====================================== Start of the September 2002 Newsletter ====================================== Greetings, I hope things are going well for you and yours. It has been another busy month for me. Unless you do not watch TV, listen to the radio or read newspapers (I know you surf the net & read e-mail), you have probably heard about "Amber Alerts." They are a special project to notify the media and the public of recently kidnapped children. California Governor Gray Davis decided to put the California Highway Patrol in charge of this system in California. We have had several alerts during the past month. In deed, a tribal officer in Nevada found one of the children who was missing from California. I was also involved in that incident, to a much smaller extent. In the last two or three days, two children were found (with the public's help) here in San Diego. I did several radio, TV and newspaper interviews about those happy events. I was told one of the TV interviews was distributed nationally. So, the chubby CHP officer you saw, might have been me. Starting Monday, I will be working the morning shift. This will last until the end of the year. This means my work shift starts at 5am so I can start doing TV traffic reports at 5:30am on the San Diego ABC TV affiliate, KGTV - Channel 10. I am still not used to getting up that early. ---------------- My book is scheduled to come out on October 8th. Or more precisely, it should be on bookstore shelves on October 8th. You should be able to find it in the larger bookstores in major cities in the United States. You will definitely be able to order it through any bookstore. The retail price is $35. I have seen it priced from $36 down to a little over $22 on the internet. I do not know what it will sell for at the local stores. That is still a high price for a book. You may want to look at a copy before you get one, just to make sure you think it is worth it. In order to help get the best deal for subscribers to this newsletter, I created a link to Buy.com on a special page I created for you. They have the best price I have seen on the internet. Their website still says the book qualifies for free shipping. The link is at: http://americanindian.net/newsletterbook.html If you order the book by going directly through my website, I get an extra $1 commission. You can also find a link for Amazon.com which charges a slightly higher rate. For those of you who have said you plan to, or already have, order it, I thank you. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ I know many of you are teachers, and quite a few of you have children, grandchildren, or work with kids. I found a website which will allow you to have your name placed on a CD which will be sent to Mars on one of the upcoming Mars lander programs. I think most kids will find this an exciting idea. By the way, I added my name to the list, too. Send your name to Mars http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003/ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ For this month's "Link of the Month, I have links to several sites which provide an answer to one of the most common questions I get from visitors to my site. The question: can you show me some Indian hand signals? Featured Co-Links of the Month for September 2002: http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/native/sign/index.htm Indian Sign Language very detailed site from The Inquiry Net - well done http://www.comanchelodge.com/sign-language.html American Indian Sign Language another good page from the Comanche Lodge http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cree/cree/1.htm Cree Hand Signals pictures for both nouns and words http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/ecc/signs.html Indian Sign Language several pages of descriptions from El Centro College http://www.flagler.edu/about_f/gal/kelleymcgregor.html Keresan Pueblo Indian Sign Language shows a few examples of both Keresan and ASL for the same word http://www.rcas.org/hm/nativeamerican/signlanguage.html Native American Sign Languages imovies to show some Plains Indians signs http://home.online.no/~kcnyhus/sign.htm Native American Sign Language photos to show words http://baserv.uci.kun.nl/~los/Meetings/Dekalb/Articles/22-KILROE.htm