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WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS VOLUME 15, ISSUE 038 Distributed by Gary Night Owl EDITORIAL CONTENTS LIST ELDER QUOTE OF THE WEEK

EDITORIAL By: Gary Smith

O'siyo Brothers and Sister! Mining interests are drooling all over themselves over several finds. Maybe the motherlode of all gold and copper deposits in Alaska. In Northern Canada and the Four Corners area of the US, uranium is the lure. Northern Territory First Nations and the Navajo Nation have made it crystal clear there will be no uranium mining on tribal lands. Did that end the persistant requests to mine the ore? No! In fact, they became demands and court orders. Anyone who reads this newsletter or Mohawk Nation News ( http://www.mohawknationnews.com ) knows Fronenac Ventures, with help from the Ontario government, has trespassed on unsurrendered Algonquin land with intent to extract uranium ore in the Sharbot Lake area. In Alaska hundreds of test drillings have occurred. The results of these sample drillings not only proved the value of the deposits, but also proved the game in the Bristol Bay area will vacate the area. Oh, and in case you didn't know, the mines would also destroy the nesting waters of Atlantic Sockeye Salmon. The mining interests do not care if they destroy the game, the salmon or even Mother Earth herself, as long as they can reap the bounty that lies beneath. Destruction of wild places, a rich source of food for a hungry world, and the resultant damage to rain forests just don't register as important when greed is the only fire in corporate eyes. Couple this with the United States and Canadas' shameful vote against the U.N. Declaration of Indigenous Rights, and you have a very good understanding of what Mother Earth and the Peoples who have sworn to protect her mean to Kanada and Amerikka. And don't bother expecting the US or Canada to respect the UN Declaration approved without their stamp of approval. Both countries have proven by their treatment of indigenous populations and their lands what they think of any such agreements that work against their corporations' interest. Study your prophesies and pray. 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 038 FOR ARTICLES GOT TO WOTANGING IKCHE-Native American News Editorial Section: . When Greed And Theft Are OK - Bush Administration Objects To Cobell Data Request - Saving Sacred Sites; Protecting Artifacts - Court: Navajo Nation Owed Money For Bungled Lease - Navajo Stands Behind Ban On Uranium Mining - Interior's James Cason Under Examination - Atakapas Say Culture Still Alive - Feds React To Tribal Duck-Hunting Request - Nice Save: Maneuver By Boren Buys Tribe Time - Approved: Native American Housing Act - Former Interior Official To Lead Indian Museum - Cobell Blasts Gover's Appointment To NMAI - Rocky Boy Getting Money To Fight Alcoholism - Tough Season For Columbia River Tribal Fishermen - Gigantic Mine Proposal Tests Values Of Alaskans - Ancient Healing Methods Used To Treat NA Soldiers - Tradition Intersects With Soldier's Life At Powwow - MCT Holds Strong Against The Use Blood Quantum - Tlingits Welcome Non-Natives Into Family - Ed: Candidates Can't Afford To Ignore Indian Vote - Yellow Bird: Sharing Breaks Down Culture Barriers - Jodi Rave: Workshop Focuses On Respect For Culture - Ambrose: Over-Regulation Killing Indian Country - Opinion: Stop Blaming Southern Paiutes - Jodi Rave: UN Passes Indigenous Rights Declaration - Yellow Bird: Wild Fruit Season - Mann: Aises: Powerful Medicine For Spirit And Education - Takla First Nation To Block Public Access To Lands - First Nation Wasn't Consulted On Pulp Mill - Who Is Frontenac Ventures And Why The Mystery? - Five Thugs Attack 2 Six Nations Youth - Native Police Should Hunt Serial Killer - County's First Crow Indian Justice Of The Peace - Self-Proclaimed Indian Chief Remains In Jail - Native Justice-- Civil Suit Filed In Detention, Shackling Of 11-Year-Old Witness - Rustywire: Toadlena, Where The Mountain Is Split - Lee Goins Poem: My Daughter's Eyes - Ellsbury Is Red Sox's Exciting Native American

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"When soldiers go overseas, we give them warrior ceremonies to armor and protect them against the battle." "When the soldier comes back, we have to remove that armor, to help him reconnect with his home." ----Alfred Gibson, Navajo Healer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------As historian Patricia Nelson Limerick summarized in "The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West... "Set the blood quantum at one-quarter, hold to it as a rigid definition of Indians, let intermarriage proceed as it had for centuries, and eventually Indians will be defined out of existence. When that happens, the federal government will be freed of its persistent 'Indian problem.'" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once a language is lost, it is gone forever. Of the 300 original Native languages in North America, only 175 exist today. * 125 of these are no longer learned by children. * 55 are spoken by 1 to 6 elders; when they die, their language will disappear. * Without action, only 20 languages will survive the next 50 years. Source: Indigenous Language Institute

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