issued by

>her office said the lengthy investigation "was stressful for all involved."
>The release also said OPP look forward to building relationships with First
>Nations people.
>
>More than 50 officers were interviewed during the three-year investigation
>into George's arrest. Six were under investigation in the beating. The case
>was reactivated in June 1997, after Deane's conviction for criminal
>negligence in Dudley George's death and the acquittal of several native
>protesters on various charges. Witnesses at those trials testified they saw
>Cecil Bernard George beaten and kicked by OPP officers as he lay on the
>ground. Medical evidence at the trials indicated George was hit at least 28
>times with a blunt instrument. An ambulance attendant testified she
>struggled to find a pulse as he was taken to hospital. OPP officers refused
>to co-operate with SIU investigators until ordered to do so by the OPP
>commander. 
>
>
>
><  the more we do to you, the less you
> seem to believe we are doing it  >
>   Mengele 
> 
>   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   www.aches-mc.org
>
>   
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: [DOEWatch] So. California backs bill on radioactive water tailings

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Source:
http://206.103.163.1/sunbin/stories/archives/1999/feb/10/508395395.ht ml
ml">http://206.103.163.1/sunbin/stories/archives/1999/feb/10/508395395.html

==
February 10, 1999 

So. California backs bill on radioactive water tailings

By Mary Manning 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
LAS VEGAS SUN

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Board has endorsed a
congressional bill requiring the Department of Energy to remove 10.5 million
tons of radioactive mill tailings, 600 feet from the Colorado River, near
Moab, Utah.

A major portion of Southern California's tap water is drawn from the Colorado
River, about 650 miles downstream from the Utah site, Mark Beuhler, MWD
director of water quality, said. The river also serves Nevada and Arizona
residents.

"Our tap water is safe today, but we're concerned about the future," Beuhler
said after the board approved the resolution Tuesday. "Merely covering this
dangerous dump won't keep the uranium from reaching the river."

The Southern Nevada Water Authority has increased testing for radionuclides in
Lake Mead, the Las Vegas Valley's major supply of drinking water.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission suggested leaving the radioactive pile in
place and capping it. The NRC is expected to decide on a solution in May.

But environmentalists and Utah officials are worried that a major flood could
wash the pile into the river, contaminating it. The tailings are residue from
a commercial mill that processed uranium ore for defense and other government
uses from 1956 until it closed in 1984.

Polluted ground water under the pile is leaking into the river at about 50
gallons a minute. The DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory estimates that if
covered, the site would continue to seep almost 4 gallons per minute for more
than 200 years. That equates to 57,600 gallons a day going into the Colorado
River.

More than 12 members of the House of Representatives co-sponsored a bill this
year that would require the DOE to remove the pile spread across 130 acres.

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NATIVE_NEWS: AIROS: Valentine's Day Specials

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All I got for Valentine's Day was the Blues:

Listen to three hours of blues so "bad" and so sad that they left cupid
cryin', starting with a two hour concert by Indigenous (5pm-7pm ET) and
ending with an hour long special edition of Native Sounds-Native Voices
(7pm-8pm ET) featuring the best blues from across Indian Country.

But don't worry if you're a die-hard romantic, because we have something for
you too
...from 8pm-9pm ET curl up with your loved one and listen to another
special edition of Native Sounds-Native Voices featuring great love songs
from Native American artists like Chester Knight & the Wind, Rita Coolidge,
XIT, and of course Joanne Shenandoah


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"Rock n' Roll is based on revolutions going way past 33 1/3."

-- John Trudell, Baby Boom Che

Listen to great Indian Radio via Real Audio
24 hours a day at airos.org/audio.html
including "All I got for Valentine's Day was the
Blues" featuring Indigenous on Feb 14th 5p-8pm ET
and Litefoot LIVE on NAC on Feb 15th 1-2pm ET

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NATIVE_NEWS: BITS AND PIECES

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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a  month
after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with
all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their
calendar was lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" or
what we know today as the "honeymoon."

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old
England,when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to
mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the
phrase "mind your P's and Q's."

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the
rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used
the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle," is the phrase
inspired by this practice.

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by
ropes...when you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making  the
bed firmer to sleep on. That's where the phrase, "good night, sleep
tight" came from.

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the
Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber
machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into
the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the
whole 9 yards."

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your
thumb.

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
"General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver."

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's
supply of footballs.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
already married.

The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

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NATIVE_NEWS: [DOEWatch] Government Expected to Clear Way for Irradiation Treatment of Red Meat

[Ish]

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Government Expected to Clear Way for Irradiation Treatment of Red Meat

By MARIAN BURROS

  WASHINGTON -- The Department of Agriculture is expected to announce on
Friday the approval of irradiation for red meats to control bacteria like
salmonella and potentially deadly strains of E coli. 

  The department would require that irradiated meat be labeled, with a symbol
and statement indicating that the product had been treated. 

  Whether the public will accept irradiated meat is unclear, since there has
been so much resistance by consumers to the technology in the past. Only a
small percentage of the American food supply is irradiated, even though it is
permitted for fruits, vegetables, pork, poultry and spices. 

  But outbreaks of food poisoning in the past few years have focused attention
on irradiation to combat the spread of harmful bacteria, like listeria.
Listeria, which has been responsible for the recall of millions of pounds of
prepared meats in the past several months, might have been eradicated through
irradiation. It is particularly dangerous to pregnant women because it can
cause miscarriages and stillbirths. 

  The meat industry has long sought approval of irradiation for ground beef,
which is the source of the greatest contamination in beef products. But IBP
Inc., the largest supplier of beef in the United States, said the Agriculture
Department's approval would not immediately prompt it to begin irradiating
meat. 

  "If we have some customers who would like to test market it," said Gary
Mickelson, a spokesman for the Nebraska company, "we may do it but it will
depend on consumer demand." 

  Irradiated meat is expected to cost about 5 cents more a pound, officials
said. But even if consumers are willing to pay the additional money and
overcome their suspicions about the treatment process, one problem remains --
the taste and smell of the food, especially ground beef patties that are the
most likely form of beef to be irradiated. 

  Unless the packaging is just right, the level of irradiation exact, the fat
in the beef can cause unappealing odors and taste. The color of the raw
irradiated beef is also darker than fresh beef. 

  The Food and Drug Administration approved irradiation of red meat in
December 1997, but the process could not be used until the Agriculture
Department established rules. Irradiation, which has been available for almost
50 years, does not make food radioactive. The food is passed through a chamber
containing radioactive cobalt-60, electron beams or X-rays that bombard the
food and kill bacteria, insects and mold. 

