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WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS
VOLUME 16, ISSUE 003
Distributed by Gary Night Owl

EDITORIAL
CONTENTS LIST
ELDER QUOTE OF THE WEEK
EDITORIAL
By: Gary Smith
 

O'siyo Brothers and Sisters!

I once had an elder admonish me for not including enough good news.

For a while I made a sincere effort to make the lead article one of good news. Many readers were generous, and shared their own "good news"
stories, which I was most appreciative of, and honored to include those
personal triumphs and positive affirmations.

Unfortunately, the contributions dwindled quickly and hard news demanded inclusion. Soon, it was news as usual.

It is a new year, and there are definitely hard news items that command attention, such as the border issues (north and south), health issues and land grabs by the dominant society. This is also not the first issue of 2008, but it is still the first month; and it seemed like a good idea to offer some positive news items to start your read.

To that end the lead articles include the honoring of a World War II
Veteran by the Smith Lake Chapter House, and a healing lodge offered
as alternative treatment by the Omaha Nation in Oklahoma.

There are still plenty of "hard" news items, but the honoring of an elder and a return to traditional healing of our ills seems a good way to start the news.

While I am at it, please allow me to again extend two invitations.

- If you would like words that mean news, new news or something similar
in the tongue of your Nation added to the banner, please send them with their translation to either of the email addresses in my signature below.

- I always welcome original news from readers. Just make sure it is of interest to Indian Country and full of truth.
 

I also wish to thank everyone who reads this humble offering. Without you reading this ezine to give it purpose, it is just words in the wind.

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 16, ISSUE 003
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Editorial Section: . Good News
- Chapter Salutes World War II Veteran
- Omaha Nation Treatment Center
- U.S. Supreme Court Supports Colville Tribes
- Tulalips Continue Fight American For Cama Beach
- Uranium Issue Contaminates Politics On Pine Ridge
- Stop Homeland Security To Border Land Grab
- Lipan Apache Reunify In Robstown Gathering
- Homeland Security Told To Back Off At The Border
- Chertoff Prepares To Seize Private Lands
- Bia Off-Reservation Gaming Policy
- Fallout From Casino Denial
- Lac Du Flambeau Shocked At Doi's Latest Tactic
- Energy Corridor Could Divide Navajoland
- Tribe Sues Over Off-Reservation Gaming Rejection
- Injured Soldier Returns Home To Alamo, N.M.
- Yucca Mountain Dump: Nuclear Disaster In Making
- White Buffalo Calf Born To Cheyenne Tribal Member
- Experts Identify Most Legit Cherokee In Georgia
- Giago: The Medicine Of Michael Haney
- McKosato: 2007 In Indian Country
- McKeag: What Will Our Legacy Be?
- Editorial: Rick West Lost Sight Of Basic Mission
- Yellow Bird: Outlook Grim For New Casino
- De Guise: The Revenge Of The Native American
- Russell: An Indian Brown V. Board Of Education?
- Abourezk: A Season Of Neglect For Native People
- Boreal Forest The Next Battle
- Algonquin Negotiators Caught 'Suckling'
- Literacy Rates Low
- Manitoba Group Aims To Find Missing Native People
- Commission Key In Fight Against Native Poverty: Jules
- Local Education Authority To Oversee School Re-Opening
- Mohawks And Lakota Freedom Delegation Meet
- Paper Mill Settles Penobscot River Algae Incident
- Blue Bird Drug Case Wraps Up After Two Years
- Pender, Businesses File Complaint In Tribal Court
- Native Justice-- Res. School Hearings: Tales Of Buried Bodies
- Rustywire: Baby Love
- Lee Goins Poem: Reflections Into The Soul
- Upcoming Events
 
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"Our lands are not for sale. The U.S. government must stop its illegal
attempts to intimidate us. The Department of Homeland Security cannot
take away our homes and neighborhoods for border militarization." --Eloisa Tamez, Lipan Apache

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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.'"

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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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