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CONTENTS & INTRODUCTION |
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I would like to use
this space on this website to address Native American issues and tell
stories in an endeavor to teach future generations. My brother, Snow
Owl, has done a fine job of gathering and writing for this website, my
desire is only to emphasize some things that are important to me,
having walked this Earth as (what the white man calls) an Apache since
the winter of 1921.
The first
section below
consists of articles on Native American issues and information.
Some came from articles sent to me, some from articles I gathered and
some are links to articles on this website, that I would like to
highlight.
When I was a child, there was no television and
very few people had radios. We used to sit by the fire and listen to
the storytellers. The stories were passed down from one generation to
the next. I am telling these stories now, so that they can be passed
on to future generations. The
second section is a list of these stories.
If you have an
article or story that you feel belongs in Wolf's Corner,
email me and I will get back to you.--Spotted Wolf
TWO WOLVES |
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ARTICLES and INFORMATION |
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The
Longest Walk II - February 16, 2008 |
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Lakotah
Republic Withdraws from Treaties-Renounces Us Citizenship
February 2, 2008 |
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Virgin Buffalo Calf Births and Statements from Spiritual Leaders
November 23, 2007 |
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Commentaries and News on Native American
Issues
Susan Bates
On this website since August 2004 |
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Editorials and Contents List of this
weekly E-zine
Wotanging Ikche©
Native American News-Gary Night Owl
On this website since May 2005 |
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Insightful Articles
on Current Native American Affairs
So Says, Spirit Hawk ^i^
On this website since November 2007 |
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Articles of Interest Written by David
House Star-Telegram Staff Writer |
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HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIANS-1906
INTRO |
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NATIVE
AMERICAN LEGENDS AND STORIES |
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When complete we will have over
800 Native American Legends and Stories
from over 90 Tribal Nations, as well as over 90 Legends and Stories
from Unknown Nations. CLICK TO GO TO
LIST OF TRIBAL NATIONS' LEGENDS and STORIES All of the stories are
printer friendly or have printer friendly versions
so that you can print them out
to share with others that
don't have computers or internet access.
Since I am Apache, I have the
Apache List here
as well as on the Native American Stories and Legends List Pages |
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APACHE |
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HONOR YOUR ANCESTORS:
REGISTER AND VOTE! |
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American Indians were the last group to be permitted the right to vote
in the United States of America.
African-Americans got their voting rights in 1870 and women in 1920, but
it wasn't until the 1960's that the original people of this land won a
voice in what goes on here. (We were officially accepted as US citizens
in 1924, by the way, and have a higher percentage of men and women in
military service than any other ethnic group in the country. I am myself
am have fought in many wars for this country. (So anyone who believes American Indians aren't 'real'
Americans, might as well leave this page now. )
We have had a long wait and a long struggle for representation in this
political system. My ancestors didn't have the opportunity to vote
against Andrew Jackson, who ordered his troops to evict them from their
homes at gunpoint and force-march them to Oklahoma (despite the Supreme
Court declaring it unconstitutional).
I didn't even have the opportunity to vote for a
governor who wouldn't take our children out of our house against
their will and ship them off to faraway boarding schools to be
violently 'civilized.' (I was out fighting a war proving I was a "real"
American.)
Well, we have the opportunity to vote now--but dishearteningly few of us
use it. Until we stand up to be counted, American politicians will
continue to ignore us and our wishes, and this time, there is nobody to
blame but ourselves.
Our ancestors fought and suffered and died because they didn't have the
option of influencing the United States government.
And regardless of
whether we may be full-bloods, mixed-bloods, or mostly-white descendants
of an Indian great-grandmother, we owe it to them to use this right they
have bought with their blood and tears.
BE A WARRIOR. VOTE. |
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD |
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While some of the information below is specific
to the Presidential Election on November 2, 2004, most of the
information applies to any election. If we are going to make our voices
heard we need to participate in ALL elections. ~ Spotted Wolf |
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1.
REGISTER TO VOTE-- Unless you live in
New Hampshire or Wyoming, this is easy. Here is a page sponsored by the
League of Women Voters that offers an
online voter registration form. All you have to do is fill out the
form with your name, address, birth date, and drivers license number or
social security number, then print it out and mail it to the address
provided. If you don't have a printer, you can also call the Secretary
of State of your state and ask them to send you the form in the mail.
If you live in New Hampshire, you have to go to the city clerk or
request an absentee registration form from them. Here's the page about
how to get registered in New
Hampshire. You can also just register on Election Day in New
Hampshire, if you bring ID and a utilities or credit card bill with your
address printed on it. In Wyoming, you have to contact the county clerk
to get registered, here's the list of
Wyoming county
clerks.