  Surveys have shown that few people know what food irradiation is. "People
think it will make them glow in the dark," said Carol Tucker Foreman, a former
Agriculture Department official and a partner in Foreman and Heidepriem, a
Washington public policy consulting firm. Ms. Foreman says irradiated food
itself is not unsafe, but she and some consumer groups say there are other
concerns. 

  "Irradiation is not a panacea," Ms. Foreman said. "You want people to have
good sanitary conditions and avoid contamination to begin with, and

irradiation tempts people to have less than pristine sanitary conditions."
Irradiated contamination will not make you sick, she said, but it is still
contamination. 

  And, she said, "Irradiation kills harmless as well as disease producing
bacteria, but it does not prevent further contamination. There is some reason
to believe that disease-causing bacteria may multiply more rapidly after
irradiation because there is no harmless bacteria to compete with it." 

  The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Washington-based consumer
group, says safety issues are worrisome. "Irradiation raises concerns about
worker safety and environmental safety as they transport the nuclear fuels
around the country," said Caroline Smith DeWaal, director of food safety for
the center. Elaborate safety measures are supposed to be in place to prevent
exposure when irradiation equipment is in use. 

  Installation of equipment to treat the beef is expected to cost individual
companies about $10 million. Ms. DeWaal said that "companies are looking for
less expensive technologies that don't have the same consumer acceptance
problems." 

  Mark Klein, a spokesman for Excel Corp., the nation's second largest
supplier of beef and the company that developed steam pasteurization, a method
to rid beef of harmful bacteria, said the corporation would test-market
irradiated beef before it made plans to spend any money on the technology. 

  "Our plan would be to let consumers know and then make a decision," Klein
said. "This should not be used as a replacement for any other food safety
program or technology." With IBP, Excel processes more than half the beef sold
in the United States. 

  But health officials, especially those who have to deal with outbreaks
related to harmful bacteria l

NATIVE_NEWS: En;M.Earley, Where Have the Maya Gone? Feb 12

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 03:29:53 -0800
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Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: "matthew earley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where Have the Maya Gone?

 Where Have the Maya Gone? Open Up Your Eyes...
 Matt Earley
 

  "If you want to make a name for your self in the world of 
Anthropology, tell us what happened to the Maya." This challenge was 
issued by the professor of my first anthropology class, it was meant to 
perk up interest and to show us that some great mysteries of humanity 
remain unsolved. She went on to explain the amazing Mayan civilization 
effectively vanished sometime around 900 AD, nobody has been able to 
figure out the reason why. These pioneers of architecture, mathematics, 
and astronomy seem to have vanished in an incredibly short span of time. 
What happened? Where did they go? What could have driven them into 
obscurity? Apparently it is felt that anyone who can solve this riddle 
is assured of being placed in the same holy anthro-pantheon as Mead, 
Malinowsky, Geertz, and Indiana Jones. Welp, have a seat and take a deep 
breath, I believe that I have the answer. Are you ready for this? The 
Maya never went anywhere, they are alive and well and leading the 
struggle against worldwide rampant exploitation, mindless consumption, 
and cultural amnesia. Through the Zapatista Army of National Liberation 
they are showing us that not only are they still alive, they are a 
pioneering force in the creation of a global network that is forming in 
response to the recklessness of "free-market" captialism.

 Who would of guessed it? The Mayan people have already been retired 
to the pages of our history books, lifelessly displayed in the hallowed 
halls of our finest museums. Indigenous people are always respected and 
adored in these modern times, that is as long as they are dead or 
attempting to sell us some quaint craft or stick of chewing gum. We 
revel in their past achievemnts, we imagine their ingenuity and pride, 
we wallow in the self-serving guilt of believing that our ways have 
destroyed them. Still, the nostalgia and guilt fade to a dull gnaw as we 
walk away from the museum or put down our book and reenter our "real" 
worlds of bills, jobs, and other obligations. Hence these "indians" slip 
from our senses of reality and back into meaninglessness. But make no 
mistake, even as we forget about the indigenous and indulge in our 
comfortable wage-slavery, the Maya have not forgotten us.

   What do they want from us? For starters they want us to take a 
look around. To think about the way we live and the things that occupy 
our minds, our time, and our resources. Next they want us to step 

outside the "first world" and see how other people in the world are 
living. Now hold on, don't let the guilt debilitate you. the Maya do not 
want to ostracize you; on the contrary they know that separation is how 
we stay alienated from one and other. They only want us to understand 
that all humans are entitled to certain things. We all deserve decent 
food, access to health care, education, and a safe and secure place to 
live. They feel that all people have a right to make decisions about 
their lives, to speak their minds, to teach their culture and 
traditions, and to see their children survive childhood and thrive. They 
teach that simply because we are human and have the resources to do 
this, it is our responsibility to each other to make these ideals 
reality. We all have the right to be treated with respect and dignity 
whatever our ideologies, preferences, or beliefs. This is what the Mayan 
Zapatistas want to tell us, and they want us down with the program. We 
can call this utopiansim, humanism, radical democracy, anarchism, 
liberation theology, or whatever. The point is to see the commonality we 
share as human beings and to affirm the mutual responsibility we have to 
each other. It is from this point that we can go forward.

On March 21st the Zapatistas will hold a Consultation throughout 
Mexico on the question of indigenous rights. They want the recognition 
of their rights as human beings and citizens written into the Mexican 
constitution as law. Because the Mexican government has responded to 
their demands with 70,000 troops in the state of Chiapas, they are going 
to take the question to the people of Mexico themselves. On that day 
they have asked for international civil society to make some noise, to 
show support for their movement. Not only in support of the indigenous 
people of Mexico, but in the name of all those in the world who are 
effectively excluded, ignored, and forgotten. In recognition of this 
movement, and of this request, we would like to cordially invite all

NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Native American Council

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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>X-OpenMail-Hops: 1
>Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 17:19:35 -0600
>Subject: Native American Council
>TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 17:04:30 -0600
>Content-Type: message/rfc822
>
>Subject: Native American Council
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Sender: David.Rider@xavier
>FROM: David.Rider@xavier
>TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED],
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>Dear Road & Transportation Committee Members:
>
>I strongly support the Amendment to HB 1579 that would change the
>funding destination of revenue generated from Indiana's 
>Native American license plate.  The Governor's Native American
>Council is a far more worthy recipient of funds than Purdue's
>Prophet's Town Museum.  While I appreciate the importance of
>preserving history, as the Purdue project aims to do, it is more
>important to recognize the needs of the Indian Community in
>Indiana today.  Natives now living in Indiana experience levels of
>poverty, high-school drop-out rates, and inadequate health care 
>that are much higher than those experienced by non-Indians living
>in Indiana.  That the descendants of those who once were forcibly
>removed from Indiana today live so poorly is a sorry reflection
>on the descendants of those who removed them.
>
>I was born and raised on a farm in Indiana, part of a large, extended
>family.  I speak not only for myself, but the rest of my family,
>too, who have no access to computers in the back-country of 
>Whitley County.  An alumnus of Indiana University, I now teach
>at Xavier University of Louisiana.  But I am still a Hoosier.
>The funding destination of income derived from the Indiana License
>Plate Law is extremely important.  I urge you to do support 
>legislation that will benefit those who deserve it most.
>
>David P. Rider, Ph.D.
>Associate Professor
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: Press Release about Nuxalk trial

