Thanks to the dedication and commitment of the Ethnic Studies Department at University San Diego, our Kumeyaay youth had the unique honor of meeting and interacting with the celebrated author and lecturer Sherman Alexie. A private gathering at Shiley Theater prior to his main presentation provided an intimate setting for an informal and relaxed meet and greet. Sherman Alexie’s lecture which was in partnership with Warwicks Book Store and in conjunction with a book tour for his recently published book You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, a memoir of his life. He demonstrated his story telling skill, painting a tapestry of his life that was filled with agony and ecstasy. His astonishing ability to walk the path of humor in dire circumstances is entertaining as well as enlightening. He was animated and candid with his youthful audience who were in abundance thanks in great part to the word of mouth community network and Perci Lewis’ insistence that tribal In this issue... www.indianvoices.net MULTI-CULTURAL NEWS GLOBAL NETWORK OUR 31 ST YEAR JULY 2017 www.indianvoices.net THUNDER from the 4TH 1 Sherman Alexie Face 2 Face Longest Walk 2 Tecate Kumeyaay Search Their Destiny 3 B Wild – Assembly Woman Shirley Weber’s Womens Group 4 Holy Elk Lafferty 5 Omnilogueworld Pushing Paradigm Shift 6 Genevieve Jones Wright – Be the Change You Want to See Connecting Hope Meets Georgette Gomez 7 Quinault Nation Receives Funding 8 Nikki Symington Retires Native STEAM 9 Zoot Suit Riots 10 San Diego Port Board Fronting Illegal Bayfront Hotels Issues of Diversity Regarding Cannabis Industry VIVA COINS 11 Cool Kids Corner 12 Essence of Truth News from Las Vegas Farmers Markets 13 Three Generations Rising Lakota Women Leading Way 14 Ancestors Speak: Chief Joseph 15 Green Trading Post Business Directory 16 Get Out the Vote San Luis Rey Bakery HEALING OUR COMMUNITY Sherman Alexie – Face 2 Face with Kumeyaay Youth In July 17 after a universally supported march and mission to cross the continent on foot seeking cultural and spiritual solutions to end drug abuse and domestic violence, The Longest Walkers completed their goal on a beautiful day in Washington D.C. Bobby Wallace and an entourage of Peace Warriors crossed the Platonic River and celebrated at the Lincoln Memorial to commerate the historical event. Bobby Wallace et al concluded the 4000 mile walk about and now on his personal journey. He have been invited to tour Japan and is honored and humbled for the opportunity. Standing Rock proved we can come together to aid each orther. We must continue in the same spirit. SEE Sherman Alexie, page 2 VICTORY SHALL DWELL IN THE HOUSE TO THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE SPIRIT THE LONGEST WALK 2017 FINALE The historic march concludes with a ceremonial walk across the Potomac River, Wash, and DC July 15 Ral Christman, left, delivers Kumeyaay youth.
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Thanks to the dedication andcommitment of the EthnicStudies Department atUniversity San Diego, ourKumeyaay youth had the uniquehonor of meeting and interactingwith the celebrated author andlecturer Sherman Alexie. Aprivate gathering at ShileyTheater prior to his mainpresentation provided anintimate setting for an informaland relaxed meet and greet.
Sherman Alexie’s lecturewhich was in partnership withWarwicks Book Store and inconjunction with a book tour forhis recently published book You
Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,a memoir of his life.
He demonstrated his storytelling skill, painting a tapestryof his life that was filled withagony and ecstasy. Hisastonishingability to walkthe path ofhumor in direcircumstances isentertaining aswell asenlightening. Hewas animatedand candid withhis youthfulaudience who
were in abundance thanks ingreat part to the word of mouthcommunity network and PerciLewis’ insistence that tribal
In this issue...
www.indianvoices.net
MULTI-CULTURAL NEWS GLOBAL NETWORKOUR 31ST YEAR JULY 2017
www.indianvoices.net
THUNDERfrom the
4TH
1 Sherman Alexie Face 2 Face Longest Walk 2 Tecate Kumeyaay Search Their Destiny3 B Wild – Assembly Woman Shirley Weber’s Womens Group4 Holy Elk Lafferty5 Omnilogueworld Pushing Paradigm Shift6 Genevieve Jones Wright – Be the Change You Want to See Connecting Hope Meets Georgette Gomez7 Quinault Nation Receives Funding8 Nikki Symington Retires Native STEAM9 Zoot Suit Riots10 San Diego Port Board Fronting Illegal Bayfront Hotels Issues of Diversity Regarding Cannabis Industry VIVA COINS11 Cool Kids Corner12 Essence of Truth News from Las Vegas Farmers Markets13 Three Generations Rising Lakota Women Leading Way14 Ancestors Speak: Chief Joseph15 Green Trading Post Business Directory16 Get Out the Vote San Luis Rey Bakery
HEALING OUR COMMUNITYSherman Alexie –Face 2 Face with Kumeyaay Youth
In July 17 after a universallysupported march and mission to crossthe continent on foot seeking culturaland spiritual solutions to end drug abuseand domestic violence, The LongestWalkers completed their goal on abeautiful day in Washington D.C. BobbyWallace and an entourage of PeaceWarriors crossed the Platonic River andcelebrated at the Lincoln Memorial tocommerate the historical event.
Bobby Wallace et al concluded the4000 mile walk about and nowon his personal journey. Hehave been invited to tourJapan and is honored andhumbled for theopportunity.
Standing Rock proved wecan come together to aid eachorther. We must continue inthe same spirit.
SEE Sherman Alexie, page 2
VICTORY SHALL DWELL IN THEHOUSE TO THOSE WHO FOLLOWTHE SPIRIT
THE LONGEST WALK 2017 FINALEThe historic march concludes with a ceremonial walk across the Potomac River, Wash, and DC July 15
Ral Christman, left, delivers Kumeyaay youth.
Indian Voices • July 20172
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Indian Voices recently had the honor ofbeing invited to a meeting of Kumeyaay
tribal members on the Mexico side ofTecate.
Since becoming involved with GerardoCota and his immigration case (see backissues of Indian Voices) thiscommunity media projecthas been enriched with aglimpse into a hiddenculture of the Kumeyaaytribe that has been dividedby a culturally fictitiousborder.
Walled off from theirblood relations tribalmembers have enduredemotional and culturalhardships that would haveterminated less strong and
stoic people. Recently motivated tribalmembers have been coming together to
discuss and confer about thissocial, bureaucratic conundrumthey are in.
Many tribal members andelders including Josefina Lopez-Mesa have stepped forward tohelp navigate through mountainsof paperwork tying theirKumeyaay tribal heritage toantiquity, as well as our belovedJane Dumas.
Although the exact missionand objective of the meetingshave been lost in translation to
this observer, it is clear that this spiritedgroup of leaders are determined to walkthe path where angles fear to tread, insearch of an answer from the Ancestors.
