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WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS
VOLUME 16, ISSUE 020
Distributed by Gary Night Owl

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

O'siyo Brothers and Sisters!

My congratulations to the students at Pine Ridge High School for taking a public stand against methamphetamine. They took a day of memorial for fellow student Saunie Wilson, who died from a meth overdose three years ago, and turned it into a community awaremenss event.

Those who have read this humble newszine know I lost a friend to meth, so what the students at Pine Ridge High are doing is very close to my heart.

I also have friends I love on Pine Ridge, so I truly pray the actions and words on 'Death to Meth' day will translate to saving others from losing a loved one to this terrible curse from the dark side.

I also pray this day of community awareness at Pine Ridge will become a life saving movement throughout Indian Country.

More I cannot wish for or say.

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 020
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Editorial Section: . Taking A Stand Against Meth
- Death To Meth Brings Drug-Free Message To Youths
- Lakota Owe Aku Environmental Victory
- A Nuclear Problem
- Sioux Urged To Take Hills Payment
- Rosebud President: 'Black Hills Are Not For Sale'
- Cheyenne River Chair Opposes Black Hills Payout
- Hog Farm Operator Challenges Tribal Jurisdiction
- Yankton Sioux Stand Up To South Dakota Troopers
- Yankton Hog Farm Clash Widens
- Saving Sacred Bear Butte More Critical Than Ever
- Halt Toxic Dumping On O'odham Ceremonial Grounds
- 25-Year-Old Fears Unfounded In Wisconsin
- Minnesota Indians Protest State Celebration
- Duwamish Tribe Sues To Reverse 'Extinct' Status
- Water Rights Claim Ends Truce
- Carbon Trading Is Permission To Pollute
- Native People Warn Un Of Biofuels Disaster
- Shoshone: Alicia Martinez's Story
- Shoshone: Mark Chatfield's Story
- Shoshone: Cheryl Muir's Story
- Newcomb: Anti-Indian Rhetoric Persists In 2008
- Yellow Bird: Colorful Quilt Covers Area
- Giago: Black Hills On The Table Again
- Yellow Bird: Multiracial Nation Keeps Evolving
- Jodi Rave: Na Bank Ceo Placed On Leave
- ICT: Spiritual Balance Is Goal Of The People
- Hodgson-Mccauley: Canadians Watch Their Tax Dollars
- Canada 'White Washes' Attack On Kanehsatake
- Conservatives Leave Aboriginal Kids Behind
- No Sense Of Native Child Welfare Costs, Ag Says
- Fontaine Honours Jacobs; Visits Wallaceburg
- U.S. Prosecution Raises Sovereignty Issues
- More Than 20% Residential School Claims Rejected
- Clashes In Bolivia On Vote Over More Autonomy
- Appeals Judge Strikes Blows Against Indian Rights
- 'Sham Tribe' Loses Federal Rico Case
- Appeals Court To Hear Cherokee Freedmen Case
- Political Cost Of Cherokee Stance On Freedmen
- Native Justice-- We Didn't Get Justice
- Rustywire: Bitter Winds
- John Berry Poem: Earthware
- 4th Annual Honouring Our Children Pow Wow
- Celebration Of Spirit

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"Our sacred lands are all that remain keeping us connected to our place on Mother Earth, to our spirituality, our heritage and our lands; what's left of them. If they take it all away, what will remain except a vague memory of a past so forgotten?"---Tamra Brennan, Founder/Director of Protect Sacred Sites & Protect Bear Butte, grassroots organizations

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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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