ON THE PROBABLE ORIGIN OF PLAINS SIGN LANGUAGE detailed scholarly article - no pictures http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/ebooks/records/7132.html Plains Indian Sign Language "A Memorial to the Conference, September 4-6, 1930, Browning, Montana" with some examples http://hisd2.harlandale.k12.tx.us/MOL/students/d_castro/mywebquestonindians/plains_indian_sign_language.htm Plains Indian Sign Language a few examples http://wwmag.net/sign.htm Universal Language of the Plains photos to show words ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Here are some interesting articles which can be seen on the internet: American Indian Chamber of Commerce of southern California scholarship Award Application http://www.aiccsocal.org/news/scholar.html Enrollment and degrees conferred in tribally controlled institutions, by institution: Fall 1997, 1998, 1999, 1998-99, and 1999-2000 http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/digest2001/tables/dt220.asp Pojoaque Tribal Police Officer Dies Saving Child http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/alb/news/stories/newmexiconews-162048620020819-100849.html Crow Creek Sioux Tribe urged to file receivership http://indiancountry.com/?1030200078 Contrasting the times: Coolidge in the Black Hills in 1927 http://indiancountry.com/?1030201383 Call for Northern Plains Artists http://indiancountry.com/callforartists/ Community Spirit Awards Nomination Form: are national fellowship awards for established artists who have demonstrated substantial contributions to their community through their careers as artists. Artists are honored each year with $5,000 awards. http://www.firstpeoplesfund.org/CSAnominations.htm SoCal girl found in Nevada; man arrested http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20020820-060110-8756r.htm Las Vegas Paiutes oust entire council http://indiancountry.com/?1027691940 Syracuse festival highlights Haudenosaunee culture http://indiancountry.com/?1029254532 Conference brands federal Indian law inherently ‘racist’ http://indiancountry.com/?1029506964 Review of Sherman Alexie’s Movie The Business of Fancydancing: “'Fancydancing' doesn't sidestep Indian issues Loyalty conflicts with success” http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/08/30/DD101497.DTL Lumbee woman gets closer to Miss America http://newsobserver.com/news/story/1685893p-1705873c.html Pueblo draws visitors with resort http://www.indianz.com/News/show.asp?ID=2002/08/28/santaana Bureau of Indian affairs won't interfere with Catawba elections http://www.heraldonline.com/local/story/1682837p-1703078c.html Calif. sacred land bill advances http://www.indianz.com/News/show.asp?ID=2002/08/29/sacred Trust fund: It's the mess that matters http://www.argusleader.com/editorial/Wednesdayarticle1.shtml Confession Evidence Against BIA Worker Suppressed http://www.abqjournal.com/paperboy/text/news/759375news08-28-02.htm The Week in Review ending August 24 http://www.indianz.com/News/Review/show.asp?ID=08262002 Skull may be Texas' oldest remains http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=fossil25&date=20020825 Totah Festival celebrates Native American culture http://www.daily-times.com/Stories/0,1413,129%257E6571%257E819426,00.html Navajo Times: Warnings issued for West Nile virus http://thenavajotimes.com/tribalnws.html Lakota tribal member missing from West Point Angry family members seek help from public http://www.okit.com/news/2002/julyaug/missingsoldier.html N. Scott Momaday: “And We Have Only Begun to Define Our Destiny” http://www.nativepeoples.com/np_jul_aug02/ja02-viewpoint/ja02-viewpoint.html Cherokee Tae Kwon Do Students Win Bronze Medals in Korea http://www.cherokee.org/CurentNewsRelease.asp?ID=605 'We the People' looks to the future RALLY: 'The Next 10,000 years' is theme of annual Native march. http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/1642346p-1759243c.html 17th California Indian Conference: Oct 10-12, 2002 - Palomar College, San Marcos, California http://www.palomar.edu/cic17/ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Atanarjuat is Canada's first feature-length fiction film written, produced, directed, and acted by Inuit. http://www.atanarjuat.com/ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ The Treaty of the Month: TREATY WITH THE WINNEBAGO, Sept. 15, 1832. "Articles of a treaty made and concluded, at Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, Illinois, between the United States of America, by their Commissioners, Major General Winfield Scott of the United States’ Army, and his Excellency John Reynolds, Governor of the State of Illinois, and the Winnebago nation of Indians, represented in general Council by the undersigned Chiefs, Headmen, and Warriors." It involved land cessions, annuities, rations of bread, and other items for the Rock River band of Winnebago. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/win0345.htm ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Messages: The American Indian Coalition of Indiana is collecting signitures in support of a Legislative Commission for Native American Affairs. We are asking anyone who is a resident of Indiana to please sign this ASAP. We have our first hearing on the 4th of September. http://www.petitiononline.com/aicrcic1/petition.html Megwitch, SnowWolf Chairmain Communications Committee Webmaster American Indian Coalition and Resource Center of Indiana http://indiancoalition.com ============== Deadline for Submissions Extended to September 13 for CBS Television's Native American Talent Showcase AFTRA, SAG AND AMERICAN INDIANS IN FILM AND TELEVISION CO-SPONSOR CBS' NATIVE AMERICAN TALENT SHOWCASE ON OCTOBER 23, 2002 Pictures and Resumes Due by September 13 CBS Television, in association with AFTRA, SAG, and American Indians in Film and Television, will sponsor an acting showcase on October 23, 2002 in Los Angeles. CBS Entertainment executives and casting directors from the Network's primetime and daytime divisions will be on hand. "We are thrilled to be working with American Indians in Television and Film, AFTRA, and SAG in our ongoing outreach to the Native American acting community through this next showcase," said Josie Thomas, Senior Vice President, Diversity, CBS Television. "This event, like other diverse showcases we have held this year, will provide yet another forum in which to expand casting director and industry awareness of gifted performers who reflect the diversity of our nation." NATIVE AMERICAN ACTORS NATIONWIDE CAN SUBMIT HEADSHOTS AND RESUMES TO: David M. Besbris CBS Showcase Submission AFTRA 5757 Wilshire Blvd., 9th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90036 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: SEPTEMBER 13, 2002. Those outside of Los Angeles who are unable to travel to CBS if chosen to audition are also encouraged to make submissions. If selected, you will be informed of alternate ways to participate in the audition process. Final participants will be selected by CBS Casting for the October 23 showcase. For further information, contact Ray Bradford, (212) 532-0800 rbradfor@aftra.com or David Besbris, (323) 634-8116 dbesbris@aftra.com -============= "Wisdom of the Elders Radio" A new series of one-hour radio programs commences on National Public Radio (NPR) and American Indian Radio on Satellite (AIROS) stations Nationwide in 2003. Our nationally-prominent production team is weaving a rich tapestry of Native American storytelling from gifted indigenous elders Intertwined with special features on natural health and healing, folklore performances, humor, as well as Native American music, traditional and contemporary. Wisdom of the Elders Radio Program's distinctive cultural entertainment magazine format has been designed for mainstream family audiences on NPR stations as well as under-served ethnic audiences on AIROS and other ethnic networks. The voices of Native Americans who are keepers of oral tradition reflect authentic, rarely-shared indigenous perspective on the history and culture of Native Americans. These gifted elders will share wisdom for the primary features of our program. These ten-minute "elder wisdom" segments will include several themes: * Stories of 18th & 19th Century ancestors * Memories of elders' grandparents * Creation, hero, trickster and animal stories taught by grandparents * Native tribes encounter Lewis and Clark * Native American spirituality and prophesy * Native writers and artists series * "Red Road" recovery stories This project is a dynamic collaboration with Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Public Radio, Native Media Resource Center, Native American Public Telecommunications, American Indians on Radio and Satellite, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Committee at National Parks Service and others. Due to budget and time constraints we are looking to make relations with Native American Producers around the country who might have recorded Elders, story tellers or oral histories, we are accepting produced pieces or field recordings to screen for use in this project. The average on air time for segments will be approximately 8 min. and we are also looking for really short info-tags that reflects Native American wisdom and humor, These could be 15 sec. to 1 min. Please Respond to: bill_ward@opb.org ------------------------------ ------------------------------ A bit of humor: from Ruth Garby Torres Top Ten Signs You are a Techno-Indian (if the shoe fits...) 10. You have several CPU's up on blocks in your living room. 9. Your snag doesn't want to hear that lame old "my server was down" excuse anymore. 8. You think a floppy disk slot crammed with sage will somehow increase your connection speed. 7. You send eeezzzzmail. 6. Your mail address is DancesWithModems@hotmail.com. 5. Before you attend a powwow, you need to check its website first. 4. Your mouse is coated with frybread grease. 3. You ask chicks/guys for their email address at powwows. 2. You have a beaded zip drive. 1. You now know a hard drive isn't just the road to Navajo Mountain!! ================= From Jay Crosby from the PBS radio program “Car Talk” (you may have to sound out the name to get the joke) The Official Dewey, Cheetham, & Howe Staff List Air-Quality Monitor Carmine Dioxide Airline Reservation Manager Will Price Randomly Art Critic Phyllis Steen Assertiveness Training Coach Lois Steem Assistant Customer Care Representive Kurt Reply Asst. Directors of Computer Services Sy Burnett and Sy Quest Assistant Director of Moral Support Hugo Gurll Asst. Fleet Manager Lisa Carr Asst. Transportation Coordinator Orson Buggy Attorney General Janet Torino Asst.Attorney General Tobacco Settlements Hubert H. Humvee II Auto-Body Expert James Bondo Automotive Finishes Consultant Rusty Steele Automotive Medical Researcher Dr. Denton Fender Automotive Registrar Megan Model Behavior Consultant Wyatt B. Hoovesia Bathroom Tile Installer Lotta Bullnose Blues Coordinator Mahamadan Ptolemy British Cutlery Specialist Sir Irving Spoon British Doorman Isaiah Olchap Boston Funeral Director Hadley Newham Boston Traffic Director Laura Biden Butler in Car Talk's Scotland Division Angus MacCoatup Broadcast Philosopher Phillip Airtime Car Talk Bouncer Euripedes Ibreakayourface Car Talk Opera Critic Barbara Seville Celebrity Consultants Richard Gere-Oil, Mick Jaguar Chairman, Federal Lubrication Board Alan Greasepan Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staf John Shall-I-Pop-a-Wheelie Chairman, Math Dept. Horatio Algebra Chairman, Oral History Dept. Ira Caull Chairman, Staff Physics Dept. Victor Analysis Chairman, Underemployment Study Group Art Majors Chief Justice Judge Mental Howe Chief of Stadium Seating, Olympics Wayne Back Chief of Tire Technology Yessir Itsaflat Child Development Expert Dr. Benjamin Spark Co-Chairmen of Apathy Study Group Ben Thayer, Don Thatt Collision Repair Specialist Jesse "The Body Shop" Ventura Communications Director George Stayontopothis Conductor Emeritus, Tappet Symphony Sludgy Ozawa Conductor, Tappet Symphony Orchestra Philip Harmonic Conservative Political Commentato Eileen Tudor-Wright Coordinator, 12-Step Recovery Program Cody Pendant Copyright Attorney Pat Pending Corporate Spokesperson Hugh Lyon Sack Curator of Tom's Car Collection Rex Galore Customer Car Care Representative Haywood Jabuzoff Defense Dept. Consultant Major Error Dental Hygienist Ginger Vitis Designer of Our Casual Clothing Line Noh Tie, Woo! Director of Automotive Security Boris Karlarm Director, Automotive Recycling Center Ricardo Dismantleban Director of Jamaican Baseball Operations Reggae Jackson Director of Catering Russell Upsumgrub Director of Cadillac Steering Toulouse Toutrack Director of Cold Weather Starting Martina Neverturnover Director of Moral Support Hugh DeMann Director of