The deadline for registration is different in every state. You should
register as soon as possible to avoid missing it. Here is a good list of
the voter
registration deadlines in all 50 states. |
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| 2. INFORM YOURSELF ABOUT THE ELECTION-- Learn about the candidates are and what their
positions are on topics that are important to you. Here is
John Kerry's website and
John
Kerry's page of positions on native issues.
George Bush doesn't have a page on his site
about native issues, but here is the
George Bush homepage. There
are also congress, governor and local elections.
Here is an excellent
state by state
election information page by the League of Women Voters (it is
non-partisan and publishes the candidates' own answers to issue
questions).
Another nonpartisan candidate information page
is Project Vote Smart.
If you are interested in environmental issues
(as many native people are) you can also check out
League of Conservation Voters which
informs the public about the previous environmental voting records of
different candidates.
You may also want to check your tribe or
nation's homepage as some chiefs and tribal leaders have endorsed
candidates who have done honorably by us.
As for native representation in government, now that Ben Nighthorse
Campbell (Republican senator from Colorado) has retired, there are no
American Indians representing our country in the Senate any longer.
This year Brad Carson (tribal member of the
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) is running for the Oklahoma Senate seat. He
is a moderate Democrat who has been serving in the House of
Representatives. You can check out his homepage at
Brad Carson for
Senate to decide whether you want to support his bid to bring Indian
representation back to the Senate.
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| 3. VOTE-- Election Day is Tuesday November 2 this year.
Make time to go vote! If you're not sure where your polling place is,
the League of Women Voters can help you again: their
voter
information guide has links to tell everyone in every state where
the polling station is. (They also have good information about what to
do if there's a problem at your polling place, which happened in some
states last election.)
If you are going to have trouble getting to the polling place (it is far
away, you don't have a car, your health isn't good, you may not be in
town that day, or it's too hard for you to make time) you can consider
voting early. Almost every state lets you do this.
In most of them you don't need an excuse at
all, and in others, simply stating you plan to be away from town that
day is sufficient. Usually you just have to fill out an absentee ballot
and send it in by mail.
There is a good site here,
EZVote, that gives detailed
instructions for exactly how to do this in every state. If you turn in
an absentee ballot early (more than a week before the election) it
will be counted on election day at the same time as all the other
ballots. So if you're even a little bit worried about getting to the
polling place on November 2, look into this option.
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4. REGISTER YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND
ENCOURAGE THEM TO VOTE TOO-- No one is more community-based than American
Indians. Can you imagine what would happen if all of us voted
this year?
There are almost two million American Indian
people in the US, and another ten million people of American Indian
descent. The more we vote, the more politicians will care about our
issues.
Talk to your friends, get them to register and
vote. Talk to your family, maybe the whole clan can go to the polls
together. Talk to your community, maybe the elders might think it's a
good idea to have a meeting in October where everyone prepares absentee
ballots together.
And if anyone ever polls you, and you are
Native American, then state your ethnicity as 'Native American'. The
more visible we are, the more strength we have.
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5. SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT REGISTER,
ENCOURAGE, AND HELP VOTERS.
If you want to do more, you can join with a
group who is doing voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities,
help them, and/or ask for their help mobilizing your tribe.
The National Congress of American Indians has a
nonpartisan Native
Vote program this year working to mobilize Indian and Native Alaskan
voters. There is a good group called
America Votes which is
dedicated to nonpartisan voter registration and participation in
general.
If you don't want something nonpartisan, then
the Republican Party,
Democratic Party, and
left-leaning independents Americans
Coming Together all work on voter registration and mobilization too.
And the NAACP
works to prevent voter intimidation and disenfranchisement of minorities
at the polls--they are predominantly African-American but have also
fought for American Indian and Latino rights, so they would surely also
welcome your involvement.
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While some of the information above is specific
to the Presidential Election on November 2, 2004, most of the
information applies to any election. If we are going to make our voices
heard we need to participate in ALL elections. ~ Spotted Wolf |
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Below are Links to
Spotted Wolf's
Corner Articles-
[ Contents---Register and Vote! ] [ Remembering The Great Chiefs ] [ Native American Legends & Stories ] [ Anglos Once Were Immigrants ] [ Handbook of American Indians, 1906 -Contents ] [ The Sand Creek Massacre Pg 1 ] [ Native American Indians and the Eagle ] [ NA Names & Meanings ] [ Past Notable Native Americans-Pg 1 ] [ Past Notable Native Americans- Pg 2 ] [ Hill & Holler Thanksgiving Column ] [ A Thanksgiving Teaching ] [ On Being an Indian ] [ Where is Goyathlay's (Geronimo) Skull? ] [ Cochise ] [ Goyathlay (Geronimo) ] [ Mangas Coloradas ] [ Nana ]
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Updated
April 5, 2008
Created November 2005 |
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