November 2001 Newsletter - Part 2
Phil Konstantin
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Hello again,
Here is the second part of this month's newsletter.
This month I will not be featuring a "Link of the Month." Well, perhaps,
I will. My site dedicated to my pictures and comments about my recent
trip to Mexico and Guatemala will be listed as the Link of the Month.
http://agentwilson.tripod.com/mexico.html
Since Part 1 of this newsletter, I have reduced the size of many of the
photos I took. Some of them are still pretty big, but most have been
reduced. It might still take a bit of time for them to show up on your
computer if you have a slow modem. I also added a better directory on
what is on each of the 29 pages. You can just click on the name of the
place you want to see, and go directly to that page. Some sites have
more than one page. This is so each page will load a bit fater. For
example, there are pictures of the Edzna ruins on five different pages.
It would take a long time for them all to load if they were all on a
single page and you had a 28k modem. I moved all of the bus schedule
pictures and hotel information to the last page. I will still be adding
some extra comments to the various pictures, as time goes by. I took 800
pictures, and still wish I had taken more. I was running out of computer
discs by the end of the trip.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about any of
the photos or places I visited.
That brings up another item. When I returned, I had over 1,200 e-mails
waiting for me. About 1,100 of these were SPAM (unsolicited bulk e-mails
- mostly on how to make money, lose weight or improve your sexlife - do
these people know me?). In my bleary-eyed effort to delete this garbage,
I might have deleted some of the real e-mails. If you e-mailed me, and I
have not responded, please try again.
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Here is a job offer, if you know anyone who might be interested or
qualified, have them reply directly to the e-mail address below:
"I have a question, and I'm unsure if you'll have an answer for me or
not. Perhaps a member of the list will. I work for a large automotive
company. The minority council in my office is looking to sign on a
prestigious, experienced American Indian firm, or a firm that employs a
particular American Indian lawyer who specializes in products liability.
They have certain criteria that they look for when they want to bring
these people on board as outside counsel. I live in Michigan. I have
never had the privilege of knowing an American Indian lawyer, and cannot
recommend anyone. It was nice of the committee to come to me though.
Please let me know if you know of anyone that can be highly recommended
and the committee will review his/her credentials. Thank you.
Darcie - Chik-@aol.com "
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A joke from Ruth:
A saleswoman is driving through an Indian area heading toward home when
she sees an Indian woman thumbing for a ride on the side of the road.
As the trip had been long and quiet, she stops the car and the Indian
woman gets in. After a bit of small talk, the Indian woman notices a
brown bag on the front seat.
"What's in the bag?" asks the Indian woman.
"It's a bottle of wine. I got it for my husband," says the saleswoman.
The Indian lady is silent for a moment then says, "Good trade."
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Obit I received from Ann:
November 9, 2001
Patricia Locke, Champion of American Indians, Dies at 73
By MATT SEDENSKY
Patricia A. Locke, who worked for decades to preserve American Indian
languages and became a pioneer in an effort to grant the tribes greater
authority in the education of their children, died on Oct. 20 at a
hospital in Phoenix. She was 73 and lived in Wakpala, S.D., on the
Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
The cause was heart failure, said her daughter, Winona Flying Earth.
Ms. Locke, of Lakota and Chippewa heritage, won a MacArthur Foundation
fellowship in 1991 for her work to save tribal languages that were
growing extinct throughout the United States.
The award followed more than two decades of her advocacy for better
education of Indians. In the 1970's, she was appointed to the Interior
Department Task Force on Indian Education Policy, and eventually helped
write legislation granting tribes the authority to set up their own
education departments instead of following state requirements.
Education departments and tribal education codes were ultimately created
among more than 30 tribes around the country, and Ms. Locke also helped
17 tribes establish colleges they controlled.
Patricia Ann McGillis was born on Jan. 21, 1928, on the Fort Hall Indian
Reservation in Idaho. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University
of California at Los Angeles in 1951. She married Charles E. Locke in
1952; they divorced in 1975.
Ms. Locke taught for more than 40 years, from elementary to university
level, and lectured on Indian issues throughout the United States. She
worked to protect sacred Indian sites and, starting in 1993, was
national coordinator of a coalition that pushed for passage of the
American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments, federal legislation
adopted in 1994 that allowed use of peyote for religious purposes.
Ms. Locke's Indian name was Tawacin Waste Win, which, her daughter said,
means "she has good consciousness - compassionate woman."
Besides her daughter, who lives in Wakpala, she is survived by a son,
Kevin Locke, also of Wakpala, a performing artist who works to preserve
Lakota music; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Ann Popplestone
CCC TLC
216-987-3584
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A request for some info, please reply to the e-mail address at the
bottom of the letter:
"Dear Phil,
I am the educational administrator at Faith Academy, 152 E. Steels
Corners Road, Stow, Ohio 44224.
I am finding standard school history books inadequate for our needs and
was wondering if there exists a good elementary level history book that
presents the indigenous peoples' view of the history of this nation?
Are you aware of any good elementary school history books?
I am guessing that Native American schools are using material that
provides the perspective of the original peoples. I pray I am correct.
Thank you,
Robert Williams -- lat-@myexcel.com "
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Some historical events for November, picked at random from my files:
November 1: 1837: The steamboat Monmouth has 611 Creek Indians on board
heading for Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). During the night,
while traveling upstream in a downstream lane of the Mississippi River,
it strikes the Trenton, which is being towed downstream. The Monmouth
breaks into two pieces and sinks within a few minutes. 311 Creeks are
drowned. Because of its old age, the Monmouth has been condemned for
normal shipping. This does not stop it from being used to transport the
Creeks. Four of Jim Boy's children are among the dead.
