BROUGHT TO YOU BY SNOWWOWL.COM A NON-COMMERCIAL NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE

WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS VOLUME 14, ISSUE 038 Distributed by Gary Night Owl EDITORIAL CONTENTS LIST ELDER QUOTE OF THE WEEK

EDITORIAL By: Gary Smith

O'siyo Brothers and Sister! The United States of America is known for being founded on the principle of freedom, including freedom of religion. The following are names and views of one set of Sacred Peaks in Arizona: Dine' Doko'oo'sliid, "the place where snow never melts." Hopi Nuva-tu-ka-ovi, "place of snow on the very top", the home of the kachina spirits Acoma Tsii Bina, "protection shrine" Apache Dzil Tso, "big mountain", the place where adolescent girls ascend into womanhood in the Sunrise Ceremony Havasupai Wikagana pa'dja, "snowy mountain", the origin of humans Hualapai Wik' hanbaja, "snowy mountain" Yavapai Wimonogaw'a, "cold mountain" Zuni Sunha K'yabachu Yalanne, "mountain with the volcanic water caches" Apache belief: Above the mountain called Tso dzil there is a square hole in the sky. And this hole in the sky is mirrored in a lake which lies between the two highest peaks of the mountain. There were three names given to the hole in the sky: the first is called Tse'an an hi'habetine, the Place Where the Most High Power Came Up; the second is Sash yota'betine, the Bear's Upper Sky Path; and the third name is Hojon yota'betine, Whose Ways Are Beautiful's Path. It is said that the Sun stops at this place at midday and eats his lunch; and the place where he stops and eats is called Nitsi ya'hatsis, The Place Where the Sun Man Has His Lunch and His Horse Eats Out of a Basket. The following are names and views of one Sacred mountain in South Dakota: Lakota Mato Paha, "bear mountain" Cheyenne Noahvose, "beneficent mountain" Cheyenne belief: Noahvose is the place where Maheo (God) imparted to Sweet Medicine the knowledge from which the Cheyenne derive their religious, political, social, and economic customs. The mountain is sacred to many American Indian tribes who come here to hold religious ceremonies. The following are held as Sacred or Religieous shrines by some residents of the United States: Temple Emanu-El in New York City is the world's largest synagogue, accommodating 2,500 worshippers. The Salt Lake Tabernacle, known worldwide as the Mormon Tabernacle, is located in Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Taberacle was built to house meetings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Mission Dolores (Mision San Francisco de Assisi), San Francisco's oldest standing structure, the Mission San Francisco de Asis (more commonly known as Mission Dolores), has withstood the test of time as well as two major earthquakes. St. Patrick's Cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of New York and the largest Roman Catholic cathedral in the United States. Over 3 million people visit St. Patrick's each year. All of the above are held as Sacred places. The first, called San Francisco Peaks by the occupation forces, now has reclaimed sewer water blown on it to make snow for a resort. The second, called Bear Butte by the occupation forces, now has a topless biker bar at its base. The others, since they are held Sacred by members of the occupation forces, are left untainted by greed and filth. 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

=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=

CONTENTS LIST OF ARTICLES IN VOLUME 14, ISSUE 038 FOR ARTICLES GOT TO WOTANGING IKCHE-Native American News - Arizona Ski Resort desecrates Sacred Mountains - Tribes press Sacred Site case before 9th Circuit - Tohono O'odham Nation caught in Border Battle - Meeting set for Tribal Trust Issues - McCain blasts Administration for inaction on Indian Case - Oklahoma's top Conservationist steps down - Michigan Tribes oppose Bush Court Nominee - Las Vegas Paiutes fear for future of Petroglyphs - House committee to consider DOI irresponsibility - Norton protected Griles after $1M investigation - Interior Official Assails Agency for Ethics Slide - NCAI campaign to support Trust Settlement - In Shadow of 70's Racism - Albuquerque Indians discuss state of Health Care - Native Remains found in Mass Grave in Utah - 3rd rare White Buffalo born on Wisconsin Farm - Life expectancy sags on S.D. Reservations - Oglalas to swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco - Why Native vets should support a Service Medal - Opinion: U.S. still blind to reality after 9/11 - GIAGO: 500 years of Terrorism - Editorial: Bush punishes Indian Country yet again - YELLOW BIRD: A time for canning, remembering - Editorial: Find solution over Mohawk 'Prayer' - YELLOW BIRD: Nepotism fetters Tribal Government - TERZELLA: Taxing Native American Sellers - Report: Indigenous in danger of disappearing - Claims to Me'tis ancestry skyrocket - New northern mine worries Natives - Canada's reputation for tolerance took a beating - Chief appalled by conditions at Whitedog School - Enbridge is knowingly violating our rights - Scams ranging from Canada to Oklahoma - Court blasts removal of Natives from Jury Pool - Minor riot at Ch'ooshgai Boarding School - BIA to pay $1.8M to family for Student's Death - Looking Cloud gets new Lawyer - Native Prisoner -- Honoring Sisseton-Wahpeton couple for supporting our Prisoners - Rustywire: Oh, the Sweet Sound - Starkey: What it means to be an American Today - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days

FOR ARTICLES GO TO WOTANGING IKCHE-Native American News

=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=

"The American Indian population has long had the lowest life-expectancy rate in the country, and to find out the lowest of the low is right here in South Dakota is not a surprise." -- Jacqueline Left Hand Bull, Sicangu Lakota, Administrative Officer, Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board

=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=

CONTACT: Please send all submissions, subscription requests, questions or comments for this newsletter to Gary Night Owl at gars@nanews.org . Website: Wotanging Ikche-Native American News ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CLICK HERE to read more about Wotanging Ikche-Native American News and Gary Night Owl

RETURN TO Wotanging Ikche Intro Page