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>Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:47:56 -0500
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Greg Higgs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Press Release about Nuxalk trial
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Hello everyone.
>Hereditary Cheif Qwatsinas has just been handed a suspended sentence today,
>after appearing in court four times since 1997.  He and five other Nuxalk
>people will not have to serve any time in prison!!!  Unfortunately,
>Qwatsinas had to agree not to break another court order during his two year
>probation period...
>
>
>
>>>FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE RECEIVE SUSPENDED SENTENCES FOR DEFENDING ANCIENT
>>>FORESTS
>
>(VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA)  Friday, February 12, 1999 ---
>A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has given six members of the Nuxalk
>First Nation suspended jail sentences and two years probation for their
>efforts in preventing International Forest Products from clearcutting an
>ancient rainforest valley in the Great Bear Rainforest.  The defendants,
>including Hereditary Chief Qwatsinas (Ed Moody), stood on a logging road
>for 19 days along with members of Greenpeace, the Forest Action Network and
>other environmental groups during a 1997 protest which stopped logging
>crews from entering the Nuxalk's sacred valley of "Ista".
>
>British Columbia Supreme Court Justice David Vickers handed down the
>sentence today after the court heard a speech from Head Hereditary Chief
>Nuximlayc about Ista's importance to the Nuxalk culture. After hearing the
>story of Ista, Justice Vickers stated, "Perhaps the tragedy of all our
>lives is that we haven't shared these stories except in courtrooms."
>
>The sentence comes at time when the government of  BC has seriously
>weakened environmental protection regulations in the Provincial Forest
>Practices Code and has failed to enact Endangered Species Legislation even
>though the government's own scientists admit one in ten plant and animal
>species in B.C. are at risk of extinction.
>
>"I am charged with contempt of court," Chief Qwatsinas told Justice
>Vickers. "Yet there is continuous contempt of our culture, our heritage,
>our lands and our rights. Logging companies coming to our land without our
>consent show contempt of our laws, our land, our people."
>
>The six Nuxalk Nation members sentenced today are part of a group of 24 who
>participated in the June, 1997 Ista protest.  In April of 1998 a trial was
>held for 18 non-Nuxalk activists who helped to stop the clearcutting of
>Ista at the invitation of the Nuxalk Hereditary Chiefs.  Four of those
>individuals from Germany, Ireland, Belgium and Canada received 21 days in
>jail and the remaining 14 were given suspended sentences.
>
>Ista, located on King Island near the central coast community of
>Bella Coola, is sacred to the Nuxalk people who believe it is the place
>from which all life began. Despite repeated protests by the Nuxalk First
>Nation and the environmental community, Ista continues to be clearcut by
>the logging corporation, International Forest Products.
>

>Because 80 per cent of  BC's rainforest valleys have already been impacted
>by logging, Greenpeace is campaigning in B.C. and internationally for a
>moratorium on the remaining intact rainforest valleys on the central
>mainland coast. Two logging companies hold the majority of licenses to log
>the last valleys of the Great Bear Rainforest ; Interfor and Western Forest
>Products.
>
>"Someday the world will look back and wonder why people had to risk arrest
>and face jail terms for trying to protect these rare, ancient and
>endangered places," said Greenpeace forest specialist Catherine
>Stewart. "Until that day, Greenpeace will stand with the Nuxalk people and
>the ancient forests they have never relinquished."
>
>Forest Action Network spokesperson Gavin Edwards noted that "It is
>outrageous that as we approach the end of the millenium the B.C. Government
>and the logging industry are still attempting to criminalize First Nations
>people for fulfilling their responsibilities to protect their lands and
>forests."
>
>For more information contact:
>Tamara Stark or Catherine Stewart, Greenpeace Vancouver
>604-253-7701
>GaviN Edwards or Greg Higgs at: cell: 604-836-6341
>
>
>Note to Editors:
>Chief Qwatsinas was sentenced to 45 days in jail and the sentence was
>suspended. Warren Snow, Harry Schooner, Emily Johnny, Collette Schooner and
>Ernie Tallio were sentenced to 21 days in jail, sentence suspended. All
>defendants received two years probation and must sign an undertaking to
>keep the peace.
>



Steven D. Stokes
Olympia,WA

FREE LEONARD PELTIER!!!
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 Native American Political Prisoner
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NATIVE_NEWS: [Fwd: [Fwd: IITC 1999 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT-- FINAL DRAFT FOR DISTRIBUTION AND POSTING]]

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

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ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION 

   25TH ANNIVERSARY INTERNATIONAL INDIAN TREATY CONFERENCE   


At the invitation of the Hunkpapa Treaty Council, the Hunkpapa Lakota Red 
Robe Women's Society, and Wanblee Wakpeh Oyate,  the IITC will hold its 
25th Anniversary Treaty Conference in Lakota Nation Territory, June 23 - 
26, 1999.  The site will be Mato Paha (Bear Butte), a sacred traditional 
area in the Paha Sapa (Black Hills), at the Rosebud Educational, 
Cultural, and Spiritual Center about 40 miles from Rapid City, South 
Dakota.   

The Conference will provide an opportunity for Indigenous Peoples from 
many countries and Nations to share information, discuss developments 
from community to international levels, and build joint strategies in 
response to critical issues facing our Peoples and lands.  The Conference 
will be camp-out with meals provided.  No alcohol or drug use is 
permitted at this site.  Motels rooms are available 7 miles away in the 
town of Sturgis.  

Bear Butte is a sacred site for both the Lakota (Sioux) and Tsitsistas 
(Cheyenne) Nations, used for traditional ceremonial purposes since time 
immemorial.  With the unilateral violation of the 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaty 
with the Lakota, largely motivated by gold mining and timber interests 
which continue to exploit the Black Hills region today, Bear Butte and 

the Black Hills were illegally appropriated by the U.S.

The issue of Treaty rights and Treaty violations will be a primary focus 
at the Conference, in honor of the host Nation and site, as well as in 
response to the significant international developments which have 
occurred in recent years.  A focal point will be a review of  the
draft final report of United Nations' Treaty Study.  

