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WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS VOLUME 15, ISSUE 016 Distributed by Gary Night Owl EDITORIAL CONTENTS LIST ELDER QUOTE OF THE WEEK

EDITORIAL By: Gary Smith

O'siyo Brothers and Sister! At an event this weekend I had an opportunity to talk to Brian Halfday and Helen Wolfe from Hamilton Ontario, who have been among those trying to prevent the theft of Native lands by developers near New Caldonia. Brian had a T-shirt that graphically said it all... it depicted the original treaty tract ceded and the remaining lands that represented less than 1/20 of the original treaty territory. There, in the bottom of the remaining land was a bite the developer was attempting to steal. In a post to the Blackfoot Nation mailing list this week, Long Standing Bear Chief posted a call for assistance to support rights to water on the tribe's own lands ... "It has now become most important that we start a movement to inform the people of the world what is the situation we face and ask them to put pressure on officials in the United States Government and in the States who are trying to foist this foolishness on to us. I am sincere in saying this. How many of you here are willing to join me in a letter writing campaign and then sending that mail world-wide to help the Indian people get the justice they deserve? For example we have not been paid one penny for the billions of gallons of water that have been diverted from our homeland since the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty between The United States and Great Britain. (Some of you might want to look this treaty up on the Internet)." In case you haven't added the two items plus hundreds more throughout Indian Country there is a common and sickening theme. One thing that is crystal clear is that the dominant society and their govenments really don't care one damn bit about hardships of our elders, the children we are losing to drugs and suicide, or the treaties they break without concern or regret. For the past 500 years they have wanted to answer the "Indian Question" with "What Indians?" When boarding schools and forced assimilation failed to eliminate us, they resorted to theft and lies that continue to this day. Blackfeet elder Eloise Cobell has been leading a fight to recover stolen trust funds, only to have one roadblock after another thrown in the path. There is no shame for them in what they do... none. We must quit fighting among ourselves, band together, and shine the light of truth on these vermin. It is the only way to make them even attempt to be accountable. I have spoken and these are my words. 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 15, ISSUE 016 FOR ARTICLES GOT TO WOTANGING IKCHE-Native American News Editorial Section: . Deceit and Theft - Blackfeet Water Worries - Blackfeet Walk Out of Water Rights Negotiations - Probe: Local Indian Affairs Office Troubled - Eloise Cobell, The Face of Courage - Hopi Traditionalism on Endangered List - Mattaponi Agree to Drop Lawsuit Over Reservoir - New Rule May Help Tribes Reclaim Artifacts - Panel Said to Alter Finding on Voter Fraud - Nuvamsa says Hopi Election is a National Issue - Tribe Seeks Bison Fence - Governor Signs Little Shell Chippewa Land Bill - Grant Helps Red Lake Fishery to Reopen - Going Native in State Capitals - A Circle of Friends - Churches in Browning, Poplar Feature NA Art - What's in a name? A Lot, Indians Say - Jodi Rave: Lost History - Yellow Bird: Red Lies in Wait Like Bad Dream - Giago: Kill the Indian and Save the Child - Jodi Rave:Blackfeet Water negotiation over - Jodi Rave:Indians face Land Law changes - Aubry: Chiapas,The New Face of War - Why Should We be Part of the Cucapa Encampment? - Ross: Being Zapatistas where we Live - Heartland - Bankers' Master Plan for Turtle Island - 'Terrorist Invasion' of Deh Cho Territory - Kakegamic Family Files $9.9-million Lawsuit - Deaths prompt outcry: BIA Law Enforcement failing - Native Justice-- Domestic Violence - Rustywire: Tournament of Tribal Champions - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days - Lee Goins Poem: 13 Years - American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame Adds Five

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Along the U.S.-Mexico border, the body count continues to pile up daily. Meanwhile, the Minutemen patrol the U.S.-Mexico border and shameless politicians find it easy to denounce illegal immigration as the cause of all the nation's problems - including linking it with "the war on terror." Amidst all the clatter, the only views not being heard are the ones that matter most. Thus here, we bring you a truly historic column, featuring the views of those that have come before us to these lands: American Indians: On Haudenosaunee citizenship & naturalization: "Naturalization was not race-based as the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) granted citizenship to other ethnic groups. Once a person became a Haudenosaunee citizen they were expected to discard any previous connection to their birth nation. They had to speak an Iroquoian language, dress as Iroquois, contribute to the security of their host nation and provide for the well being of their new families and communities though a host of activities ranging from hunting, fishing, food preparation and home building. They took part in the elaborate ceremonies which defined Haudenosaunee spirituality and were given extensive instruction into the history, customs and beliefs of their new nation." "In the end, the Haudenosaunee people expected the new citizen to undergo an almost complete transformation; physically, mentally and spiritually. This process worked extremely well... [it] secured our survival and provided for our prosperity...." --Doug George-Kanentiio, Mohawk writer

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