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WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS VOLUME 15, ISSUE 001 Distributed by Gary Night Owl EDITORIAL CONTENTS LIST ELDER QUOTE OF THE WEEK

EDITORIAL By: Gary Smith

O'siyo Brothers and Sister! Let's say I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box. I'd like to believe I'm not the dullest, either, but that is beside the point. I do, however, understand basic right from wrong, and I've been thinking that some things are just too obvious for bright people like Interior Secretaries. If I stole your wallet off the desk in your workplace while I was serving as the building security, and I got caught - I would consider myself fortunate (and you stupid) if the worst punishment I received was to have to return your wallet and contents to you, the rightful owner. I realize this is simplistic, but so is the issue. I took what was yours, and now restitution is in order. Furthermore, I got caught red handed, and I can't even dispute the fact that I am a thief. That is the precisely the situation in the protracted Indian Trust Case. The United States Department of Interior took the trust money they were supposedly keeping secure for Indian account holders, they got caught in the act, and should now have to restore those stolen funds - at the very least. The Department of Interior has thrown up one delay after another, one smokescreen after another. Yet, in the final analysis, they stole our money and everyone knows it. We'd like to have it back. Thank you very much. Case closed. You may send copies of this to anyone you please, including new Secretary of the Interior, Kempthorne and new presiding Judge, Robertson. 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 15, ISSUE 001 FOR ARTICLES GOT TO WOTANGING IKCHE-Native American News Editorial Section: . DOI Trust Theft - Judge Gets Different Plans To Resolve Trust Case - Confusion Rules Over Federal Budgeting Process - Protecting Sovereignty Among '06 Tribal Issues - Meth Use Is An Epidemic In Osage Nation - Oklahoma Centennial Upsets Indians - Fargo Indian Center Is Closing - Blackfeet Claim Entitlement To Water - Tribe Prospers Under Financier, But At A Price - Pueblo Council Elects New Leaders - Homeless Hero Gets Home To Navajo Reservation - Code Talker Holiday Created - Criticism Of Team's Name Heats Up Dartmouth Game - Legislators Say Indian Education Act Worth Study - Grants Help Preserve Fading Native Languages - Tribal Leaders In Training Learn Dances, Languages - Some State Names - Jodi Rave: Cobell And Team See Progress - Harjo: Realistic New Year's Resolutions For Others - Newcomb: All Our Relations - Giago: Recognize An Indian Hero In The New Year - Land Theft At Six Nations - Chief: Frustrations Could Mount In 2007 - Feds Announce Funds For Naig - Ruling On Night Hunting Will Have A Ripple Effect - Government Helps Alberta Metis Group - Likelihood Of Abuse Varies By Ethnicity - Hopeful Signs For Global Justice - The Talking Way - Native Justice -- Determined Heroine And Her Fall From Grace - Rustywire: Long Ribbon Of Road - Verse: Hawaiian Book Of Days - Lee Goins Poem: The Darkness - Red Eagle Cd Release - Upcoming Events

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Along the U.S.-Mexico border, the body count continues to pile up daily. Meanwhile, the Minutemen patrol the U.S.-Mexico border and shameless politicians find it easy to denounce illegal immigration as the cause of all the nation's problems - including linking it with "the war on terror." Amidst all the clatter, the only views not being heard are the ones that matter most. Thus here, we bring you a truly historic column, featuring the views of those that have come before us to these lands: American Indians: "The immigration issues are many and are so very complex; however, we cannot have a productive dialogue about anything when we begin the conversation, thinking it is "us against them" or when the "truth" is only half true or we only use rhetoric to back our claims. We can't resolve any of these complex issues if we label our neighbor as an "immigrant" and not as a relative, friend or human being." -- Nadine Tafoya, friend and colleague Mescalero Apache-Salt River Pima-Maricopa

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