In addition to Treaties and Agreements, key areas for discussion will be 
Religious Freedom, cultural rights and protection of sacred sites; 
Biological diversity, environmental protection, sustainable development, 
and safeguarding traditional knowledge and resources; land rights and 
land demarcation; impacts of mining and oil extraction; Indigenous youth 
issues including youth workshops and programs; prisoners rights and 
arbitrary detentions; international standard-setting with a focus on the 
U.N. Draft Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Rights of 
the Child; and strengthening of Traditional governments, sovereignty and 
Self-determination. 

For more information, call IITC's offices in Minneapolis at (612) 
359-0200, San Francisco (415) 641-4482, or Alaska (907) 745-4482, or 
email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Re: 'DIPITY Fwd: FREE LEONARD PELTIER!!!

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 19:34:55 EST
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: 'DIPITY Fwd: FREE LEONARD PELTIER!!!
>X-Mailer: AOL NetMail v1.0 sub 7
>Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] replies:
>Today, in Houston, Tx., representatives of South East Tx. American Indian
>Movement, the Central Tx. lpdc, the Socialist Workers Party,  Revolutionary
>Worker's Party, supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal, Cherokee Cultural Society,
>Quakers and other individuals all held a demonstration for Leonard Peltier.
>Standing under a statue of Sam Houston, we garnered many signatures, which
>will be forwarded to the  lpdc in Lawrence, Kansas. Many contacts were made
>with other groups, and we now have the opportunity to spread the word about
>Leonard to other activist groups.  Our day was started properly with a pipe
>ceremony by Gil Nieto, and closed with the Peltier song. The weather at the
>start was threatening, but, despite forecasts to the contrary, cleared up for
>a beautiful day. This  was a success in particular, because to our knowledge,
>no observance has ever been made for Leonard in Houston.  SUCCESS!!
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: LION'S CLUB LACKS INSIGHT

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Irony in Sight

the Lion's club International http://www10.lionsclubs.org/Lion/  famous for
their work in providing sight to so many individuals through their service
to communities has recently shown their own shortsightedness by ignoring
their own international standards of not entering into politics and
secondly, by supporting the instituted racism of mascots in the educational
system through fund raising.  The Lion's club local group in Asheville
North Carolina has issued a statement in support of the current local Erwin
High School mascots, Warriors and Squaws (which translates directly to the
English language as "cunts").  

Per the Lion's Club International introduction at their web page (below) I
would suggest they correct their own vision problems, before dealing with
those of others.

(Lions are members of community service clubs, dedicated to the idea that the
men and women who live in a community are in the best position to know who
needs help and why. More than 44,000 strong, these local clubs are part of the
world's largest such organization, with 1.4 million members serving in more
than
180 countries and areas. The association is both non-political and
non-sectarian.

Lion's Club International provides the following contact information.
Please send e-mail advising them of this ironic situation.  Thank you.

Executive Administrator's and Secretary and Treasurer's Offices
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

District and Club Administration Division
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Executive Services and International Activities and Program Development
Divisions
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Leadership Division
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Legal Division
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Lions Clubs International Foundation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

President's Office
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Public Relations and Production Division
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:51:29 EST

Hau Kola,

It seems the local LIONS CLUB has committed to support the school board in an
attempt to raise funds to fight the Dept. of Justice. For an agency that
supports eye sight they are really being blind in this issue,
PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ALL YOU CAN< BOYCOTT ALL LIONS CLUBS FUNCTIONS
HELP SEND THEM THE MESSAGE THAT INDIANS ARE LIVING PEOPLE NOT MASCOTS.
IN SPIRIT
BRUCE

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NATIVE_NEWS: [league] Navajo Relocation Struggle: Navajo Elder Roberta Blackgoat Sends Request for Help

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 05:30:06 -0500
From: LISN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Big Mountain/Black Mesa Relocation
Evictions and Livestock Impoundments Continue


For Immediate Release: February 12, 1999
In a fax received today by Chief Billy Redwing Tayac, Navajo Elder
Roberta Blackgoat sent out a plea for help and prayers. Along with her
letter, she included a copy of the "Offer of Relocation Assistance" and
"Notice to Vacate" that she received from the United States Government
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation. She explains that she had
to make the trip to Flagstaff just in order to fax her letter and copy
of the "Notice."
(Copies of Robert's letter and Notice  are posted at

http://www.lisn.net/home.htm#urgentaction )

In her letter, Roberta describes the fear caused by the "Notices to
Vacate" that she and other families are experiencing. That fear is
increasing daily with the harassment and actions to degrade and
interfere with their ability to provide themselves with the most basic
survival needs. Roberta explains that they are no longer allowed to cut
and collect fire wood for heat and cooking. They are not allowed to make
repairs or improvements to their homes or corrals. Like others before
them, their livestock will shortly be impounded. And to make life even
more miserable in forcing their relocation, Roberta's water pump has
just been capped.
Yesterday, Roberta made a visit to the Relocation Office to determine
what would happen to all the people like herself who did not sign an
agreement. She was told that signing the agreement was their only
option, to which she replied that she is "not interested in signing such
a foolish idea."

An "Offer of Relocation Assistance" is included with the "Notice to
Vacate." Roberta said they are being offered a house on a three acre
area. The "offer" is couched in language that is intended to soften the
blow. The reality, however, has been a fatal blow to those who have
already relocated, because what is being offered has turned out to be
just more empty promises that provide only loneliness, destitution, no
jobs, no health care, sub-standard homes and a soaring suicide rate in a
toxic wasteland. (See related story.)

Roberta and others like her know why they refuse to relocate: (1) They
are already home, and (2) they are well aware of what awaits them if
they relocate to the New Lands. Their pleas for help and prayer are very
real.

For those who do not receive regular listserv mailings for Big
Mountain/Black Mesa Updates and Alerts from a number of organizations
who are assisting in the Dineh's struggle, please see the following for
more in depth information and how you may help.

Black Mesa Alert- Stop BIA Impoundment of Dine'h Livestock on HPL! Black
Mesa Alert- Fax, Call, E-mail & Write thru Mon 2-15+ at:

http://www.lisn.net/bigmountain3.htm#bigmountain3

More Articles and Updates at:

http://www.lisn.net/bigmountain.htm#articles


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NATIVE_NEWS: Impeachment's Over: To The Nation's Business

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

via Catherine Davids
 U of M , Flint

FROM UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

FOR RELEASE: WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12, 1999

COLUMN OF THE AMERICAS by Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez

THE NATION'S BUSINESS

For more than a year, we've heard people from all across the political
spectrum speak of the need for politicians to get back to minding the nation's
business. Everyone, including politicians, has repeated the mantra of saving
Social Security, rebuilding our national defense and cutting taxes as examples
of what the business of lawmakers ought to be.