Tecate Kumeyaay in Search of Their Destiny
youth attend. Perci Lewis, TribalLiaison/Professor of Practice has apassion for building a sustainablecultural foundation for our native youth.This passion with the combined effortsof her colleagues resulted in amemorable and heartwarming culturalexperience
Ral Christman, outgoing spokesman,indomitable and energetic culturalengine made sure that a representativesample of Kumeyaay youth werepresent, including Miss Kumeyaay. Heand his Bird Song group Takook and
their 14 seat Bird Bus managethe crowd.
Stan Rodriguez and MikeConnelly were in attendancefresh from their return formLondon by way of Paris afterpresenting academic papers.
Bird Singing and Dancingwere done in Sherman Alexie’shonor.
Alexie who confessed thatthe book tour has taken an
unexpected tole on his emotional systemexpressed his appreciationto Perci saying that thepresentation was goodmedicine for him. At theconclusion of his mainpresentation in the theaterthe audience responded.The standing ovation andan inspired book signingevent showed that he hit apositive and empatheticcord with the audience.Unlike his book title theyshowed and said that theyloved him.
Sherman AlexisContinued from page 1
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Chairman Anthony Pico attendedthe event.
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In her determination to pavethe way to a brighter future forsisters brave enough to jump intothe political fray she hasdeveloped the Black Women’s
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In 2008 I heard the call of mother earthand left college to join an IndigenousMovement called The Longest Walk 2. Atthe time I was deeply saddened by thecondition of our planet and I came to findout that it was even worse than I hadimagined. On the walk, I witnessed andfelt the pain and impact of how everythinghad been viciously taken from NativeAmericans. The white man took theirland, killed their people, raped theirwomen and robbed them of their veryfabric of life, culture. Then they put themon land that wasn’t suitable for growingfood or thriving off the land like theindigenous had for generations.
The worst part is that the injusticeshave never stopped. Most reservations we
walked through are still having issues withthe government and major corporationscoming in and polluting the land andwater. Some don’t even have water rights!And the government gave them casinoswhich creates financial support, but lookwhat kind of people they have called in tospend time on reservations, gamblers anddrunks! And because of the deep pain andcorruption that was forced on theindigenous people, there is evencorruption in their own politicalcommunities. It’s no wonder wediscovered poverty, drug addiction,domestic violence, trauma, lack of accessto healthy foods, obesity and depressionwhile walking through these reservationsand connecting with the people.
Even with the pain inflicted and thecontinuous attacks, the indigenous
community continues to stand strong. TheStanding Rock Movement brought tons ofawareness to the issues at hand andpeople from all over the world areinspired by the unification of all peoples.And now, Longest Walk 5.2 Calling anEnd to Drug Abuse & Domestic Violencehas continued speading the message andafter 5 months of walking, will be arrivingin Washington DC July 15th. This is abeautiful full circle for me as I did thissame walk 8 years ago and on it,discovered my purpose. I am indigenousat heart and have been focused on worldchange and solutions ever since.
This coming weekend I will betraveling to meet the walkers in DC tocreate a media piece deeply sharing themessage and a CALL TO ACTION. Their(our) mission is to bring awareness to thedeeper root of addiction, abuse andtrauma ~ Offering a Solution. The solutionI agree with and have been working on formany years, is Healing CommunityCenters and Programs for Education,Cultural Revival and Deep Healing ~Offering Tools for Transformation. I intendto work with tribes and utilize theideas/programs/activists already in place to
serve this mission. People around theworld are now more than ever moved bythe efforts of the indigenous people andwill be receptive and touched by the Callto Action. Many thanks to Unify andPatrick Kronfli for offering the opportunityto blast this message to the world and toBobby Wallace (leader of the walk) forcoordinating with me to utilize theexperience. Also thank you so much toDallas Santana for joining me on thisquest to capture, spread awareness andengage the world to support this mission.
The magic and alignment has been SOpowerful and I am beyond grateful toCreator for guiding the way for me (andteam) to support this movement. Lastweekend I was visited in my dreams bymy mentor on the walk, Dennis Banks.We reconnected and joined efforts thefollowing morning I was visited by anEagle, then surrounded by hummingbirds... then found out that the walkers wouldbe arriving in Washington DC July 15th.This has all happened in the past few daysand now BOOM, I am off to join themovement. And so the journey and questfor world peace continues. Manyblessings.
Longest WalkPeople of Mother Earth “We must embrace the wisdom of our ancestors and prayfor the good of all. We are strong when unified and together we will manifest deephealing and positive transformation for our world” - Bobby Wallace
As the women of White BuffaloChief Camp, we are prepared tocontinue our walk through thedarkness of our society in search ofthe hope and light that will help allthe people, who will in turn fight forthe Earth. Thank you for taking thetime to become aware of animportant part of our story. We hopethat it inspires rather than saddensyou and gives you purpose tocontinue fighting in whatever wayyou know how.
-Mitakuye Oyasin--We are ALL related-
I’ve recently been honored with aninvitation from the LaPointe Tiwahé tojoin the planning board for a veryspecial event here in the Twin Cities.
Mni Ki Wakan: Indigenous People’sDecade of Water Summit is celebratingit’s inaugural year on August 1st & 2nd,2017. The family is honoring a vision tocreate a youth centered event and areinviting Indigenous Youth to cometogether in a very unique way to create acommunity in which they can share andgrow ideas of how they envision theirfuture.
If you have Indigenous Youth thatmay be interested or would like tosupport our efforts, feel free to contactWakinyan LaPointe, Thorne LaPointe,Lemoine Lapointe or myself withinquiries about how to get involved. I’veattached photos with information to readand we will have a FB event page up andrunning soon. This will be a beautifuland powerful time to nurture andsupport the young minds who are readyto shape the future of their communities.We hope to hear from you soon.
You can also go to the website forregistration and donation informationwww.mnikiwakan.org
Please spread the word.
HolyElk Laffertyby Sarah Moore
You know what really gets me turninggreen, when someone posts a vine and aperson in traditional Islamic attire, is allof a sudden a representation of ISIS.What the hell are you people comingto?!
Traditional Islamic people are goodpeople too. Not all of them support ISIS.And if you make a joke stating that justbecause they’re wearing similar clothes,that they’re ISIS ... then there’ssomething wrong with you.
Funny it’s ok for certain people to try
and support their “race” when someoneis victim to a hate crime but the secondit’s another”race”.... looks like ISIS??because of their clothes it’s ok to make ajoke about it.
No wonder people despiseAmericans. It’s people like that, that giveAmerica a bad reputation.