Computer Diagnostics Gus O'Genn Director of Computer Services Dot Matrix Director of Congressional Funding Fred Knott Director of Country Music Stan Beyerman Director of Delicate Electronics Repai Anita Hammer Director of Desert Food Supplies Sandy Berger Director of E-mail Responses Peggy Flaming Director of Gender Studies Amanda B. Reckondwyth Director of High-Speed Impact Studies Ricardo Montana-Bahn Director of Italian Traffic Enforcement Noah U. Turna Director of Intensive Care Unit Picabo Street Director of Listener Support Noah Fundrive Director of Lubrication Olive Presser Director of Long-Range Strategic Planning Kay Sera Director of New Product Repair Warren T. Mifutt Director of Nutritional Supplements Rose Hips Director of Pedestrian Operations Carless Castenada Director of Photography Len Scapon Director of Pollution Contro Maury Missions Director of Purchasing Lois Bidder Director of Speed Bumps Slow-Me-Down Milosevic Director of Sports Information Linus Scrimmage Director of Monopoly Policy Juan Moorehouse Director of Staff Pay Increases Xavier Breath Director of The Car Talk Psychic Network La Toyota Jackson Director of Unsolicited Advice H. Ross Peugeot Director of Upward Mobility iEastern Europe Zbigniew Chrysler Director of Warm-Weather Programming Sumner Reruns Document Security Expert from Jamaica Euripedes Upmann East Asian Used Car Expert Alexander Soldyernissan Electronics Technician Sammy Conductor Elocution Coach Richard Shun (aka Dick) Emissions Tester Justin Hale VII, (I to VI may they RIP) Engine Cooling Systems Manager Jean Claude Air Damme Evasive Driving Instructor Vera Bruptly Fact Checker Ella Fynoe Fashion Consultant Natalie Attired Financial Forecaster Lou Gubrious Fleet Manager Oscar de la Rental French Automotive Liason Maurice Chevrolet German Interpreter Axel Hausen Graduation Coordinators Val and Dick Torian Grammar Consultant I.M. Shirley Wright Head of Bldgs. & Grounds Moe D'Lawn Head of Personal Security C. Howie Run Head of Security Barb Dwyer Heads of Parts Dept Al Lloyd Wheel, Constance Velocity Head of Used Car Purchasing Ewell B. 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Emmons Libel Defense Director in Tokyo Sosumi Areti Leo Tolstoy biographer: Warren Peace, Author of Leo Tolstoy Liaison Officer to Volvo & Renault Bjorne Toulouse Lighting Expert Shanda Lear Literary Critics Ernest & Julio Hemingway Manager of Automotive Accessories Francis Ford Cupholda Manager Car Talk Capital Depreciation Fund Les Ismore Manager of Cartalk.Com Cy Burnett Manager of Employee Refrigerator Carmen Dating Manager of the Weekly Shrimp Buffet Sheldon Deveigned Marriage Counselo Marion Haste Montana Traffic Law Director Hugh Jim Bissell Mortgage Loan Consultant Nora Lenderbee Nutrition Consultants Eaton Wright and Liven Good Parking Attendant Rick O'Shea Personal Trainer Jim Shortz Photographer F. Stop Fitzgerald Poet Laureate Robert Defrost Pre-show Caterers Giardia Brothers President, Car Talk Hair Club for Men Emerson Fittibaldie (he's also a client) Producer's Office, Furnished by Rick Kleiner Proprietor of Car Talk's men clothing store Euripedes, Eumenedes Public Opinion Pollster Paul Murky of Murky Research Ratings Analysis Specialist Rita Menweip Regional Director, Atlanta Frank Lee Scarlett Repair Cost Consultant Bill M. Moore Safety Officers Mort & Fay Tality Sales Motivation Coach Norman Vincent Pealeout Seating Consultant Rush Lumbar Secretary of Pain Relief Les Aspirin Secretary of Halogen Headlamps Made-A-Lane Allbright Secretary of Photographic Reproduction Fresh Prince Sexual Harrassment Intervention Counselor Pat McCann Singing Urologist Urethra Franklin Soloists Kerry Oki, Victor Yugo Speech Pathologist Peter Aftermey Spiritual Counselor Miss Dolly Lama Staff Author Four-Doo Dostoevski Staff Bikini Waxer Harry Mouval Staff Butler,Car Talk Bombay Division Mahatma Coat Staff Bouncer Euripedes Ibrakauface Staff Carburetor Expert Leslie Stahl Staff Cardiologist Angie O'Plasty Staff Cat Feeder Ken Opener Staff Chaplain Neil Down Staff Child Seat Tester Drew Lee Weiner Staff Chiropractor Winston Paine Staff Composers Gustav Muffler, Bela Cartok Staff Cooks Al Dente, Sal Monella Staff Disciplinarian Les Stern Staff Dramatist Anton Chokeov Staff Geneticist Dr. Jean Poole Staff Gossip Columnist Bud Inski Staff Grief Counselor Ariel Bummerman Staff Meteorologist Gail Storm Staff Nutritionist Arlene Menu Staff Oral Historian Studds Tercel Staff Physicist Moe Mentum Staff Psychologist Les Moody Staff Reporters Walter Crankcase Staff Urologist Willa Catheter Statistician Marge Innovera Suppliers of Insurance to D C & H C.F.I. Care Surgeon General C. Everett Koop DeVille Swedish Attorney Bjorn Liar Tailor Euripedes Imenedes Tax Consultant Lou Pole Telephone Solicitation Response Specialist Teresa Noboddihoum Timing Director Benjamin Not-Yet-You-Yahoo! ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Here are some random historical dates: September 1, 504: Maya Queen "Lady of Tikal" is born. September 2, 1732: The first treaty between the Iroquois Confederation, and the Pennsylvania Provincial Council is signed in Philadelphia. The parties agree to peaceful relations between them. The Iroquois also promise to try to persuade the Shawnees to leave Allegheny Valley. The Principal Indian Chief present is Shikellamy of the Onondaga. September 3, 1855: Little Thunder has taken over as Chief after the killing of Conquering Bear in the fight with Lieutenant Grattan’s men. He has almost 250 warriors in his camp on the Blue River. General William S. Harney has 600 soldiers. After the fighting, there are 100 dead Sioux, and five dead soldiers, according to Harney. Harney takes seventy prisoners, almost all women and children. Based on his actions, the Sioux gives Harney the name "The Butcher". September 4, 1801: A two-day conference begins at Southwest Point, located at the juncture of the Tennessee and the Clinch Rivers. Representatives of the United States and the Cherokees discuss more roads through Cherokee lands. Because of a lack of enforcement by the United States of previous treaties, the Cherokees do not agree to any U.S. proposals. September 5, 1877: Many sources say Crazy Horse is fatally wounded while in captivity at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. September 6, 1877: Army records show Crazy Horse died on the night of September 6th at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. September 7, 1968: The Indian Council Fire awards this year's Indian Achievement Award to Rev. Dr. Roe B. Lewis, of Phoenix, Arizona. Lewis, a Pima-Papago, is cited for his efforts in educational counseling for Indians. September 8, 1565: Pedro Menendez de Aviles, accompanied by 1,500 soldiers and colonists establishes the town of St. Augustine, Florida. St. Augustine is the oldest constantly occupied European town in the United States. To secure his foothold in the area, de Aviles attacks the French settlements on the nearby St. Johns River. September 9, 426: Yax K’uk Mo establishes a Maya dynasty at Copán, Honduras. September 10, 1782: A force of forty British Rangers and 250 Indians attack the fort built in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). None of the soldiers are killed on either side. A few Indians die in the fighting. Some historians feel this is the last battle of the American Revolutionary war. September 11, 1858: Colonel Miles, with five companies of soldiers, and fifty Mexicans, enter the Canyon de Chelly, in north eastern Arizona. The Navajos have not produced the Fort Defiance murderer of July 12, 1858. In fact, the Navajos have tried to pass off a killed Mexican prisoner as the sought for Navajo. The soldiers kill a few Navajos in the canyon. The soldiers camp in the canyon that night. The Navajos launch an ineffectual attack from the canyon walls. A captured Navajo convinces the other Navajos to stop the attack. September 12, 379: Maya King Yax Nuun Ayiin I (Curl Nose) takes the throne of Tikal, Guatemala. He is quite young. September 13, 1794: A force of 550 Kentucky and Tennessee Militia, led by Major James Ore, attacks the Chickamauga village of Nickajack on the Tennessee River. Many women and children are captured. Seventy braves are killed, including the village Chief "The Breath." Ore's forces torches most of the village after the fighting. September 14, 1763: Senecas fight with a supply wagon train just south of Niagara, as part of the Pontiac Rebellion. The train is carrying supplies from Fort Schlosser to Fort Niagara. One source cites this as the worst