Yet nowhere to be found is a greater vision, such as the goal of eliminating
poverty. We might also ask, Where is our nation's heart?

It's little wonder that members of Congress have had so much time on their
hands recently. The issues they raise are the same ones they ineffectively
deal with year in and year out. Incompetency aside, the time is now at hand to
determine what this country's business should really be.

Eliminating domestic poverty, say within 25 years, requires something more
than trite minds. It requires creating a new vision for the United States.
Doing this is the social equivalent of Kennedy's vision in the early 1960s of
putting a man on the moon.

Instead, Congress has been sending the message that the lives of 14 million
children living in poverty are not national priorities. The new way of dealing
with poverty in this country is to shift responsibility for the poor to the
states. This has little to do with ending poverty and is particularly harsh in
communities of color. The National Latino Children's Institute estimates that
40 percent of black and Latino children live in poverty.

In a broader sense, what we actually need is a national dialogue regarding
our societal priorities. We are confident that in such a dialogue, the
military-industrial complex would lose out in favor of resolving our complex
human relations. Under fire from his impeachment trial, President Clinton's
recent kowtowing to the military-industrial complex has resulted in him
proposing to revive former President Reagan's Cold War relic, the Star Wars
defense program.

When that war was in full swing, Reagan's idea was deemed as unworkable and
extremely costly. Now, without real enemies, throwing $112 billion dollars at
this program requires no vision and will simply amount to a huge governmental
jobs program. More than anything, it will take away money that could instead
be "thrown" at schools, where the true antidote to poverty exists -- better
education. (A case for eliminating poverty does not need to be made; what's
lacking is the leadership and the commitment to eliminate it.)

In speaking recently at a media conference at San Francisco State
University, professor and African-American intellectual Manning Marable spoke
of the need to redefine the meaning of what it means to be an American within 
the context of the nation's changing demographics. What also needs to be
redefined, we would add, is what it means to be a human being.

In our vision, being human means creating a society without legal and
illegal populations. And just as important, that vision includes creating a

society that Pope John Paul II speaks of: one without moral, spiritual or
material poverty.

While some politicians combat spiritual poverty, many fall short when comes
to ending material poverty. For some, the simpleminded solution to having
illegal aliens or poor people in our midst is to get rid of them or segregate
them from public view. Of course, it's easier to deport people or lock them up
-- to shift the problem elsewhere -- than to work toward the elimination of
the root causes of poverty and migration.

If we as a society were to embark on the task of eliminating poverty, we
would invariably realize that our world is completely interconnected, which
would also inspire efforts to eliminate world hunger.

Perhaps the reason politicians don't rise up beyond partisan politics and
declare that we as a society will eliminate poverty is that it would require
too much work, cooperation and imagination. And too costly? Not quite.

The Children's Defense Fund concludes that poverty costs the U.S. economy
$130 billion a year because of the millions of impoverished youth who are less
educated, will earn less and will be less productive. Most people already know
that it's less expensive to educate than to imprison large sectors of
uneducated and untrained populations.

It is possible that the hearts of our politicians are in the right place.
Perhaps they're not so good at math.

COPYRIGHT 1999 UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

* Both writers are authors of Gonzales/Rodriguez: Uncut & Uncensored (ISBN
0-918520-22-3 UC Berkeley, Ethnic Studies Library, Publications Unit.
Rodriguez is the author of Justice: A Question of Race (Cloth ISBN
0-927534-69-X paper ISBN 0-927534-68-1 Bilingual Review Press) and th

NATIVE_NEWS: Chief Qwatsinas is free!

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:48:03 -0500
From: Forest Action Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Chief Qwatsinas is free!


The trial of Qwatsinas, Warren Snow, Collette Schooner, Ernie Tallio, Harry
Schooner and Emily Johnny finally wound to an end today.  After a
disappointing election last night where the current band council chief,
Archie Pootlass, was re-elected, the Nuxalk made their way down to
Vancouver late last night.  The verdict and sentencing began at 9 AM this
morning and after the typical legalese about how breaking court injunctions
"threatens the rule of law" and "invites anarchy" he came down with a
verdict of guilty of criminal contempt for all 6 defendants.  Kept
referring to law that has been in place since the 12th century, how it's
the only thing that allows the existence of democracy, how "the Nuxalk
people are protected by the democracy we live in" and various other B.C.
judge vs. protestors things to say.  Bla bla bla.  Wanted to remind him
that in the 12th century Interfor wasn't clear-cutting the shit out of
Nuxalk land.  Both Lawrence and Qwatsinas spoke to the sentencing.
Lawrence translated for an elder who told the story of Ista and then talked
about the struggle of the Nuxalk against the clear-cutting of their lands.
Everybody stood as he finished speaking, even the judge looked a bit
overwhelmed by the sincerity and power of what he was saying.  Qwatsinas
was then allowed to speak.  He talked about his struggle, about Ista, about
having no choice but to protect Ista in any way possible.  It got around to
him breaking the injunction and the judge wanted to know what assurances
the court would have that the same thing would not be repeated.  After a
bit of prodding, the judge asked point blank if Qwatsinas would not break
another injunction.  Ed said 'yes, he would not' and sat back down.  The
judge then proceeded to read the sentences- 21 day suspended sentences with
two years probation for the first 5 defendents, and for Qwatsinas, a 45-day
SUSPENDED sentence, with two years probation.  NOBODY going to jail.  The
judge added a comment to Qwatsinas, saying that he took his words to mean a
lifetime.  That's all of it.  Everyone's pretty happy, getting ready for a
celebration feast tonight.  Cheers, Pat

-
Pat Venditti
FAN National Campaign
Vancouver: 604-739-4782, Bella Coola: 250-799-5800


greg higgs
Bella Coola (250) 799-5800
cel phone (604) 836-6341

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NATIVE_NEWS: snowmobile injunction denied