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Today I woke up thanking the creator!Our PPMT Team has been working for 2years to ensure San Diego Unified SchoolDistrict takes the right measures to ensureequity and accessible restorative programsfor all of our children throughout SanDiego Unified School District. Yesterdayour School Climate Bill of Rights wasadopted by the Board of Education ofSDUSD with 100% of votes 5-0.Although this is groundbreaking this isonly the beginning to our work itself. Wenow seek to see how the roll-out plansand implementation strategies will be andwhere the community fits in throughoutthe process. We trust in our championFelicia Singleton the new ProgramDirector of the new Department ofRestorative Justice and Practices willensure that vision and mission of theSchool Climate Bill of Rights will betaken on fully and completely and thatthe community will be an activeparticipant in the process. I’ve been a
member for almost 2 1/2 years of thePeace Promotion Momentum Team and ithas been a great honor to be part of thismovement earlier this year I was voted asone of the three Co-Chair’s and I couldn’thave chosen any better team to work inthe creation of the School Climate Bill ofRights we are all volunteers and residentsof the communities highly impacted byinjustices, we all sweat, cried, disagreed,agreed, bonded but most importantlysticked together as a team for thebetterment of our communities and toensure that ALL KIDS within San DiegoUnified School District has access to highquality and equal access to restorativeprograms. I thank all members of PPMTand our amazing organizer SandraRodriguez fellow Co-Chair’s LarissaGaleana Kindra Green Carson for all youramazing leadership. Remember this is asmall victory as the heavy lifting startsnow. Together we CAN ensure that ALLstudents have access to high quality andequal access to restorative programs. I amhappy today for the opportunities tocome to my team and hope to continuethe work with you all. I love you all myPPMT super stars. We did it!!!!!
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Where do we go from here?
by Clovis Honore, OmnilogueWorld
The beautiful, beloved Black people ofSan Diego’s community service communityare working hard to work out our love forone another. This is playing out at the SanDiego Branch of the National Associationfor the Advancement of Colored People,more commonly referred to as the NAACP.
I only have one question that I think ismost important:
After the fur has flown and the dust hassettled, where will we go from here? Who
will be working together for theadvancement of colored people? Now,undoubtedly, those of us who have beenworking for the advancement of coloredpeople will continue to do so. In the manysilos in which we find ourselves –education, economics, politics, spirituality,construction, health, communications,transportation, etc. – we will continue todo the heroic work we have always done,thus far in an almost entirely fragmentedway.
But where will we go in unity in theaftermath of the fray? Will the winnersembrace the losers, and give them a
responsible place at the table where theycan feel respected and appreciated? Willthose who do not prevail stay and worktogether with the winners, or will theyreturn to their silos, thereby denying thecommunity the synergistic benefit of theircollective talents and gifts.
In his book, Where Do We Go FromHere: Chaos or Community, Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King says,
“Every society has its protectors of thestatus quo and its fraternities of theindifferent who are notorious for sleepingthrough revolutions. But today our verysurvival depends on our ability to stay
awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remainvigilant and to face the challenge ofchange. The…house in which we livedemands that we transform this…neighborhood into a…brotherhood.”
Dr. King uses the image of Rip VanWinkle to point out that while Rip wassleeping, the American Revolution tookplace, and he missed it – and was veryconfused about what had happened. Myhope and prayer is that those of us whoare giving so much attention to theNAACP and its leadership today, will notfind ourselves looking back in a couple ofyears and realize that while we werestruggling with our internal issues, wefailed to put our shoulder to the work ofcreating unity in our community. We LIVEtogether. Let’s LOVE together. ONE LOVE.
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In the fourth grade Geneviéve Jones-Wright decided to follow in the steps ofJustice Thurgood Marshall and become a“social engineer.” That decision includedattending Howard Law and receiving thesame training he did. Although no one inher family had graduated from collegebefore, she made up her mind at the ageof nine to become an attorney and usethe law to help those who are vulnerableand oppressed. This desire led her to
“Be the ChangeYou Want to Seein the World.”
work within our criminal justice system.A native San Diegan, Jones-Wright has
served the County of San Diego as aDeputy Public Defender since 2006. Inthis capacity, she has represented clientscharged with a variety of crimes and hasspent over a decade experiencing thestrengths and pitfalls of the criminaljustice system. Her advocacy skills,passion, and sense of fairness havegarnered her a reputation of anexceptional attorney and communityleader.
Beyond the courtroom, Jones-Wright
serves on the City of San Diego’sCommission on Gang Prevention andIntervention where she chairs the ad-hocgang documentation committee. She is avolunteer attorney for the CaliforniaInnocence Project and also sits on theBoard of Directors for the Earl B. Gilliam
Bar Association.Jones-Wright is very active in the San
Diego community at-large. She currentlyserves on the Board of Directors for theDavid’s Harp Foundation, a localnonprofit that transforms the lives of “at-risk” and homeless youth through thepower of music. She is a Mock Trial Teamcoach and a member of the CriminalJustice Program advisory board at LincolnHigh School. In 2003, Geneviéve co-founded and served on the Board ofDirectors of ELITE (Educated LadiesInvesting in Tomorrow’s Exemplars), a
local program that prepared young girlsfor college.
Jones-Wright earned a Bachelor of Artsin Mass Media Communication from theUniversity of San Francisco, a JurisDoctorate from Howard University Schoolof Law, and a Master of Laws in TrialAdvocacy from California Western Schoolof Law.
Jones-Wright and her husband, Oliver, an activeduty Hospital Corpsman with the United StatesNavy, live in the Encanto neighborhood of SanDiego with their dog, Mellie.
Pastor Ray Smith who turned his lifearound after having been incarceratedhas been on the front linefighting to alleviate gangviolence to improve thestandard of living foryouth and families in SanDiego, joins with socialactivist Robert Tambuzi.They represent a growingmovement of citizens inthe underservedcommunities of SanDiego who are mobilizingpolitically to becomeempowered at a local,community level.
In his capacity as CEOof Connecting Hope Pastor Smithutilizes this foundation to educate andmobilize the community.
Connecting Hope is seeking topartner with the progressive politicalbase of San Diego in order to fortify andstrengthen Connecting Hope and itsinfrastructure. The revival of the CivilRights movement and the emergingindigenous community consciousnesshas created a political senergy that ismobilizing in the community
Councilperson Gomez represents SanDiego’s 9th District, which is highly
impacted by the social problemsassociated with gangs. She was born inSan Diego to working class immigrants.She was raised in Barrio Logan whereshe learned the values of giving back tothe community and assisting the lessfortunate. She has expressed concernand interest in resolving the negativeissues impacting her underservedconstituents. By all indications she is anatural ally to Pastor Smith, ConnectingHope and community supporters.
Connecting Hope Delegation Meet with 9thDistrict Councilwomen Georgette Gomez
To improve the quality of life of those who recognizethemselves and choose to be recognized by othersas “Indigenous Peoples of Color of the Americas”and in support of The American Indian Rights andResources Organization (AIRRO).
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TAHOLAH, WA — The QuinaultIndian Nation congratulates U.S.Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06)and Jaime Beutler (WA-03) for theirsuccess in adding $20 million to a keyHouse Appropriations bill, according toFawn Sharp, Quinault President. Theaddition was made Friday.
“This funding means a lot to the entirestate, not just tribal and non-tribalfishermen. The economy suffers when thefish don’t return,” she said. “It has a majorimpact on overall employment levels, andon income to fishermen and their familiesas well as to dozens of businesses thatwould otherwise benefit from the lostrevenues,” she said.
