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WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS
VOLUME 16, ISSUE 016
Distributed by Gary Night Owl

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

O'siyo Brothers and Sisters!

To absolutely no one's surprise, the Bush Administration has labeled the $58 Billion claim by the Indian Trust litigants "absurd".

The US Department of Interior, under successive Secretaries and two different judges, including one hand-picked by the defending US Government, has lost nearly every skirmish in this drawn-out (by the government) lawsuit. Now that it is clear that real judgment in the litigants' favor is nearing, the government is resorting to name calling and finger pointing.

... makes you proud to be an American, doesn't it?

I think it is interesting that the Native American Bank just posted a doubling of profits, while non-Indian financial institutions around the world are flushing down the drain in red ink.

That, along with the soon-to-be-proven-in-court lack of Trust competence by the Department of Interior, does as much as anything to underscore the fact that the US government's original reason for creating the Indian Trust and insisting that the government manage it, claiming Indians couldn't possibly be savvy enough to manage their own money, was and is just one more in a series of lies, more lies and damn lies.

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 016
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Editorial Section: . Who Do You Trust
- 'Rough Justice' Seen In Resolving Cobell Case
- U.S. Government Rejects A $58b Indian Payout
- Native American Bank Doubles Profits
- Homeland Security Waives Nagpra And 35 Other Laws
- Court Allows Hls Power Over Private Land
- Wildfires Flare Across Mescalero Reservation
- Cherokees United Against Legislation
- State, Three Affiliated Tribes Reach Agreement
- Women `are Backbone Of Native Society'
- Trudell: Spoken Word Tour For Women And Cancer
- Red Lake Youth `walking The Good Road'
- Penobscots Oppose Labeling Venezuela 'Terrorist'
- Longest Walk: Indian Rights And Heritage
- Walkers Highlight Native American Issues
- Indian Affairs Panel To Speak About Radio Remarks
- G-105 Suspends Bob Dumas
- Hopi War Of Words Continues
- School Fights To Revive Native Canadian Language
- Reconnection With Native Tongue
- Learn Native American Respect For Planet
- USDA Director Of Native American Programs Welcomed
- Pascua Yaqui Tribe To Fund Diabetes Program
- Squaw Peak Officially Piestewa Peak
- Navajo Peace Diplomat Selected For Iran
- Editor Of Tribal Paper Wins Free Press Award
- Fort Sill Apache To Open Restaurant In New Mexico
- Natives' Frustration With Ottawa
- Chief Calling For Lawrence Joseph's Resignation
- First Nations Still Waiting For Water Treatment
- Police Scandal Over 1997 Attack On Iroquois
- Shady Nio'scam Inc. Wants 'Niobium'
- One Standard For White, Another For Red?
- Province Should Support Release Of KI-6
- Harper Government Continues To Deny Justice
- Jodi Rave: Obama Proposes Indian Policy Adviser
- Jodi Rave: Clinton Plans To Build On Track Record
- Giago: Thirty Years And 1,560 Columns Later...
- Editorial: Tribal Paperwork Failure Of Justice
- Giago: Black Caucus Attacks Sovereign Status
- Hodgson-Mccauley: Don't Use It, Lose It
- Judge Convicts 2 Makah In Whale Hunt
- Native Justice-- First Nation Condemns T.O. Police
-- Tribal Police To Gain Power To Arrest Non-Indians
- Rustywire: Longing For Sweet Taste Of Freedom
- Del "Abe" Jones Poem: Ode To A Harsh Mistress
- Chilocco Reunion June 6-8. 2008
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"As native people, our walk is carrying the message that all life is sacred and every step we take is a prayer."
"We do this not just for ourselves but for our future generations, and that involves people of all colors." ---Ricardo Tapia, Northern Route Coordinator for the Longest Walk 2

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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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