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

"Wild Rockies Alerts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>   SWAN VIEW COALITION   >>>
3165 Foothill Road, Kalispell, MT  59901
~~~
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACT:  Keith Hammer at 406-755-1379; mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
January 13, 1999

KALISPELL - Two local conservation groups are "disappointed but not
discouraged" by District Judge Donald Molloy's decision yesterday to not
sustain his recent closure of an unauthorized snowmobile and off-road
vehicle trail in Krause Basin.  While Molloy found that yesterday's
hearing for a preliminary injunction did not offer proof that
irreparable harm would occur in the next couple of months, he found that
"the proof shows the trail is likely illegal and is being maintained
illegally.  The plaintiffs have shown a likelihood of success on the
merits of their claim."  He scheduled a July 16 trial and concluded
yesterday's decision "has no bearing as to whether the plaintiffs may
succeed on the merits of the case."

While in an area open to snowmobiles under the 1988 Noisy Face
Recreation Plan, Molloy said that the trail since cut through the
heavily forested Krause Basin is not a part of that plan, was not
included in the public planning process for the plan, and that "without
the trail access would be severely restricted if not non-existent."

Keith Hammer, Chair of Swan View Coalition, said in the two weeks since
Molloy's temporary restraining order closed the illegal trail,
snowmobile use of the area remaining open has dropped to near zero as
well.  "It confirms that only a few people are interested in
snowmobiling in the neighboring forest," he said.  "Most are interested
in just getting to the other side of the Swan Crest.  Why the Forest
Service insists on sacrificing an otherwise quiet neighborhood to a
high-use snowmobile short-cut is beyond me."

"The peace and quiet the judge's TRO provided us this past two weeks was
a welcome return to how it used to be out here," Hammer concluded.  "We
think we will be successful in returning the area to the mix of
recreation that was envisioned, rather than the current game of
bully-on-the-block being practiced by some."

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NATIVE_NEWS: [FN] Fw: Stolen generation despairs of apology, begins test case

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

via KOLA International
Date: Saturday 13 February 1999 07:06:30
From: Jim & Yvonne Duffield
Subject: The Age: Stolen generation (sic) despairs of apology, begins test
case

THE AGE
Saturday 6 February 1999

Stolen generation despairs of apology, begins test case

By CAROLINE MILBURN - LAW REPORTER

About 700 Aborigines will begin a historic court battle against the
Federal Government next month, seeking compensation for being
taken from their parents by white officials decades ago.

The test case in the Federal Court will have sweeping implications
for the Government and up to 30,000 members of the "`stolen
generation''.

If the Government loses, it could face a multi-million-dollar payout to 
the claimants for the suffering caused by their forced removal and
placement in institutions.
The case will also determine whether the Government is liable for
what was done to "half-caste'' Aborigines in the first half of this
century.
Government welfare officials of the time removed "half-caste''
Aboriginal children from their parents to assimilate them into white
society.

The 700 writs involve Northern Territory Aborigines, most aged
between 50 and 70. It is believed to be one of the biggest personal
injury actions launched in Australia.

The first two cases involve Peter Gunner, 51, and Lorna Cubillo, 60,
and will be heard in Darwin by Justice Maurice O'Loughlin on 1March.

Ms Cubillo was taken from her family at Phillip Creek, about 40 kilometres
north of Tennant Creek, when she was about eight. She and 16 other
young children, including an infant still being breast-fed, were loaded 
on an open truck by a government official.
They were given a 44-gallon drum of drinking water to share on the
two-day trip to Darwin.

Mr Gunner, then 8, was taken from his mother at Utopia Station, 170
kilometres north-east of Alice Springs, and driven to a Darwin institution.
He next saw his mother 30 years later.

A team of lawyers from the Melbourne firm Holding Redlich prepared
the cases for the North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service.
Mr Michael Schaefer, a Holding Redlich partner, said the litigants lived 
in vibrant, tribal Aboriginal communities before they were removed. But 
the separation from their families led to them being isolated and ostracised
by black and white worlds.

"We have lifted the lid on a very dirty rubbish bin dealing with racism in
this country,'' Mr Schaefer said. "Of patrol officers riding into Aboriginal
camps, chasing little six-year-old girls and riding off with them. It is 
appalling.''

He said the 700 claimants would seek substantial sums in
compensation.  "Why shouldn't they seek appropriate compensation in the 
courts like any other Australian citizen would who has suffered an injury,''
he said.

The claim for civil damages against the Government covers loss of
Aboriginal language, culture and heritage. The litigants will also allege
the Commonwealth acted with gross disregard for their welfare as children
and breached its duty of care.

The action is being taken against the Federal Government because the
Commonwealth administered the Northern Territory when the children
were removed.


A spokesman for the federal Attorney-General, Mr Daryl Williams, declined
to discuss the case because the matter was before the court.
But it is believed the Government will argue the conduct of officials
reflected the accepted community standard of the time and it should not 
be held liable for their actions. It is also expected to say the claims should
be thrown out of court because the incidents occurred too long ago.

Legal experts said the landmark case would increase pressure on federal 
and state governments to avoid costly, lengthy legal battles by offering 
some form of reparation to the stolen generation.

The Federal Government has so far refused to implement a key
recommendation of the Human Rights Commission's report on the stolen
generation, which called for an apology and direct financial compensation.

Ms Andrea Durbach, a lawyer and director of the Public Interest Advocacy 
Centre, said governments faced big damages bills and legal costs as more
Aborigines turned to the courts for redress.
"These cases are not going to go away and governments could be up for
enormous damages bills, possibly in the millions if they lose,'' she said.

"If the Federal Government had just come out and apologised probably half
of these cases would have fallen away.  But these people are feeling such
anger and hurt they are beginning to think that litigation is the only way to
get some acknowledgement for the harm they have suffered,'' Ms Durbach 
said.
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NATIVE_NEWS: Navajo Relocation Struggle: Navajo Elder Roberta Blackgoat Sends Request for Help

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Big Mountain/Black Mesa Relocation
Evictions and Livestock Impoundments Continue


For Immediate Release: February 12, 1999
In a fax received today by Chief Billy Redwing Tayac, Navajo Elder
Roberta Blackgoat sent out a plea for help and prayers. Along with her
letter, she included a copy of the "Offer of Relocation Assistance" and
"Notice to Vacate" that she received from the United States Government
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation. She explains that she had
to make the trip to Flagstaff just in order to fax her letter and copy
of the "Notice."
(Copies of Roberta's letter and Notice  are posted at

http://www.lisn.net/home.htm#urgentaction )

In her letter, Roberta describes the fear caused by the "Notices to
Vacate" that she and other families are experiencing. That fear is
increasing daily with the harassment and actions to degrade and
interfere with their ability to provide themselves with the most basic