There have been so many fisherydisasters in this state which have hadmajor impacts on other fish and wildlife aswell. Salmon are a keystone species. Thatmeans many other species depend onthem for their survival.
“On our reservations, fewer fish canmean empty freezers. That can meanhungry people,” said President Sharp.
Unusual ocean and climate conditionshave significantly reduced the number offish available for tribal and commercialfleets as well as recreational fishermen tocatch. That led to the federal government’sdeclaration that six fisheries in the state
qualified for federal assistance to helpbring things back to normal.
The Washington fisheries received afisheries disaster designation from the U.S.Secretary of Commerce recently afterunusual ocean and climate conditionscaused a severe drop in the amount of fishpeople were able to catch.
Following is a list of the fisheries thatreceived disaster designation:
• Quinault Indian Nation Grays Harborand Queets River coho salmon fishery
• Fraser River Makah Tribe and LowerElwha Klallam Tribe sockeye salmonfisheries
• Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay non-treaty coho salmon fishery
• Nisqually Indian Tribe, JamestownS’Klallam Tribe, Port Gamble S’KlallamTribe, and Squaxin Island Tribe SouthPuget Sound salmon fisheries
• Quileute Tribe Dungeness crabfishery
• Ocean salmon troll fishery“Thanks to the efforts of
Representatives Kilmer and HerreraBeutler, there is funding in the Housebudget to help,” said President Sharp.
The funds would be distributed byNOAA Fisheries.
Congressman Kilmer said, “Thisinvestment means jobs. Declines in
Quinault Nation CongratulatesRepresentatives Kilmer and Herrera Beutler
salmon runs have impacted ourcommunities - everyone from the workerat the bait and tackle shop to the folksrunning a boat. Now, we are takingconcrete steps to actually get the resourcesour region needs to restore our runs andkeep the economy moving forward.”
“A lot of hardworking folks along ourcoastal communities have been impactedby the fishery disasters - fishing guides,commercial and charter fleets, resorts, andother local businesses that depend on ahealthy fishing industry,” saidCongresswoman Herrera Beutler. “It’s
important that we assist communitieswhere livelihoods rely on our fisherieswhen a disaster is declared.”
The commercial and recreationalfishing industry in Washington state alonesupports over 67,000 jobs and contributesover $300 million in revenue. The fishingand processing industry in Pacific Countycontributes over $150,000,000 to thelocal economy. In Grays Harbor County,the 2015 landing for Westport totaledmore than 80 million pounds and wasvalued at roughly $65 million.
by Catherine Cortez Masto
Nevadans have good reason to befiercely proud, and protective, of ourpublic lands. From the crystal clearwaters of Lake Tahoe in the north to theruby sandstone canyons in the south,Nevada’s natural beauty is unparalleled.The opportunity to explore our state’sparks, monuments, and refuges is one ofthe many joys of living here.
I first encountered the wonder ofNevada’s public lands at a very youngage. When my sister and I were kids, mydad took us all over the state, hiking,camping, rock-climbing, and birdwatching. He loved the natural worldand wanted us to discover its magic.
Every young Nevadan deserves tohave that same experience. Outdoorrecreation supports 20,000 jobs andgenerates $1.8 billion in sales in Nevadaeach year, but our public lands are notjust a boon to our economy—they are apowerful tool for educating our childrenand improving their health. Nevada’scanyons, deserts, mountains, and lakesare the foundation of our Westernidentity and an indispensable part of ourcollective heritage.
On April 26, President Trump
directed the Department of the Interiorto review all national monumentsdesignated in the past 20 years—a listthat includes Gold Butte and Basin andRange. If the Trump administrationrevokes these designations, our state’smost valuable natural and culturalresources will become vulnerable toprivatization, pollution, extraction, andpermanent degradation. Trump’s budgetproposal represents yet another threat toour public lands. If passed, it wouldeliminate $11.6 billion from theDepartment of the Interior, the agencyresponsible for managing them. Theseegregious cuts would hinder our abilityto protect our lands, devastate our localeconomies and put the health ofNevadans at risk.
Our public lands belong to all of usso we need to protect them for futuregenerations. I will work tirelessly withmy colleagues to preserve Nevada’spublic lands. To do otherwise would bea profound disservice to our childrenand grandchildren.
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Indian Voices • July 20178
by Nikki Symington
In 1953, Felix Cohen, the greatAmerican Indian legal scholar, lawyer andadvocate, opposing the Federalgovernment’s new policy of terminatingtribes, wrote the following.
“It is a pity that so many Americanstoday think of the Indian as a romantic orcomic figure in American history withoutcontemporary significance. In fact, theIndian plays much the same role in oursociety that the Jews played in Germany.Like the miner’s canary, the Indian marksthe shift from fresh air to poison gas in ourpolitical atmosphere; and our treatment ofIndians, even more than our treatment ofother minorities, reflects the rise and fall inour democratic faith.”
He warned, “Americans have a vitalinterest in Native American self-government and this is not the interest ofsentimentalists or antiquarians, but ratheran important measure of health of oursociety.”
Cohen wrote at a time when mostAmericans thought of Indians as avanishing race, or vanquishedanachronisms of American history.
I became a fan of Felix Cohen andlearned the veracity of his words when Iwent to work for Indian tribal governments27 years ago. I am retiring. However, beforeI recede into the mists of time, and foggythinking, I want to share the remarkablechanges I observed between tribal leadersand non-Indians during my years. Theyears from 1992-2000 were the highlightsof my life and career. During this time, Iwas blessed to have participated in thepolitical battle in which California triballeaders fought to capture the golden ring ofcasino gaming, and secure a better futurefor generations to come.
History gives us no other accounts likethe atrocities and oppression visited aboutthe Native people of North America. It alsohas no other story as moving and ironic asthe rise of the tribes from the ashes ofpoverty throughout the 21th century to
surprising wealth and political successes.My heart sings with the memories.
Indeed, it was a time Cohen’s metaphoricalcanary, not only sang – it crooned. Iwitnessed the rebirth of California Indiansas modern day actors in the Americandrama, as they struggled to claim theirrights to an economic solution to theirpoverty and social distress. I experiencedliving Democracy with a capital “D” -- thatvague theory Americans purport to honor -- really happening in a way that wouldhave made Cohen proud.
Gaming arose in the 1990s as a miraclethat was fueling economic life and hopewith tribes throughout the U.S. Federallaw required a tribal agreement, negotiatedwith each state, where gaming could bepursued. These agreements, calledcompacts, settled specific and unique termsof types of play, regulation, andcompensation, environmental, labor andother factors that varied in negotiations ineach state. Compacts required two parties -- a tribe and the state. However, thegovernor of California refused to play fairfor 8 years.
In the early 1990s, Indians simply didnot register in the public conscienceness.Isolated on reservations, placed far fromurban commercial corridors, the tribalcommunities, once dependent onagriculture, were withering in poverty andin a death grip of a historic wound. Triballeaders were unable to acquire loans,mortgage their land, or tax their poormembers. Without an economic base tofund their governments, most elected triballeaders had little to do except oversee theoccasional federal grant. Tribalcommunities in California were on adownward spiral, and could have ceased toexist in any numbers at some point in thefuture.
