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WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS VOLUME 14, ISSUE 027 Distributed by Gary Night Owl EDITORIAL CONTENTS LIST ELDER QUOTE OF THE WEEK

EDITORIAL By: Gary Smith

O'siyo Brothers and Sister! The United States today celebrated one more anniversary of their declaration of independence from the taxation and religious intolerance the so-called founding fathers of this country fled the British Isles and Europe to escape. Never mind there were already civilizations and beliefs in place on this continent. The Euro-centric view of our ancestors as soulless daemons prevails even today. The religious persecution that drove settlers from Europe to the British North American colonies sprang from the conviction, held by Protestants and Catholics alike, that uniformity of religion must exist in any given society. This conviction rested on the belief that there was one true religion, and that it was the duty of the civil authorities to impose it, forcibly if necessary, in the interest of saving the souls of all citizens. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_history_of_the_United_States) Look around, carefully. Remembering that those refugees who settled in this country and established the government of the United States fled civil enforcement of religious intolerance, ask yourself if there is now a greater or lesser tolerance for beliefs that do not echo those of the right-wing conservatives that now hold political sway in the United States and Canada. Unless your head is thoroughly buried in the sands of denial, your answer must be, "There is far less tolerance." Where did the descendents of those who escaped intolerance and persecution lose steerage and become the oppressors? This is the question each and every person who casts a vote at the ballot box must ask and search their own conscience to determine if this is the nation they want nurturing their children and grandchildren. The clock is ticking. Time (especially the Euro-centric view of it) is waning. Decide wisely or you may have "Independence Day" only as a memory of what was and what could have been.   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 14, ISSUE 027 FOR ARTICLES GOT TO WOTANGING IKCHE-Native American News - Independence Day for the Native Americans - Norton Defends Griles Amid Abramoff Concerns - BIA Agrees to Delay Education Reorganization - Senate Panel Restores Urban Indian Health Program - Senators Get an Earful over Housing - Whiteclay Beer Blockade Goes Bust - Pine Ridge Tribal President Impeached - Tribal Curse Haunts Launch Pad - Senate Bill Would Allow Tax-exempt Tribal Bonds - Support of Indian Land Claim Withdrawn - Tribal Languages Help Deliver Anti-Meth Campaign - Yellow Bird: Tribes Take Their Place in Nation - Monteau: Indians Distrust White Man's Policies - Giago: The Bus Keeps Turning to the Right - Yellow Bird: Stereotyping Beyond Political Correct - Giago: Americans Still the Invaders in Iraq - Jodi Rave: Tribal Housing Hurt by HUD Decision - Argue: Past and Present Oppression in Canada - Harper Inaccurately Maligns FN Accountability - Indigenous Peoples Condemn Canada's Betrayal - Government Falling Behind in Land Claims - Caledonia and the Case of the Missing PM - Minister Expects More Caledonia Standoffs - UN Overrides Canada Over Native Rights - Last Witness Testifies at Ipperwash Inquiry - Piikani Under Third Party Management - Zapatistas Challenge the Sanctity of the Vote - Ward Churchill Responds to Decision to Fire Him - Navajo Nation Police Crackdown on Meth Dealers - Native Prisoner -- Last Call for NAPN - Rustywire: The Old Couple - Del "Abe" Jones Poem: Fog of War - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days - Upcoming Events

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"Native Americans and Alaskan Natives still have a long way to go in respect to homeownership to be on par with the rest of the country." ----Gary Gordon, Executive Director of the National American Indian Housing Council

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