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A Letter from the Publisher Vol. 2, Issue 38 August 8, 2015 A Letter from the Publisher Shekóli. For Indians, social media is the digital version of the shed counter-productive, bitter feelings by Therese Mailhot; and time-honored moccasin telegraph, with one exception: The a heartfelt letter for healing and understanding by the family of digital transfer of information is bigger and faster than any- Stallone Trosper. Trosper was one of two men shot and killed in thing previously imagined. This issue ofThis Week From In- an act of senseless violence at a treatment center in Wyoming. dian Country Today contains stories and opinion columns that spread like rushing water when posted online. Finally, contributor Alex Ewen has an analysis of recent DNA studies whose findings dominated headlines with divergent The hotly disputed land deal involving Oak Flat—sacred claims about the origins of the First People of Turtle Island Apache ground traded away to an international mining gi- and about contact with Polynesia. Ewen, who wrote a six-part ant via a last-minute congressional rider—is still generating series on the politicization of the Bering Strait theory, relates resistance. ICTMN interviewed San Carlos Apache Tribe that while each of these types of studies adds more information Chairman Terry Rambler for his perspective on the fight and to the mix, the mystery of early beginnings only deepens, par- the growing bipartisan support for Rep. Raul Grijavla (D- ticularly as proposed migrations move further back in history. Arizona)’s attempt for legislating a repeal. Our Q&A with Rambler is a must-read. Through it all, one thing is clear: From Oak Flat to petroglyphs to Polynesia, our connection to the land will never be broken. So is “Ancient Art Under Threat,” about the battle for Mesa We are here to pay witness to it, and to share what we know Prieta’s petroglyphs. The petroglyphs and artifacts on a private- with the world. ly owned, 8,000-acre area in the southwest have been dated as old as 3,000 years and 7,500 years, respectively. Our story NΛ ki� wa, documents the efforts by the Pueblo of Pojoaque and a local citizens group to preserve these astonishing works of our ancestors. Widely shared opinion pieces this week include a call to free Leonard Pel- tier by former federal prosecutor Cyntha K. Dunne; a passionate call to Ray Halbritter Table of Contents 2 COMMENTARY 11 WEEK IN PHOTOS 3 NEWS 12 WEB, EVENTS, LETTER 5 THE FIGHT TO 13 CARTOON, ALERTS SAVE OAK FLAT HOW DID I MISS THAT 7 TWO PEOPLE, 14 TWO THEORIES 15 POW WOWS 8 ANCIENT ART 11 UNDER THREAT 16 BIG PICTURE AP IMAGES IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com August 5, 2015 2 COMMENTARY Release Leonard Peltier case were withheld from Peltier’s at- 1991, “The U.S government overreacted Former federal prosecutor Cynthia K. torneys. Based on a record that many … and must share responsibility for the Dunne argues that American Indian courts today would characterize as a ... firefight…. The FBI used improper Movement leader Leonard Peltier has “corrupted investigation,” a jury found tactics in securing Peltier’s extradition earned clemency after being convicted of Peltier guilty. ... and in otherwise investigating and murdering FBI Special Agents Jack Coler The argument for Peltier’s release is trying the Peltier case.” and Ronald Williams following compelling when viewed in its historic The American justice system is de- the Wounded Knee uprising: context. The murders occurred in the signed to protect both the innocent wake of the 1973 uprising at Wounded and the guilty. Although the murder of Having lost the criminal trials against Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation. two FBI agents is among the most sig- the first two men charged with the mur- During the FBI’s well meaning but nificant crimes imaginable, Peltier has ders, government agents reportedly Waco-like response—and eventual re- spent four decades in prison. Justice has broke the law to ensure that Leonard treat—the crisis escalated and under- been served. Now it is time to give due Peltier would not get off. According mined the community’s already rocky respect to the integrity of the American to court records, agents provided false relations with federal authorities. system of justice for which the brave affidavits, testimony was coerced, and In an extraordinary move, Judge Ger- federal agents died. It is time for Presi- critical documents that conflicted with ald Heaney—who affirmed the opinion dent Obama to grant clemency to Leon- the government’s primary theory of the that upheld the guilty verdict—wrote in ard Peltier. http://bit.ly/1gdlzd9 0 Resenting White Women “Go to hell!” she’d yell at the white women But they’re not the