A very proud and stubborn people,California Indians rarely publicized theircircumstances or struggle for dignity andsurvival. Anything that feels like begging orwhining repels them. Indians are notinterested in playing the victim card, but
are quite painfully aware that fate andAmerica wronged them. Humility ispreferred in elected leaders. Public displaysof self-importance and self-promotion areconsidered distasteful.
Times in the past, when they did cryout, usually over foul play, few non-Indianscared and the media usually got it wrong.Typically, politically and fiscallyunderwhelmed, an invisible minority withlittle voting clout and less money, tribesregularly lost to more powerful forces,unless a court came to their rescue.
For many, it took digging deep to riseabove wounded spirits and culturalreticence to make an overt, public claim forthemselves. For those steeped in the rulesof winning and power, politics is a rarifiedgame. For tribal people entering the game,knowing what to do, and, who to trustoutside the reservation world, was adaunting and dangerous venture.Stepping out into the public limelight andprovoking a debate on tribal gaming wassomething initially intimidating, butultimately empowering.
I can attest to the fact that before SanDiego County tribes entered the fight fortheir lives with the state of California, 99per cent of local residents were unawarethat 17 Indian reservations existed in ourmidst. I know this because; I was involvedwith the first polls ever taken to measurepublic recognition and attitudes aboutIndians. The Viejas, Barona, and SycuanBands can take credit for forming acommittee that was the first politicalprototype of what became the statewidetribal campaign to educate the public aboutIndians, and create stakeholders that wouldsupport tribal gaming compacts with thestate.
I was fortunaten to have worked as apublic relations professional for the ViejasBand of Kumeyaay Indians, during thistime. Even more important is the deepgratitude I feel for the trust they gave me.By the way, in those first years, no othertribes or Indian organizations had PRpeople, or drew from this expertise, except
these three tribes. Breaking ground in public, community
and media relations, the tree tribes alsoinvested in the first Sacramento lobbyist.This investment in political and campaignexpertise armed the fledgling statewideeffort with the modern weapons theywould bring to this war. They alsoproduced the first television commercialadvocating for a tribal-state gamingcompact, media campaigns urging Gov.Wilson to negotiate, and years of publicoutreach to make their case to the voters ofCalifornia.
The public seemed to be the bestalternative to a governor who refused toabide by federal law and meet with thetribes. Hence, Prop.5, the Indian-gamingcompact ballot initiative was born and the1998 vote.
My peers argued that jobs and economicbenefits for non-Indians would be themessage that sold the public on gaming. Ialways believed that the campaign’s successcentered on voters meeting real Indians andthe realities of their lives. Moreover, bydoing so, we could gently prod theconsciences of good people, throughhistoric and modern evidence of tribaltragedy and poverty. I believed,idealistically, that the voters, fully informed,would want to make right a terrible pastthat still consumed the lives of Indians, andgive the tribes a break with gaming.
They did, and they did. However, it wasthe courage, ability and willingness of triballeaders to step out of their traditional rolesand comfort zones, to engage in anexpensive, protracted, and sophisticatedpolitical campaign that won the day.
Governor Pete Wilson shocked the tribalcommunities when he refused to sign thefirst such compact drawn up by stateAttorney General Dan Lundgren in 1993,and stated that he would never allow anexpansion of gambling in the state while inoffice. It was good news to Nevada casinos,California card rooms, and horse racingcompetitors. No one really thought thetribes could or would push back.
But, they did.
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Nikki Symington’s Observations on Retirement
by Norrie I. Robbins, PhD
Native STEAM is chugging right alongin San Diego County. The dream ofVISTA volunteer, Amy Rouillard (Dakota),involves reservation and urban Nativeyouth. STEAM, as you probably know,stands for Science, Technology,Engineering, Art, and Math. These areskills that all our Native youth need toprosper as adults. Amy collaborates withthe National Park Service at CabrilloNational Monument (CNM) whichunderstands that they have a beautifulpark on Kumeyaay land and they wantedto continue the dream of Jane Dumas tohave the park honor Kumeyaay people.And so, Native STEAM was born.
The children are being brought to the
Park and its surroundings for a weekly, 5-week-long program. Culture bearers inour Native community already incorporateSTEAM without making an issue about it.For the first week, Stan Rodriguez
(Kumeyaay), along with his sonRaymond and nephew, ConnorVarela who just graduated fromHumbolt State in EnvironmentalSciences, taught tule boat makingand seaweed harvesting. KristieOrosco (Kumeyaay) taught uses ofplants for items such as willow barkskirts, and traditional salt harvesting
techniques. GeologistNorrie Robbinscollected naturallyoccurring asphalt onthe beach, explaining how itgot there, as Kristie taughthow it was used in the past.
In the next weeks, otherculture bearers such as CindyAlvitre and Craig Torres(Tongva) from the T’iatSociety in Long Beach willteach about Gabrielinomaritime culture.
The program is relying on the IndianHealth Council, both at Campo and inSan Diego, to choose the children andtransport them. Leaders such as ChildDevelopment Specialist Kiana Maillet(Paiute) and Jahari Harrison of KumeyaayFamily Services at Southern Indian HealthCouncil are excited to participate inenrichment programs such as this.
Native STEAM
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San Diego & Los Angeles Connection
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series ofattacks in June 1943 in Los Angeles,California, United States, by whiteAmerican servicemen stationed inSouthern California against MexicanAmerican youths and other minoritieswho were residents of the city.
White servicemen and civiliansattacked and stripped youths who worezoot suits ostensibly because theyconsidered the outfits to be unpatrioticduring wartime, as they had a lot of fabric.Rationing of fabric was required for theWorld War II war effort. While most ofthe violence was directed toward MexicanAmerican youth, young African Americanand Filipino Americans who were wearingzoot suits were also attacked.[1]
The Zoot Suit Riots were related tofears and hostilities aroused by thecoverage of the Sleepy Lagoon murdertrial, following the killing of a youngLatino man in a barrio near Los Angeles.The riot appeared to trigger similar attacksthat year by whites against Latinos inChicago, San Diego, Oakland, Evansville,Philadelphia, and New York City.[2]
ORIGINSDuring the early 20th century, many
Mexicans immigrated for work to suchareas as Texas, Arizona, and California.[3]They were recruited by farmers for workon the large farms and also workedthroughout those states in non-agriculturaljobs.
During the Great Depression, in theearly 1930s, the United States deportedbetween 500,000 and 2 million people ofMexican descent (including the illegalexpulsion of up to 1.2 million U.S.citizens)[ to Mexico, in order to reducedemands on limited American economicresources. By the late 1930s, about 3million Mexican Americans resided in theUnited States. Los Angeles had the highestconcentration of ethnic Mexicans outsideMexico[
As residents of California beforeEuropean settlement many Latinosoccupied historic areas. More recentMexican immigrants joined them in thoseareas, and the minority had long beeninformally segregated and restricted to anarea of the city with the oldest, most run-down housing.]