defeat of the war for the army. September 15, 1874: “Treaty 4 Between Her Majesty The Queen and The Cree and Saulteaux Tribe of Indians at the Qu’appelle and Fort Ellice” is signed in Canada. September 16, 1850: In a letter to the President of the United States, Senator John Fremont states Spanish law gave Indians rights to their lands. He feels the United States has to enact some laws to revoke the Indians' rights. Under the treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo, the United States agreed to recognize Spanish land titles in the newly acquired California. September 17, 1799: Commissioners have established a camp at the juncture of the Flint and the Chattahoochee Rivers in Creek territory. They are there to eventually draw a treaty line through Creek lands. During the summer many Creeks have visited the camp to complain of the land cession. Chief Hopoheilthle Micco, and some Tallassee followers, attack the camp. They steal supplies and insult the commissioners. Later, Creek Chiefs beat the Tallassee Chief to death for his actions. September 18, 1864: Confederate Cherokees, led by Brigadier General Stand Watie, and other Confederate forces, capture a Union wagon train in modern Mayes County, Oklahoma. This supply shipment has enough food and other goods for 2,000 soldiers and is valued at one and a half million dollars. This is the last significant Civil War engagement in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). September 19, 1867: In an effort to end Red Cloud's War, a new peace commission comes to the end of the Union Pacific tracks near Platte City, Nebraska. The commissioners include General William Tecumseh Sherman, Indian Commissioner Nathaniel Taylor, Indian Agent William Harney, Indian Agent John Sanborn, General Alfred Terry, and a few others. The Indians are represented by Man Afraid, Pawnee Killer, Turkey Leg, Swift Bear, Standing Elk, Big Mouth, Spotted Tail, and several others. The Indians tell of the problems they are having due to people invading their lands. Later, the commissioners tell the Indians the "Great Father" wants them to move to reservations on the Missouri and the Cheyenne River. The Indians are not happy with this suggestion. The Indians have their own names for most of the commissioners: "Great Warrior" Sherman, "One Star Chief" Terry, "White Whiskers" Harney, and "Black Whiskers" Sanborn. The conference ends soon, and the commissioners ask the Indians to meet them at Fort Laramie, in southeastern Wyoming, in November. September 20, 1822: Lakota Chief Red Cloud (Makhpiya-Luta) is born. September 21, 1936: The Secretary of the Interior authorizes an election for a Constitution and By-Laws for the Covelo Indian Community of the Round Valley Reservation in California. The election is held on November 7, 1936. September 22, 1784: Today, marks the first "run-in" between a Russian settlement in Alaska and the local inhabitants. September 23, 1730: Seven Cherokee representatives in London, England, sign "Articles of Agreement." This agreement establishes a formal alliance with England for the next fifty years. This gives the English exclusive trade rights with the Cherokees, and makes the Cherokees military allies. The Cherokees are led by Chiefs Oukah-ulah and Attakullaculla (Little Carpenter). September 24, 1858: Qualchan, son of Yakama Chief Owhi, rides into Colonel George Wright's camp. Qualchan is wanted for what the settlers consider as murder for his part in the recent fighting. Qualchan is taken into custody and hanged later. September 25, 1806: Zebulon Pike’s expedition reaches a Pawnee village on the Solomon Fork River in what is modern Kansas. September 26, 1867: Approximately 110 members of the First Cavalry, Twenty-Third Infantry and fifteen Warm Springs Indian (Boise Indian scouts) scouts, fight with approximately seventy-five Paiute, thirty Pit River, and a few Modoc Indians. band of Indians in Infernal Canyon, near Pitt River, south of modern Alturas, California. Lt. Colonel George Crook is commanding the military forces. Chief Si-e-ta leads the combined Indian force. One officer, six soldiers, and one civilian are killed in this three day fight. Eleven soldiers are wounded. Indians losses are twenty killed, twelve wounded and two captured. September 27, 