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WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS VOLUME 14, ISSUE 030 Distributed by Gary Night Owl EDITORIAL CONTENTS LIST ELDER QUOTE OF THE WEEK

EDITORIAL By: Gary Smith

O'siyo Brothers and Sister! If Tribal Nations intend to maintain any degree of sovereignty, Native citizens of those Nations must continue to be vigilant in the protection of those rights. Thoughout the course of history since contact there has been one erosion of right after another as the occupation forces continue their oppression of the original citizens of Turtle Island. In the United States alone, the pattern is consistent and the course undeniable. - Shortly after the Revolutionary War, the U.S. Constitution gave Congress "plenary" power over all tribes. - Andrew Jackson, despite having his life saved in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend by Cherokee Chief Gulkalaski (Junaluska), signed into law the Removal Act (1831) that dashed all treaties and guarantees of permanent residence in the homelands of many Eastern Tribes. - The Dawes Act (1887) was much more than a census tool. It was an attempt to force assimilation by mandating boarding schools like Carlisle for all Indian children. - 1953 should always be marked as a dark year on any Indian calendar. It signaled the congressional resolution known as termination. The intent was to end all subsistance to Indian Nations and disolve those nations as political and governing entities. In fact many reservations were broken up under this policy. - A fundamental principle of government is that Governments do not tax other Governments, yet the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 permits that very action by State Governments over Tribal Governments within their geographical boundaries that attempt to provide income for their citizens through casinos and other gaming venues. A sovereign government is not required to commit all lands it wishes to be part of its territory to the management of another government, then stand by as that government openly "loses" resources it is purportedly holding as trustee. And a sovereign government does not then have recourse only to the courts of the country stealing its property and resources for redress. What the very abbreviated timeline above verifies is that none of our rights may ever be taken for granted. Each has been fought for, and each has been attacked by the dominant society. ... and the war is far from over. Dohiyi Ani Oginalii Gary Smith (*,*) wotanging@bellsouth.net P. O. Box 672168 (`-') gars@nanews.org Marietta, GA 30006, U.S.A. ===w=w=== http://www.nanews.org

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CONTENTS LIST OF ARTICLES IN VOLUME 14, ISSUE 030 FOR ARTICLES GOT TO WOTANGING IKCHE-Native American News - Jodi Rave: New Documentary Examines Dwindling Indian Land - Creek Nation Sponsors Tribal Summit - Pilgrimage to Pocahontas' Burial Place - Congress Reauthorizes Voting Rights Act - Lumbees: BIA Not an Option - Judge Halts Costly BIA Education Plan in Dakotas - Reservation Fuel Tax Refund Plan Has Few Takers - Nations Gather to Protect Sacred Site - Fire Thunder Reinstated and Removed Once More - Mdewakanton Land Trust Put on Hold - Tohono O'odham Nation Ready to Close Illegal Road - Northern Cheyenne to Vote on Mining - No Otter Creek Mining Soon - Riders Retrace Route of Nez Perce Flight - Tulalips Claim Beach Rights - Tulalip Tribes Share Wealth - Blackfeet, Corps See Historic Fight Differently - Lacrosse a Life Force for Many American Indians - Project Seeks Truth About Indian Graves - Native Tribal Leaders Worry About Road Access - White Face: Indigenous Peoples Still Lack Human Rights - Dougherty: Havasupai Without Power For Weeks - Trahant: U.S. Should Act Like a Trustee - Giago: Traveling the Road to 'Cultural Suicide' - Jodi Rave: Gathering Honors Lives of Warrior Women - Harjo: Good People Being Taken Out by Snakes in DC - Mike Graham: Ann Coulter, GOPs Against Indians - Jodi Rave: Basketball Player Rebounds from Mistakes - Torture/Harassment of Prisoners in Chiapas - Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos in Atenco - Government Prevents Marcos' Radio Appearance - Rail Blockade Called Off - First Nation Wants More Law Enforcement on Reserve - Native Prisoner -- Navajo Safety Committee Lobbies for Public Safety, Jail - Rustywire: Where Do I Stand - Del "Abe" Jones Poem: A Pequot Legend - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days - KILI Back on Air After Two Months of Silence - Native American Cable Station in Development

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"Bear Butte will outlast humanity. We didn't pick this mountain; we learned from its energy. -- Rosalie Little Thunder, Lakota "It is important to our elders what is happening to our nation. We are of an age where we don't know how long we will be here fighting for our rights." -- Marie Randall, Oglala

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