Job discrimination in Los Angelesforced many Mexicans to work for below-poverty level wages. The Los Angelesnewspapers described Mexicans withracially inflammatory propaganda,suggesting a problem with juveniledelinquency. These factors caused muchracial tension between Mexicans andwhites. During this time Los Angeles wasgoing through an expansion. The cityplanners did not plan the expansion well,as it caused disruptions in communalsites, family sites, and family patterns ofsocial interactions. One major decision
that was made was to put a Naval schoolfor the Naval Reserve Armory in theChavez Ravine which was primarily aHispanic area. This would later be a hotspot for encounters between the zootsuiters and sailors. During thelate 1930s, young Latinos inCalifornia, for whomthe media usuallyused the then-derogatory term “Chicanos”,created a youth culture. Longconsidered a disparagingterm in Mexico, theterm “Chicano”gradually wastransformed froma class-basedterm of derisionto one of ethnicpride andgeneral usagewithin Mexican-Americancommunitiesbeginning with therise of the Chicanomovement in the 1960s.
Lalo Guerrerobecame known as thefather of Chicanomusic, as the youngpeople adopted amusic, language, and dress oftheir own. Young men worezoot suits—a flamboyant longjacket with baggy peggedpants, sometimes accessorizedwith a pork pie hat, a longwatch chain, and shoes withthick soles. They calledthemselves “pachucos.” In theearly 1940s, arrests of Mexican-American youths and negativestories in the Los Angeles Timesfueled a perception that thesepachuco gangs were delinquentswho were a threat to the broadercommunity.
In the summer of 1942, the SleepyLagoon murder case made national news.Nine teenage members of the 38th StreetGang were accused of murdering a civilianman named José Díaz in an abandonedquarry pit. The nine defendants wereconvicted at trial and sentenced to longprison terms. Eduardo Obregón Pagánwrote,
“Many Angelenos saw the death of JoséDíaz as a tragedy that resulted from alarger pattern of lawlessness and rebellionamong Mexican American youths,discerned through their self-consciousfashioning of difference, and increasinglycalled for stronger measures to crackdown on juvenile delinquency.”
The convictions of the nine young menwere ultimately overturned, but the casegenerated much animosity within thewhite community toward MexicanAmericans. The police and presscharacterized all Mexican youths as“pachuco hoodlums and baby gangsters.”
With the entry of the United States intoWorld War II in December 1941 followingthe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the
nation had to deal with the restrictions ofrationing and the prospects ofconscription. In March 1942, the WarProduction Board (WPB) regulated themanufacture of men’s suits and all clothingthat contained wool. To achieve a 26%cut-back in the use of fabrics, the WPBissued regulations for the manufacture of
what Esquire magazine called,“streamlined suits by Uncle Sam.
“[ The regulations effectivelyforbade the manufacture of thewide-cut zoot suits and full
women’s skirts or dresses.Most legitimate tailoring
companies ceased tomanufacture oradvertise any suits thatfell outside the War
Production Board’sguidelines. But the demand forzoot suits did not decline; anetwork of bootleg tailorsbased in Los Angeles andNew York City continued toproduce the garments.Youths also continued towear clothes which theyalready owned.
Meanwhile, thousandsof American soldiers,sailors, and Marines fromacross the countryarrived in Los Angeles aspart of the war effort;they were given leavewhile awaiting to beshipped out to thePacific Front.Servicemen and zootsuiters in Los
Angeles were bothimmediately
identifiable bytheir dress.Somewhites
thought that the continued wearing ofzoot suits represented the youths’ publicflouting of rationing regulations. Whiteofficials began to cast wearing of zoot suitsin moral terms and associated it with thecommission of petty crime, violence andthe snubbing of national wartime rules. Bythe end of the war, Mexican-Americanmen were over-represented in the UnitedStates Armed Forces as a percentage oftheir population and they had the highestpercentage of Congressional Medal ofHonor winners. Whites did not knowthose facts. In 1943, many whiteAmerican servicemen resented the sight ofyoung Latinos wearing zoot suits afterclothing restrictions had been published,especially as most came from areas of thecountry with little experience orknowledge of Mexican-American culture.
One of the first conflicts between thesailors and the zoot suiters was in August1942. White sailors who trained in theChavez Ravine saw the area as public areasbut the local youth saw it muchdifferently, this was partly due to theexpansion of Los Angeles. The encounterhappened in near Chinatown. A sailor andhis girlfriend were walking when four zoot
suiters blocked the sidewalk in front ofthem. The zoot suiters refused to let thempass and pushed the sailor into the street.The young zoot-suiter and the sailor stoodtheir ground in silence until finally, thesailor backed away.[23]
IMMEDIATE LEAD-UP TO THE RIOTSFollowing the Sleepy Lagoon case, U.S.
service personnel got into violentaltercations with young MexicanAmericans in zoot suits in San Jose,Oakland, San Diego, Delano, Los Angeles,and lesser cities and towns in California.During this period, the immense warbuildup attracted tens of thousands ofnew workers to major installations,including many African Americans in thesecond wave of the Great Migration.
The most serious ethnic conflictserupted in Los Angeles. Two altercationsbetween military personnel and zootsuiters catalyzed the larger riots. The firstoccurred on May 30, 1943, at around8:00 P.M, four days before the start of theriots. A dozen sailors, including SeamanSecond Class Joe Dacy Coleman, werewalking down Main Street in Los Angeleswhen they spotted a group of women onthe opposite side. The group, except forColeman, crossed the street to speak tothe women. Coleman continued, walkingpast two zoot suiters; one of them raisedhis arm, and the sailor turned andgrabbed it. A fight broke out during whichthe sailor was struck in the back of thehead, falling unconscious to the ground,breaking his jaw in two places. On theopposite side of the street, five young menattacked the group of servicemen fortrying to talk to the Latino women. Theother servicemen fought their way back toColeman and dragged him tosafety.[24]This confrontation shows thatboth groups were ready for a fight.
Four nights later on June 3, 1943,another incident erupted. About elevensailors got off a bus and started walkingalong Main Street in Downtown LosAngeles. Encountering a group of youngMexicans in zoot suits, they got into averbal argument. The sailors later toldpolice authorities that they were jumpedand beaten by this gang. The Los AngelesPolice Department (LAPD) responded tothe incident, including many off-dutyofficers who identified as the VengeanceSquad. The officers went to the scene“seeking to clean up Main Street fromwhat they viewed as the loathsomeinfluence of pachuco gangs.”
The next day, 200 sailors got a convoyof about 20 taxicabs and headed for EastLos Angeles, the center of Mexican-American settlement. The sailors spotted agroup of young zoot suiters and assaultedthem with clubs. They stripped the boysof the zoot suits and burned the tatteredclothes in a pile. They attacked andstripped everyone they came across whowere wearing zoot suits. The Zoot SuitRiots spread.[26]
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Board canceling parks forinternational hotel speculators
by Scott Andrews
Knowing its publicly-owned land, thepublic objected when they saw the portboard vote to wall off the public tidelandparcels on the South Embarcadero withbayfront hotels and convention centerexpansions.