1830: The "Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty" (7 stat. 333) is concluded, whereby, the Choctaws agree to sell lands in Mississippi and to move to Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). Their new lands are bounded by Fort Smith along the Arkansas River, to the source of the Canadian Fork, to the Red River, to Arkansas Territory. This is the first treaty after the passage of the Indian removal act. Many Chiefs get large parcels of land or money for signing, including Principal Chief Greenwood le Flore. The Choctaws have three years to complete the move. The United States is represented by Generals John Coffee and John Eaton. September 28, 1841: Aagaunash (Billy Caldwell) is born the son of an Indian mother and a British Officer. He lives with Indians most of his life, and eventually becomes a Potawatomi Chief. He serves as Tecumseh's secretary, and as a liaison to the British until the end of the War of 1812. He fights for the United States against Red Bird, and Black Hawk. He also signs several peace treaties for the Potawatomis. He dies in Council Bluffs, Iowa. September 29, 1872: Colonel R.S. Mackenzie, and Troops A, D, F, I, and L, Fourth Cavalry, and some Tonkawa scouts are near the North Fork of the Red River, near modern Lefors, Texas, when they discover a Comanche camp of 200 lodges. Mackenzie attacks, and destroys most of the encampment. According to government reports, twenty-three Indians are killed, approximately 125 warriors are captured. One soldier is killed, and three are wounded. Many horses and mules are seized by the army. For "gallantry in action," Private Edward Branagan, Farrier David Larkin, Sergeant William Foster, and First Sergeant William McNamara, Private William Rankin, Company F, Corporal Henry McMasters, Company A, Corporal William O'Neill, Company I, Blacksmith James Pratt, Company I, and Sergeant William Wilson will be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. This is Wilson's second Medal of Honor. This will become known as the “Battle of the North Fork of the Red River” Some sources report this to be the Kotsoteka Comanche village of Mow-way. September 30, 1877: Today through October 5th, according to army reports, elements of Colonel Nelson Miles' Second Cavalry, capture 800 Nez Perce horses According to army documents, Captain Owen Hale, Lt. J.W. Biddle, twenty-two soldiers and seventeen Indians are killed. Captain Myles Moylan, Captain E.S. Godfrey, Lt. G.W. Baird, Lt. Henry Romeyn, thirty-eight soldiers, eight civilians and forty Nez Perce are wounded. Almost 20% of the soldiers are wounded or killed during the fighting at Bear Paw Mountain, near modern Havre, Montana. The army will issue Congressional Medals of Honor to the following soldiers during this campaign: First Lieutenant George W. Baird, Fifth Infantry, for "distinguished gallantry in action"; First Lieutenant Mason Carter, Fifth Infantry, for leading a charge "under a galling fire"; Second Lieutenant Oscar Long, Fifth Infantry, for taking over command of a troop of cavalry when their officers were killed; Second Lieutenant Edward McClernand, Second Cavalry, for using "skill and boldness when attacking a band of hostiles"; Captain Edward S. Godfrey, Seventh Cavalry, for leading his men while severely wounded; Captain Myles Moylan, for gallantry leadership until he is severely wounded; First Sergeant Henry Hogan, Company G, Fifth Infantry, for carrying severely wounded Lieutenant Henry Romeyn out of the line of fire (this is Hogan's second award, see October 21, 1876); First Lieutenant Henry Romeyn, Fifth Infantry for vigorously prosecuting the fight; Major (and surgeon) Henry Tilton for rescuing wounded men. ================= That's it for this newsletter. Have a great month. Phil Konstantin phil@americanindian.net philkon@rocketmail.com http://americanindian.net ==================================== End of the September 2002 Newsletter ====================================
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California Highway Patrol |
Indian Era Forts |
Articles I Wrote |
Northwestern USA Indian Country |
American Indian Museum in D.C. 2004 |
Movie & Book Reviews |
KUSI TV, my other job |
Mesa Verde and Utah in 2006 |
My Mortgage Loan Company |
2006 SDSU Powwow |