survival needs. Roberta explains that they are no longer allowed to cut
and collect fire wood for heat and cooking. They are not allowed to make
repairs or improvements to their homes or corrals. Like others before
them, their livestock will shortly be impounded. And to make life even
more miserable in forcing their relocation, Roberta's water pump has
just been capped.

Yesterday, Roberta made a visit to the Relocation Office to determine
what would happen to all the people like herself who did not sign an
agreement. She was told that signing the agreement was their only
option, to which she replied that she is "not interested in signing such
a foolish idea."

An "Offer of Relocation Assistance" is included with the "Notice to
Vacate." Roberta said they are being offered a house on a three acre
area. The "offer" is couched in language that is intended to soften the
blow. The reality, however, has been a fatal blow to those who have
already relocated, because what is being offered has turned out to be
just more empty promises that provide only loneliness, destitution, no
jobs, no health care, sub-standard homes and a soaring suicide rate in a
toxic wasteland. (See related story at

http://www.cia-g.com/~gallpind/NEWLANDS.html )

Roberta and others like her know why they refuse to relocate: (1) They
are already home, and (2) they are well aware of what awaits them if
they relocate to the New Lands. Their pleas for help and prayer are very
real.

For those who do not receive regular listserv mailings for Big
Mountain/Black Mesa Updates and Alerts from a number of organizations
who are assisting in the Dineh's struggle, please see the following for
more in depth information and how you may help.

Big Mountain Letter Campaign - Information posting to Big Mountain List
by Marsha Monestersky - Consultant to Sovereign Dineh Nation (Includes
letter to faxed to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC and
describes how "Officials representing the US government are deliberately
misrepresenting US laws with respect to relocation and engaging a
systematic campaign to terrorize elderly people."

http://www.lisn.net/bigmountain4.htm#bigmountain4


Black Mesa Alert- Stop BIA Impoundment of Dine'h Livestock on HPL! Black
Mesa Alert- Fax, Call, E-mail & Write thru Mon 2-15+ at:

http://www.lisn.net/bigmountain3.htm#bigmountain3

Reports of mistreatment while in custody have been documented (including
pictures) and posted on Robert Dorman's webpage:

http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/pagea~1.htm

More Articles and Updates at:

http://www.lisn.net/bigmountain.htm#articles


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NATIVE_NEWS: ONONDAGA ELDER'S DEATH IN FIRE BEING INVESTIGATED

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MNN Mohawk Nations News.  Kahnawake Mohawk Territory.  13 Feb. 99.  The
Iroquois are grieving another death of one of its fighting elders. At
approximately 1:00 pm Thursday February 11, 1999 Ronald Jones Sr., age
64, was killed in a suspicious fire at his home on the Onondaga Nation
Territory (near Syracuse New York).  It suddenly caught fire and burnt
up quickly.  He had no chance of getting out.  Federal ATF agents were
called in to investigate what the local fire chief in a preliminary
statement said appears to be suspicious.

The Indigenous nations of New York State have been fighting against the
corrupt Chiefs of Onondaga and other territories who are selling out to
New York State.  His house is right next to NYS Thruway  81.  He had
started a "People’s Fire" as a vigil after New York State Governor
Pataki and his Chiefs were forced to back down on the compact to bring
taxation onto Indigenous Territories throughout New york State.  On the
May 18, 1997 he invited people to the fire to conduct a tobacco burning
ceremony. It was a big win for the Natives.  Around 12:00 noon hundreds
of New York State Troopers in riot gear with clubs arrived, surrounded
them and beat up the men, women and children.  26 were arrested.  Ronnie
Jones was arrested for trespassing and illegal assembly on his own
property.  After that almost 100 victims of the attack brought a $40
million suit against the New York State Troopers charging brutality.
Jones kept up the people's fire on his land and took over the billboard
on his property.  He painted his own messages on the sign pointing out
the corruption of  the Chiefs, lead by Oren Lyons, Irving Powliss and
Oliver Gibson.  He started a newspaper with Tom Sullivan trying to bring
out the corruption of New York State and the chiefs they control.  He
even went to the UN to state this case.

"Chief" Heath , representing the Onondaga Council , vehemently denied
suspicions by the Jones family that the fire was intentionally set.  "It
is inconceivable that a traditional Onondaga had anything to do with
this.  It's just so foreign to their way of being." Said "Chief" Joseph
Heath, a non-native.

Mike Waters, a fire coordinator for Onondaga County said it was
"unusual" for firefighters to find a house so fully engulfed in flames
in the middle of the day when people were inside.  "There was a whole
lot of fire in a hurry at midday, it was going top to bottom, inside and
out and front to back." Said Waters.

So he is gone now and he must be honoured.

Updates as to this incident will be sent as they become available.
Send a message of support and comfort to the People of Onondaga at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

The Jones Family will be at the Butler Bateman Funeral Home 315-492-4264
, Sunday, Feburary 14th 1999.  Contact 315-478-7838.

MNN Mohawk Nation News
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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Resolution on the case of Leonard Peltier adopted by the European Parliament/Feb 11, 1999

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And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32)
>Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 22:32:55 +0100
>To: LPDC International Office <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: Celine - CSIA/LPSG-France <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Resolution on the case of Leonard Peltier adopted by the
>  European Parliament/Feb 11, 1999
>
>Hi everybody,
>
>The Resolution of the European Parliament concerning Leonard has been
adopted on February 11, 1999.
>It's a great success !!!
>Thanks to everyone who took the time to help us to get it adopted.
>
>In the Spirit of Crazy Horse,
>
>Sylvain Duez-Alesandrini
>LPSG-European Network
>
><<>>
>
>11/02/99 - Provisional Edition
>Human rights
>B4-0169, 0175, 0179 and 0199/99
>
>Resolution on the case of Leonard Peltier
>
>The European Parliament,
>
>- having regard to its resolution of 15 December 1994 on clemency 
>for Leonard Peltier(1) ,
>
>A. having regard to the role played by Leonard Peltier in the defence 
>of the rights of indigenous peoples,
>
>B. whereas he received two life sentences in 1977, although no proof of his
>guilt was ever furnished, after he had been extradited from Canada,
>
>C. whereas Amnesty International has repeatedly expressed its concern about
>the fairness of the trial which led to Mr Peltier's conviction,
>
>D. whereas the United States Administration now admits that the affidavits
>which were utilised to arrest and extradite Mr Peltier from Canada were
>false, and whereas US prosecutor Lynn Crooks has stated that the US
>Administration had no proof of who killed the agents,
>
>E. whereas, after 23 years in federal penitentiaries, Mr Peltier's health
>has severely deteriorated, and whereas, according to specialists, if Mr
>Peltier does not receive proper medical treatment, his life could be in
>danger,
>
>F. whereas the prison authorities continue to deny Mr Peltier appropriate
>medical treatment, in violation of international humanitarian law and of Mr
>Peltier's constitutional rights,
>
>G. noting that Mr Peltier has exhausted all his appeals under United States
>law,
>
>1. Insists once again that Leonard Peltier be granted presidential
>executive clemency;
>
>2. Insists that Leonard Peltier be transferred to a hospital where he
>may receive appropriate medical treatment;