problem. What is the Is Exhausting who followed her at the grocery store. They problem? This mentality that my mother Therese Marie Mailhot, a student at the were constantly ignoring my mother, in- passed on to me, and the mentality her Institute of American Arts, has renounced the sulting her, or giving her the wrong change. white classmates had when they threw anger her mother felt toward white women: I saw firsthand how they looked us up and rocks at her on her first day of school. I down every time we went clothes shopping. imagine her small face in tears, wearing My mom often said white people I battled that anger for years. I told my- the dress my grandmother sewed just for brought genocide and disease. Small- self to be reasonable. I told myself, “This her. I know she had a right to her anger. pox this, she said, colonization that. is an isolated incident” every time a white But I am denying myself my own be- She was right. But as I’ve gotten older, woman said she was part Cherokee, or ev- cause it doesn’t work for me anymore. I carrying around my resentment has ery time a white woman said, “It’s so sad just can’t burden myself with prejudice become exhausting. about your people. All that alcoholism.” anymore when I think of my children ut- My mother’s greatest pain was white We are discriminated against, and it’s tering the words my mother did or carry- women. “Take your time, white woman!” painful to be invisible. Yes, Indians have ing her anger. And I believe that’s progress. she’d shout when they’d cut in front of her. it rough. Yes, white women have it easier. http://bit.ly/1OMkzrU 0 In Memory of engaged in the hard work of overcoming Stallone Trosper those challenges when his life was ended not bounded by any tribe, reservation line, The family of Stallone Trosper (Northern by ruthless ignorance and hate. county border, race, creed, earning bracket Arapaho), who was fatally shot on July 18 or social status. They plague us all and can in a possible hate crime at a detox facility Stallone cannot and will not be replaced. only be beaten back together. in the Wyoming reservation border town But our community, native and non-na- Our Elders tell us that the Creator has of Riverton, speaks out: tive peoples alike, must find a way to grow a plan for each of us. We believe that Stal- as a result of his sacrifice. That necessary lone’s sacrifice is a wake-up call to the Stallone was a cherished part of a loving growth cannot come from denial. community, and that we must return to and accomplished family and a member Just as Stallone faced his addiction head- the fundamental tenets of civilized hu- of a proud community. Stallone was kind, on, we too must acknowledge that we, as manity. Love, kindness, respect, loyalty, meek, humble and loving. Like most of Shoshone, Arapaho, Wyomingites, Ameri- knowledge, spirituality, honor, family, our young people he had plans to make cans and human beings have deep-seated, hard work, sacrifice and perseverance are the Wind River community—on and off desperate and dangerous problems. We the universal moral fibers that separate the reservation—a better place. As with share trouble with drugs and alcohol. We man from his baser animal nature. And all of us, Stallone had challenges. He was are besieged by racism. We are shackled by they are our only paths to a better future. intertribal divisions. These problems are http://bit.ly/1SegjXx 0 IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com August 5, 2015 3 INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY New Fort Robinson Memorial Will Honor Crazy Horse And His Band BY CHRISTINA ROSE “I’m covered. A new memorial is being planned to mark the site at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, where the legendary Oglala Lakota leader Crazy Horse died. Since 1934, his death has been Thank you!” designated only by a rough carved stone, set in the remaining foundation of the guard- house where he was killed. But now, efforts are under way to design a new memorial that will include the names of the 899 others who surrendered with him to U.S. Army troops in May 1877. Doug Bissonette, a spokesman for the Crazy Horse family, and Marvin Go- ings (Lakota) are working with Fort Robinson park officials and the Nebraska State Historical Society on the design. “Currently planned is a 60-foot diameter circle with large granite stones at the four directions, a stone in the center, and a smaller stone for offerings,” said Mi- chael Smith, the director of the Nebraska State Historical Society. “It is a traditional Lakota design, and there will be grass and a walking path around it, probably of concrete.” Monique Ziolkowski, a Crazy Horse family representative, will donate the stones for the new memorial.
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