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WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS VOLUME 14, ISSUE 035 Distributed by Gary Night Owl EDITORIAL CONTENTS LIST ELDER QUOTE OF THE WEEK

EDITORIAL By: Gary Smith

O'siyo Brothers and Sister! Ever-so-often I feel compelled to make clear I am a mixed-blood. This is one of those times, and I am. The Europeans who came to this "new world" conquered one nation at a time, often with the help of enemy tribes who had been made promises that would never be kept. Those tribes then found themselves on the receiving end of the unquenchable hunger for land from the invaders. Today those same invaders in the Canada and the United States and throughout Central and South America are facing growing hostility and determination to see balance brought from the Native (Aboriginal) Peoplesthey conquered. Their deceit and manipulative ways cannot hide in the shadows from the truth. Native land claims in Canada continue to boil over into one conflict after another. British Colombia believes they have found the answer by simply denying all claims. What BC does not realize is that by screwing the cap on ever tighter while the fire continues to burn will eventuate in a much more dramatic boil over. The idiot commissioners who let greed guide them rather than common sense and respect for another's beliefs and permitted a topless biker bar near Sacred Bear Butte have only begun to understand how far-reaching and never-ending that decision was. The Maya and other oppressed tribal people in Mexico will not let the atrocities of Atenco and Chiapas drive them into meek submission. Only an idiot would believe so. Probably the same idiots that don't see the link between NAFTA rules and an attempt to stamp out the Mayan way of sharing work and reward (communal living) that the oppressors only see as a form of socialism that must be ground out. Hint to the oppressors: The Maya were living this way centuries before Karl Marx was ever born. In Venezuela and Argentina we see the rise of the Native voice in politics. It will be met with force I am sure. It will also rise again. One final reminder from history. Remember always what happens when the oppressed becomes the oppressor. Wouldn't it be better, simpler, cheaper, wiser to live and let live? That does mean admitting your thefts (does the name Cobell ring a bell?) and settling current and past injustices openly and honestly. 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 035 FOR ARTICLES GOT TO WOTANGING IKCHE-Native American News - Beach: The Sacred And The Drilled - Indian Trust Settlement Under Review - American Indians Advance Trust Case - Indians Appeal Action That Removed Judge - Protecting The Sacred - Only California Tribal College Close To Collapse - Reservation Schools Look At Creative Funding - Healthcare And The Urban Indian - Attacks On Red Lake Sovereignty - Tribe Zeroes In On Ethanol Plant - Best Colleges For Native Students Are In Oklahoma - Separated By Distance, United By Language - Kitcheyan: Apaches Will Defy Mine Deal - Yellow Bird: Signature Event Lives Up To Name - Jodi Rave: Native Athletic Events An Inspiration - Totem Pole's Return To Haisla - Peace Legacy Gone Awry - Gray: Haudenosaunee Rule Of Law: Caledonia - We Don't Know Where Our Next Meal Is Coming From - Clearing Up Land Claim Backlog Major Priority - Six Nations Women Lay Claim To Windmills - Bc Cashes In On Aboriginal Land Claims - New Health Centre In Canoe Lake Cree First Nation - Dudley Died Standing Up For Aboriginal Rights - Harris Did 'The Unthinkable' On Ipperwash - Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe Threatened With Lawsuit - Missing Lower Brule Woman's Body Found - Denied Unemployment Aid After Refusing To Cut Hair - Native Prisoner -- Jameson Prison Spiritual Gathering - History: Carlisle Indian School - Rustywire: Tell Me Where Can I Find Her - Lee Goins Poem: To Believe In The Rhyme - Verse: Hawaiian Book Of Days - Upcoming Events

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"Protecting the Sacred Place Where Life Begins - the calving and nursery grounds of the porcupine caribou herd - is the unified stand the people of the Gwich'in Nation have stood by and reaffirmed since 1988. The porcupine caribou herd provides the basis of the cultural context for life in the Gwich'in Nation, which has stewarded and shared its history and stories with the herd for hundreds of uninterrupted generations. Drilling in the Arctic Refuge will threaten the entire context of the life of the caribou and the Gwich'in Nation." -- Luci Beach, Gwich-in Steering Committee

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