>
>3. Reiterates its call for an investigation into the judicial
>improprieties involved in Mr Peltier's conviction;
>
>4. Calls on its Delegation for relations with the United States to raise
>the case of Leonard Peltier at its next meeting with its American
>counterparts;
>
>5. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council,
>the Commission, the US Congress and the President of the United States.
>
>
>1) OJ C 18, 23.1.1995, p. 183.
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Mayor apologizes for Cornwallis "scalp bounty"

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

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>Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 08:20:08 -0500
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Mayor apologizes for Cornwallis "scalp bounty"
>
>Wednesday, February 3, 1999
>
>  Mayor sorry for Cornwallis
>  Fitzgerald apologizes to Mi'kmaqs
>
>  By BRIAN FLINN -- The Daily News
>  Mayor Walter Fitzgerald apologized yesterday to Mi'kmaqs
for
>  atrocities committed against their ancestors after the
founding
>  of Halifax.
>
>  Fitzgerald wrote a letter of apology to the Confederacy of
>  Mainland Mi'kmaqs after native leaders complained last week
>  they were insulted by plans to honour Col. Edward
Cornwallis
>  during 250th anniversary celebrations this summer.
>
>  The city's founder issued a proclamation paying 50
pounds for
>  scalps of Mi'kmaq men and 25 pounds for scalps of women
>  and children.
>
>  "While we cannot change history, I sincerely apologize
for any
>  atrocities committed against the Mi'kmaq people after the
>  founding of Halifax in 1749," Fitzgerald wrote.
>
>  The city's upcoming anniversary has raised the tricky
question
>  of how to commemorate the arrival of Cornwallis, the
English
>  army officer charged with building Halifax as a military
base to
>  rival the French fortress at Louisbourg.
>
>  Cornwallis has long been revered in history books, but
natives
>  remember him for hiring bounty hunters to exterminate their
>  ancestors.
>
>  Lawrence Paul, the chairman of the Assembly of Nova Scotia
>  Chiefs, called him the "butcher of the Mi'kmaq people."
>
>  "What Gov. Cornwallis did at the time, whether it was
right or
>  wrong at the time, wouldn't be condoned today," Fitzgerald
>  said.
>
>  The Daily News obtained a report last week saying the
city's
>  anniversary committee was considering a re-enactment of
>  Cornwallis's landing where Mi'kmaqs dressed in period
costume
>  would paddle out to a ship and greet an actor dressed as
the
>  governor.
>
>  The would escort him ashore and honour him with a sweet
>  grass ceremony. Anna Nibby Woods, a Mi'kmaq member of
>  the committee, said the group talked about having
natives greet
>  Cornwallis, but never agreed to do it.
>
>  She said a native wigwam encampment is likely to happen
this
>  summer, but will be connected with millenium celebrations
>  rather than Cornwallis's arrival.

>
>  She said the committee approached the Mi'kmaq
Association of
>  Cultural Studies to participate, but the group refused,
perhaps
>  because "they heard the word Cornwallis."
>
>  The association is affiliated with the assembly of chiefs.
>
>  She said the committee's goal is to allow all citizens to
>  participate in the $3.5-million anniversary party in a
dignified
>  and respectful manner. 
>
>
>
>   <= we're not machines you know =>
> we're not going to fall over in rows  Dr. King - On
>The Beach - 1959   
>  
><  the more we do to you, the less you
> seem to believe we are doing it  >
>Dr. Joseph Mengele
> 
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  www.aches-mc.org
>
>   
> 

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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: AIM Regional Meeting in April

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:50:08 EST
>To: AIM A-shig-a-ning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>AIM Arizona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, AIM Florida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>"AIM Grand Gov. Council" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>AIM Central Indiana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>AIM Massachusetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>AIM North Carolina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, AIM New Jersey
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>AIM Ohio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "AIM S. California" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>KOLA International Campaign Office <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>"AIM N. Kentucky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED], AIM Tennessee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: AIM Regional Meeting in April
>X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 205
>
>All members of National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media: the American
>Indian Movement Grand Governing Council; and American Indian Movement  and
>Support Groups are invited to join a gathering to be held in Cleveland, OH,
>for the opening of the  Cleveland Indians baseball season. This will be the
>week of April 9-12, 1999.
>The plans include a concert, support group and NCRSM meetings, and a peaceful
>demonstration against the Cleveland wahoos.
>Accomodations and meals will be provided, but you MUST register with Curtis
>Crow - (330) 848-4689 , so we will know how many to expect. 
>If you can make one event this year, let it be this one.
>Any on line questions can be addressed to the following,
>In Struggle,
>Jana Babineau 
>AIMNC Support
> 
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NATIVE_NEWS: Fwd: Asheville NC School's Mascots are Focus of Federal Civil Rights Inquiry

[Ish]

And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 16:47:29 EST
To: list deleted
>Subject: Asheville NC School's Mascots are Focus of Federal Civil Rights
Inquiry
>X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 205
>
>Charlotte Observer - Friday, February 5, 1999
>
>   After years of debate over school mascots called "Indians" and "Redskins",
>the U.S. Justice Department has picked an Asheville area school for its
first-
>ever investigation of whether such mascots violate the civil rights of Native
>American students.
>   Native American leaders and the Buncombe County Board of Education have been
>arguing for roughly two years about whether the mascots of Erwin High School
>stir up so much prejuedice that they create a racially hostile atmosphere for
>Native Americans.
>   Erwin High's boys teams have been called the Warriors since the school
opened
>more than 30 years ago. Girls' teams have been calle the Ss (my editing
>folks) since the 1970s, says the Buncombe county schools Superintendent Bob
>Bowers.
>   The controversy has drawn the 24,000 student school system into the national
>spotlight, including a recent visit from CNN. Some say the case will wind up
>in the U.S. Supreme Court.
>   "It is significant not only fr the schools in our county, but...it has great
>implications for American Indians who are fighting this fight across the
>country," said Monroe Gilmour, an Asheville civil rights activist.
>   Some residents have said the school system should fight the lawsuit. They
say
>they don't want to give in to the forces of political correctness. They note
>that painting over the Warriors murlas in the school and buying new band
>uniforms could cost the school up to $50,000.
>   But others note that fighting the lawsuit could cost the district up to
>$500,000 in legal fees, not to mention possible loss of federal education
>money.
>   The Buncombe County Board of Education plans to get more comummity input and
>make a decision by March 4.  Until then, at least, the mascots will remain.
>   "There's feelings on both sides," said Bob Smith, director of the Asheville
>Buncombe Community Relations Council. "People had that name for 40 years,
they
>identify with that name, they didn't mean any harm by it.  But when you get
>enlightened, you change."

> 
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