San Diego citizens demanded a newplan for the North Embarcadero - toprevent more blocking off of ourwaterfront and its beautiful views forinsider special interests aligned withappointed port board members.
The public officially planned to savethe rest of downtown San Diego Bay tidelands for major Broadway Landing Parkand open public piers offering walks outover the blue water.
The legal plan, the Port Master Plan(PMP), is now being torn up by the portboard.They are negotiating with hoteldevelopers from other countries. Insecret, they are divesting of our publicresource, the one as trustees they aresupposed to protect.
From Harbor Island to the Hilton,port board trustees of the public resourcewant to sign away the public’s rights totheir own land.
Under a suspect “revisiting” processafter canceling a citizen advisory board,board members plan up to twenty highrise hotels to wall off the San Diego Bayfront like Hong Kong. The wall they
want will line the bay from W. Harbor Is.to the Hilton.
The board is eliminating the legally-designated Broadway Landing Park, NavyPier Memorial Park, and part of RuoccoPark, all for commercial developers.
It’s time to put a stop to the board’sillegal bayfront actions - mass overdevelopment that will forever disallowparks and public piers for play, greenspace, art and music festivals, views, amaritime museum, and small craft docksto access the water for exercise, fishing,and touring the shores of the bay andCoronado.
The board is:• eliminating the PMPlan’s Broadway
Landing Park at Harbor Dr. andBroadway
• ruining Broadway Pier’s open viewshed with a terminal building
• canceling the PMPlan’s 5.3 acreNavy Memorial Park on Navy Pier
• bundling together public tidelandparcels for hotel speculators, then fillingE.Harbor Is. and Seaport Village withcommercial builidngs as if it was privatereal estate.
• looking the other way re China’s twonew Lane Field hotels across the streetfrom Navy Broadway US Navy RegionSouthwest Fleet Headquarters.
• risking public liability exposure byapproving high-rises on the young activeRose Canyon earthquake fault.
The U.S. government just cancelledChina’s Hotel Del Coronado purchasebecause it was too close to militaryfacilities.
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The Cannabis industry is a growingeconomic industry nationally and in theCity of San Diego there are only 36operating permits which allow people tofarm, sell or deliver. Right now 15 ofthose permits have been given out bythe City of San Diego, but yet people ofcolor are being left out of the permitprocess. The mis-education of ourcommunities around the subject matterhas led us to be behind and left out ofthe economic opportunity. NANsupports equity in the cannabis industry,
City leaders must be challenged on thediversity within the cannabis industry.
“I don’t smoke weed but I supportequity in the industry. You handed usthe felonies now hand over the permits”!
-Reverend Shane HarrisPresident, National Action Network
THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK SAN DIEGO ANNOUNCES THEOPERATION 15/36 CAMPAIGN TO BRING TO LIGHT ISSUES WITHDIVERSITY AND EQUITY REGARDING THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY ANDHIGHLIGHTING ISSUES OF EQUITY IN SAN DIEGO CITY PERMITS FORPEOPLE TO FUNCTION LEGALLY IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY
SKATELAND opened up the whole area tous for the entire day.
It was a lot of fun, although I discoveredthat I have a lot of room for improvement tobecome good at even standing on skates….forget skating. After falling down more that a
few times I spent most of my time off the skate floor hanging out with all of thefamily and friends of my classmates. I am going to have to get serious aboutlearning to skate so I can enjoy the skating fun next time
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In Nevada, we have a long and proudhistory of protecting our public lands.From Great Basin National Park to theRed Rock Canyon National ConservationArea, our parks are vital to protectingour environment andensuring the nextgeneration can enjoyour natural wonders.And in the Silver State,enjoying our preciouspublic lands is a way oflife.
But the Trumpadministration has put dozens ofrecently designated national monumentsunder review and is threatening torescind their protected statuses,including Nevada’s very own Gold Butteand Basin and Range. This is a direct
attack on our state’s booming outdoorindustry economy and our way of life.We cannot allow President Trump torewrite our country’s history ofprotecting our public lands for over a
century. Our publiclands and waters belongto us all, so we all needto stand up for themand protect them.
I’m fighting alongsideDemocratic colleagueslike Sens. Kamala Harrisand Martin Heinrich to
protect and preserve these public spaces.But now I need to know what you think.
Please, take a moment to share yourthoughts with me.
¡La lucha sigue! The fight continues!Catherine
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NEWS from Las Vegas/Nevadaby Kena Adams
by Frank Jordan
A special salute to the people ofBoston, the New York Yankees and theBoston Red Sox for collaborating tohonor Vietnam Veterans last Saturday,July 15, 2017.
Even though the New York Yankees
and Boston Red Sox are rivals on theplaying field, they collaborate withMajor League Baseball for the good ofthe community.
I am honored to have been a part ofthe host committee.
It is about time we honor the realheroes in our community and aroundthe Nation.
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Special Salute
by DeForrest R. Hancock, Founder – OPP /Ordinary People Power, Academy of Truth
I give thanks and dedicate this writingto the ancestors who inspired andencouraged me to write it
I acknowledge and disclose fully thatthe enlightenment and understanding ofmy personal Life Journey for Truth is dueto the introduction to the work of L. RonHubbard, which began only six monthsago on Wednesday December 21, 2016.
Essence (n.) [to be] 1. The basic nature(of something). 2 a) a concentratedsubstance that keeps the flavor, etc. ofthat which it is extracted. b) Perfume.
I noticed some time ago, and find itvery significant that the letter in thecenter of the word truth is U. So, it leadsme to explore the meaning or essence ofthe centered U which is ME. And, beingthe core or the center of (my) Truthmakes sense to ME; because, when Iknow the essence of Truth for ME, I willknow the essence of Truth for ALL!
To begin, I learned that the commonLife Force for human beings and all livingorganisms is a powerful urge to SURVIVE.And, this principle is irrespective to one’srace, creed, religion, color, sex oreconomic status. We each are born freefrom any perception respective to thesecharacteristics of “division.” Thedifferences are taught to us by family andsociety; and passed on for generations.We accept and adapt to these norms ofsociety in order to get-along and beaccepted in the ranks of our family andinfluential groups of choice. But, at thesame time, the first Universal-Truth is thata person who is in their healthy “right-mind” will choose to live: in Peace vsWar, have Joy, Happiness & Pleasure vsSorrow or Emotional Pain, and enjoyProsperity vs Poverty. And above all, theywould choose to live with Good Mental& Physical Health vs Depression, Despair,Mental Illness, Disorder or Addiction.
So, if we all have the urge to Surviveand the personal desire to live healthyand happy lives; the question is: Why arewe living in a world of despair, violence,suicide and high rates of homelessnessand poverty? Without going into thedetails of its origin; the simple Truth isthat the World today is plagued with thedisease of CAPITALISM! Andunfortunately, our USA power nation isthe Capitol of Capitalism. It no longermatters as much with regards to our race,creed, color or sex; but the greatestcommon denominator is our financial-economic status.
