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WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS VOLUME 15, ISSUE 031 Distributed by Gary Night Owl EDITORIAL CONTENTS LIST ELDER QUOTE OF THE WEEK

EDITORIAL By: Gary Smith

O'siyo Brothers and Sister! If you read nothing else in this newsletter, please read the letter in Native Justice from Cindy Washakie regarding her brother, Rich. Take a moment to write the DOC to let them know their neglect of a brother is not going unnoticed!!! My half-side, the Lovely Janet, saw a redneck comment on a news site. She told the Bubba what she thought, and shares her thoughts as this week's editorial. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This week's article on the Labor Day march to promote racial tolerance in Cortez, CO was run on several news services, including KTAR TV's web site (http://www.news.ktar.com). As many news sites do, this site permitted comments from "registered members." Only one had commented, and his comment was just this: "Lazy Indians: Get Off the booze and get a job." And this attitude is precisely why the march and its information booths are needed. Most people now understand that it's not acceptable for a man to rape a woman simply because she is female and looks "hot." Yet many, apparently including Cortez's police officials, aren't convinced that it's not acceptable to beat up an Indian, especially if that Indian is drunk. A police lieutenant is quoted as describing victims as people who "drink just about every day in their lives," and that when "in that condition ... the witneses are not very reliable," to excuse police failure to identify suspects in six assault cases. I Wonder if he'd have the same attitude if an executive were assaulted after he and his friends had enjoyed a three martini happy hour? And I wonder if the town's management would have tolerated it. I doubt the commenter will learn a thing from the information booths at this march. His bigotry is sealed far too tightly for information to penetrate. But perhaps enough others in town will be convinced that Indians are human, too, and far less "entitled" than they have been led to believe. It might be useful for them to understand that the power that lights their homes, heats their foods and runs their air conditioners in the summer was provided by Indians who had a job -- mining coal on their reservation, for which they have been underpaid. And this country's nuclear arsenal and nuclear power resources were largely paid for in Navajo lives and misery that extends to this day from mine polution of reservation water sources, for which few have seen even one penny of reimbursement. Get a job, indeed. +/// Janet Smith owlstar@bellsouth.net /*/+ P. O. Box 672168 OwlStar Trading Post + / * Marietta, GA 30008, U.S.A. http://www.owlstar.com * + jewelry, music, flags, herbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 031 FOR ARTICLES GOT TO WOTANGING IKCHE-Native American News Editorial Section: . Please Help Endangered Brother . Janet Responds To A Redneck - Walk To Promote Racial Tolerance In Border Town - Native American Church Prays For End To Wars - Tribes Join Forces Against UC Berkeley's Decision - Shasta Nation Strives For Tribal Recognition - Backers Decry Decision To Dismiss Churchill - Tribal Agency Recognized For Workplace Wellness - Restored Estuary Teems With Life - Southern Utes Become Force In West's Energy Boom - Giago: Modern Indian Heroes Compiled In Book - Jodi Rave: UM Indian Center Pulls In Donations - Yellow Bird: Summer Sun Shines On A Ritual For The Ages - Jodi Rave: Journey Of Healing Gives Natives Hope - Update From Grand River - Wahta Mohawk Quietly Reach A Deal - Legal Hurdles Stall Rape Cases On Native Lands - Browning Man Dies Five Days After Brutal Beating - Native Justice--- Update On Rich Lone Dog -- Disenrolled Native Americans Ask For Redress - Rustywire: The Buckskin - Del "Abe" Jones Poem: Mister President - Upcoming Events

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"We are one people. We cannot separate ourselves now." "There are many good things to be done for our people and for the world. It is important to let things be good. And it is important to teach the younger generation so that things are not lost." -- Corbin Harney Spiritual Leader of the Western Shoshone Nation

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