November 2: 1770: Spanish and Opata Indians forces, led by Bernardo de
Gálvez, are on a punitive expedition directed toward the Apache. Early
today they discover an Apache camp near the Pecos River in modern Texas.
The Spaniards and Opata attack. They kill twenty-eight and capture
thirty-six Apaches. They then return to Chihuahua, Mexico.
November 3: 1786: The government of Georgia hopes to confirm the Creek
Nation boundaries lines. They invite Creek leaders to a conference on
Shoulderbone Creek. Only a few chiefs, including Fat King and Tame King,
attend. The Georgia militia threatens the attendees with execution if
they do not agree to boundary lines favorable to Georgia. A treaty is
signed under duress by the Creek Chiefs attending the meeting. This
action by the Georgians stokes the flames of the Creeks’ passions
against the settlers.
November 4: 1493: Columbus lands on Guadaloupe in the Caribbean
November 5: 1775: Kumeyaays attack the Mission San Diego de Alcala. The
Mission is destroyed in the fighting.
November 6: 1867: Engraved on a marker in the Fort Buford (North
Dakota) cemetery: "Cornelius Coughing - Private, Company C, Thirty-First
Infantry- Nov. 6, 1867 - Killed by Indians . . . one of the wood
wagons was attacked by a party of Indians in the thick brush about two
miles from the post. There were four guards and a driver with the
wagons. The body of Private Coughlin was found this morning in the
bushes badly mutilated; he remained with the wagon discharging his piece
until killed. The Indians (under Sitting Bull) captured four mules."
November 7: 604: Palenque Maya Lady Kanal - Ikal dies according to the
museum at Palenque.
November 8: 755: Maya King K'ak' Ukalaw Chan Chaak (Smoking Axe) ascends
to the throne of Naranjo in Guatemala
November 9: 1761: The Mi’kmaq of La Heve sign a treaty with the British
of Nova Scotia
November 10: 1970: Today and tomorrow, the first college graduate is
elected President of the Navajos.
November 11: 1865: Medicine Bottle and Little Shakopee, two of the
leaders of the Santee Sioux uprising are executed at Pine Knob. They
both had escaped to Canada, but officials there aided Americans in their
kidnapping, and return to the United States.
November 12: 1602: Sebastian Vizcaino’s expedition stops in modern San
Diego, California. Cautiously, the Kumeyaay briefly contact the
Spaniards.
November 13: 1833: Just before sunrise, there is a phenomenal meteor
shower, which is seen all over North America. This event is recorded on
Kiowa picture calendars as the most significant event of the year.
November 14: 1638: According to some sources, the first Indian
reservation is established at Trumbull Connecticut.
November 15: 1876: Colonel Ranald Mackenzie, ten troops of cavalry,
eleven companies of infantry, and four companies of artillery, leave
Fort Fetterman, in eastern Wyoming, en route to the Big Horn Mountains,
and the Powder River. This is called the "Powder River Expedition" by
the army.
November 16: 1990: The Native American Grave Protection Act takes place.
November 17: 1938: An election is authorized to approve a Constitution
and By-Laws for the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek Indian Nation
of the State of Oklahoma by Oscar Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior. The election is held on December 27, 1938.
November 18: 864: The Great Ballcourt at Chichen Itza is dedicated by
the Maya.
November 19: 1923: The "Treaty Between His Majesty the King and the
Mississauga Indians of Rice Lake, Mud Lake, Scugog Lake and Alderville"
is signed in Canada.
November 20: 1965: An election for an amendment to the Constitution and
By-Laws of the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians is held. It is approved by a
vote of 32 to 11.
November 21: 1978: Amendments V through VIII to the Revised Constitution
and By-Laws of the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota become
effective when they are approved by the Area Director, Aberdeen Area
Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Harley Zephier.
November 22: 1873: President Grant, by Executive Order, adds to the
Colorado River Agency. The land is at the old northern boundary to
within six miles of Ehrenberg, Arizona. This is east of the river to the
"mountains and mesas." It is eventually 376 square miles in size. It is
home to: Chemehuevi, Walapai, Kowia, Cocopa, Mohave and Yuma Indians.
November 23: 1872: Comanche Ten Bears dies on the reservation. Ten Bears
represented the Comanches on a visit to Washington, and at many great
councils.
November 24: 1812: As a young boy, Spemicalawba (called Captain Logan or
High Horn), is captured by General James Logan. General Logan raises him
until he is returned to the Shawnee during a prisoner exchange.
Tecumseh's nephew, he tries to temper Tecumseh's feelings toward the
Europeans. Spemicalawba scouts for the Americans during the war of 1812.
He is killed on this date during a scouting expedition. Buried with
military honors, Logansport, Indiana is named after him.
November 25: 1894: Members of the Gusgimukw tribe hold a "winter fest"
at Fort Rupert on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
November 26: 411: Maya King Siyaj Chan K'awill II (Stormy Sky) ascends
the Tikal throne in Guatemala.
November 27: 1915: Private Albert Mountain Horse is buried in Fort
Macleod, Alberta. He is the only Blood Indian to go to the front lines
in World War One. He dies due to exposure to poison gas on the
battlefield.
November 28: 1862: A skirmish involving pro-confederacy Indians takes
place near Cane Hill in Arkansas.
November 29: 1836: Five years ago, several Nez Perce travel to St. Louis
to ask for someone to come to their land to teach them about religion.
In response to that request missionary Henry Harmon Spalding travels to
Idaho. He sets up a mission today on some land given him by the Nez
Perce, 12 miles south of modern Lewiston.
November 30: 1769: Gaspar de Portolá has led an expedition to explore
parts of the central California coastline. While near San Jose Creek, a
group of local Indians provides them with some food.
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That's it for this newsletter.
Have a great month.
Phil Konstantin
http://americanindian.net
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