Capitalism has breaded INSANITY! Itis insane to follow a doctor’s instructionwhile knowing the Truth that thediagnoses and prescribed medication istotally untested and without the knownresearch regarding the “side-affects” whichthey admit could include SUICIDE; andis…”ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS!”So, the Industry of Psychiatry is poweredby Pharmaceutical Companies andtogether they simply breed mental illnessto create a Life-Time Pool of Patients allover the World. And, at another time Iwill discuss the matter of: Why there arecurrently 22 of our military personnelcommitting SUICIDE DAILY!
The good news is….WE ARE ALLHUMAN AND CAN HELP EACHOTHER SURVIVE. We the OrdinaryPeople can simply stand up to theIndustry of Psychiatry and its “Staff” todemand that they first test any newmedication and “Electro-Shock Therapy”on themselves, family and friends beforeanyone else. But, more effectively we canknow our rights for “INFORMEDCONSENT” and be aware of “MEDWATCH;’ and encourage the industry touse their time and funds to do research todiscover cures for the World’s illnesses inorder to become the True World Leaderwhich this Nation is meant to be!
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JOHN WILLIE PEOPLES a True Champion in the Cause for African-American “Reparations” passed on to GLORY on June 15th, 2017.
His group was called “Mr. Peoples” Reparation Group and they identifiedthemselves as “DOBAS”: Descendants of Black African Slaves”.
His Memorial service will be held July 22nd, 2017 at the Douglas F.Dollarhide Community Center 301 N. Tamarind Ave. in Compton, Ca. 90220(310-605-5688)
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We are a family of Lakota winyan nawincincila ( women and girls), who arededicated to honoring our birth givenresponsibility to protect our sacred lands,resources and people. We carry the
lineage of theMniCoujou,Oglala andSicangu bands ofthe Lakotapeople from theareas of IronLightning,Cheyenne River,Pine Ridge andRosebud inSouth Dakota.We made acommitment in
the fall of 2016, to stand in prayer indefense of Mni Wakan (the sacredwaters), also referred to as Mni Wiconi.
Through prayer and perseverance, weremained in our camp within the OcetiSakowin Camp until the day after the
deadline forthe forcibleremoval ofWaterProtectors andour belongingson February22, 2017 at2pm. We livedwith our twogirls, both now 10 years old, through theharsh winter of snow storms producingdeep snow and arctic temperatures. Welearned how to build and growcommunity together and enjoyed living inthe elements no matter how extreme itbecame.
In early December, we were faced withthe decision of how to respond to therequest for us all to leave. We had no ideawho else was willing to stay or if wewould be standing alone. We prayed as afamily and thought of our grandmotherswho had stood in the generations beforeus and our minds went especially to our
Grandmother Agnes “WhiteBuffalo Chief” Lamonte. Shewas a Matriarch of theAmerican Indian Movementand had lost her only son,Lawrence “Buddy” Lamonte,when he was hit by bulletsfired from the gun of a FederalGovernment Agent during theoccupation of Wounded Kneein 1973. We imagined howshe must have felt like giving up themoment she knew she would have tobury her son but instead she continuedher fight until she left this world manyyears later, in spite of the heartache shecarried. We were in much less extremecircumstances but nonetheless, it was asituation where most people would haveunderstood if we had chosen to give upand walk away.
We decided that we couldn’t give upeither and in that moment, we named ourcamp “White Buffalo Chief Camp” tohonor not only our Unci Agnes, but everygrandmother we descend from that haschosen to rise up despite the odds. As wemove forward on our path in life, wecontinue to carry the spirit of ourMatriarchs and walk in their footsteps.
There is much for us to learnand many places we wish totravel to so we can return theflow of solidarity and supportthat was given to us in ourtime of need. We have visionsof creating attainable FoodSovereignty communities,Sustainable homes andcommunities for our people allacross Turtle Island and
globally. We see the need for educatingourselves and others on how to protectour rights, freedom and lands asIndigenous people. At times these dreamsfeel too big and impossible to achieve butwe are going to take one step at a timeforward anyway, following Creators planfor us. We invite you to support thisvision through purchasing the specialmerchandise we have created to sharewith you and to reach out and connectwith us as we grow our network ofpeople working for positive change. Wecannot do this alone, we need to love andcare for each other as we shape the futurefor our children.
Sending blessings to you wherever youmay stand on this earth,
HolyElk, Bernie, Shayla & Layla
3 Generations Rising –Lakota Women Leading The Way
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Idle No More calls on all peopleto join in a peaceful revolution, tohonour Indigenous sovereignty, andto protect the land and water”
INM has and will continue tohelp build sovereignty & resurgenceof nationhood.
INM will continue to pressuregovernment and industry to protectthe environment.
INM will continue to build alliesin order to reframe the nation tonation relationship, this will bedone by including grassrootsperspectives, issues, and concern.
Continuation of the speech byChief Joseph of the Nez Perce.
Presented by Yvonne-Cher Skye
We did not know there were otherpeople besides the Indian until about onehundred winters ago, when some menwith white faces came to our country.They brought many things with them totrade for furs and skins. They broughttobacco, which was new to us. Theybrought guns with flint stones one them,which frightened our women andchildren. Out people could not talk withthese white-faced men, but they usedsigns which all people understand. Thesemen were Frenchmen, and they calledour people “Nez Perces,” because theywore rings in their noses for ornaments.
Although very few of our people wearthem now, they still call us by the samename. These French trappers said a greatmany things to our fathers which havebeen planted in our hearts. Some weregood for us, but some were bad. Outpeople were divided in opinion aboutthese men. Some thought that they taughtmore bad than good. An Indian respects abrave man, but he despises a coward. Heloves a straight tongue, but he hates aforked tongue. The French trappers toldus some truths and some lies.
The first white men of your peoplewho came to our country were namedLewis and Clarke. They also broughtmany things that our people had neverseen. They talked straight, and our peoplegave them a great feast, as a proof thattheir hearts were friendly. These menwere very kind. They made presents toour chiefs and our people made presentsto them. We had a great many horses, of
which we gave them whatthey needed, and they gaveus guns and tobacco inreturn. All the Nez Percesmade friends with Lewisand Clarke, and agreed tolet them pass through theircountry, and never to makewar on white men. Thispromise the Nez Perceshave never been broken.No white man can accusethem of bad faith, andspeak with a straight tongue. It hasalways has been the pride of the NezPerces that they were the friends of thewhite men. When my father was a youngman there came to our country a white
man (Rev. Mr, Spaulding) whotalked spirit law. He won theaffections of our people becausehe spoke good things to them. Atfirst he did not say anythingabout white wanting to settle onour lands. Nothing was saidabout that until twenty wintersago, when a number of whitepeople came into our countryand build houses and madefarms. At first our people madeno complaint. They thought there
was room enough for all to live in peace,and they were learning many things fromthe white men that seemed to be good.
His words will be continued in another article.Yvonne-Cher Skye
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