St. Mary's apologizes for T-shirt

A Catholic high school in Bismarck apologized for a T-shirt featuring an American Indian character after a complaint from United Tribes Technical College. The shirts' logo depicts a male angel gritting his teeth while using a rope to dangle a loincloth-wearing Indian man with a feather in his hair over a pool of sharks.

Representative Bill Janklow Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Collision

Outside were about a dozen protesters. As Mr. Janklow left, some yelled chants that included "No justice, no peace," and "He's a killer."

What do you think? How about sentencing Mr. Janklow to several thousand hours of community service work at Pine Ridge and Rosebud?

States Moving to End Tribes' Tax-Free Sales

State governments say tribal tax-free sales, in stores and on the Internet, deprive them of millions of dollars. Those losses have grown as financially struggling states raise cigarette taxes, driving some smokers to tribal stores. And with the deficit among the states projected to reach more than $50 billion in the next fiscal year, legislators and governors are increasingly trying to collect taxes from Indian businesses.

Reclaiming the Stolen Faces of Their Forefathers

The Namgis of Alert Bay, British Columbia are seeking the return of a mask from the British Museum. The mask was confiscated in 1921 by a local government Indian agent and a police sergeant during a raid on a potlatch ceremony. These ceremonies were outlawed by the Canadian government from 1884 to 1951 in an effort to repress native language and culture. The British Museum, in its extreme arrogance, feels that their "duty to scholars" is a higher calling than is returning the mask to the Namgis, restoring their cultural heritage and returning stolen property.

Canadian Indians Challenge Fish Farms in Court

Canadian Indians Challenge Fish Farms in Court

"Clams, prawns, crabs, salmon — we had it all at our fingertips," he recalled. In his view, the culprits are close at hand. "It's all being depleted because of all the algae, the sea lice and the contamination the fish farms are putting in our territory."

It is a common refrain: that the 30 or so salmon farms that float on the bays of the sprawling Broughton Archipelago to the north of Vancouver Island are responsible for every possible pestilence. The farms consist of giant cages that float in the open water and hold large quantities of fish. Their denseness allows disease to spread, and, according to the native people, pollutes nearby waters where other fish swim.

New Joy Harjo poetry

Joy Harjo added 2 new poems to her blog today. Visit her site!

Fatal Crash Charges Threaten Political Career

Let us hope Bill Janklow has met his match when he finds himself on the other side of the justice system!

Congressman Charged With Manslaughter

Congressman Bill Janklow Charged With Manslaughter

May the chickens come home to roost.

SWAIA: Southwestern Association for Indian Arts

SWAIA: Southwestern Association for Indian Arts

Well, it's that time of year again, Santa Fe Indian Market is here again.
If you either can't go or can't face the crowds, here are websites for a few of the artists you might see there:

Susan Folwell Santa Clara Pueblo potter
Virgil Nez, Navajo painter
Ronald Honyouti & Family, Hopi katsina dolls
Anita Fields, Osage clay artist
Ron Suazo, Santa Clara potter
Greyshoes (Upton Ethelbah), Santa Clara Pueblo/White Mountain Apache sculptor

Just a few of the hundreds of artists showing there.
One artists who is not there this year is Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo clay sculptor, who is having a instead a one person show, "Juggling Worlds", at the Poeh Museum at the Pueblo of Pojoaque.

Enjoy!

Global Race Against the Clock to Beat Sobig Virus

Global Race Against the Clock to Beat Sobig Virus

Please read this article and patch your Windows based computers!

HIGH VIRUS ALERT - 'Sobig' Worm

Today's Recommendations

One Nation OK Lies

A new website devoted to countering anti-tribal sovereignty lobbying and propaganda. See the story about this website in Indian Country Today.

Honouring Words

The Honouring Words International Indigenous Authors Celebration Tour,
held in Australia and Canada, deserves your attention. It now has a live online forum.

NPR : Sherman Alexie, 'Sitcom American'

NPR : Sherman Alexie, 'Sitcom American' 2 marvelous audio interviews with Sherman Alexie are available online on today's Morning Edition on NPR.org.

The website for California gubenatorial candidate, David Laughing Horse Robinson is now available.

Obituary for James Welch

The obituary for James Welch, author of Fools Crow, The Heartsong of Charging Elk and Riding the Earthboy 40, among others, written by his wife, Lois Welch.

New Non-profit galleries on the Web

You will find 2 new links to non-profit galleries on the Galleries index, the Tohono O'odham Community Action (TOCA) gallery and the Hopi Arts & Craft - Silvercraft Cooperative Guild. Also recently posted is another non-profit gallery, West Coast Natives Online.

The Joy Harjo music website has been recently redesigned and expanded. It now includes an artist/poet's blog and a small photo gallery, with information on the new band and a demo album available now. The new CD will be out soon, we hope.

Zuni Salt Lake Saved

On August 4, 2003, the Salt River Project announced that it will relinquish all permits and coal leases for the proposed Fence Lake coal stripmine. SRP claims in a press release that it has found a cleaner, more economical source of coal in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, but the Zuni Tribe and the Zuni Salt Lake Coalition can rest assured that their intense, well-organized, and spiritually-based opposition to the 18,000 acre industrial disaster was the real reason SRP is pulling the plug on the coal mine.

California Native American on Ballot of Governor!

David Laughing Horse Robinson, 48, Chairman of the Kawaiisu Tribe, elected in 1997, and re-elected 2002, has qualified for the ballot on the recall election in California. He is a Democrat from Bakersfield. Besides teaching Art Tech at CSU Bakersfield, he is a steel sculptor and a master journeyman welder.

"I'd like to debate all of the candidates on the floor of the California Assembly Chambers with Governor Davis moderating."

"If California can afford one prison guard per three prisoners, we can afford one teacher per 20 students."

Contact Info: (661)664-3098 horserobinson@hotmail.com

Tribal website

James Welch, Blackfeet - Gros Ventre Poet & Novelist 1940-2003

In Memorium: James Welch from Joy Harjo

New York Times Obituary

Obituary from The Missoulian, MT

Find books by James Welch

New Weblog

In this weblog, I will place information that has a more ephemeral nature than that contained in the links provided in this index. Among the items projected to be placed here are event announcements, links to news articles, highly recommended new websites, and other such items.
I hope this blog proves useful.

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