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A Letter from the Publisher Vol. 2, Issue 3 August 13, 2014 1 IndIan Country today A Letter from the Publisher Shekóli. Following this edition of This Week From In- This issue also contains another set of inside perspec- dian Country Today we are including a digital version tives, thanks to a multi-page homage to the best reason of our annual Travel issue, printed copies of which will to go to a Pow Wow: the dances. Even to a casual ob- be distributed at the upcoming Indian Art Market in server, the grace of the dancer and the elements of his Santa Fe. The Travel issue celebrates the splendor of or her regalia create feelings of awe and wonder. Simi- the lands we call home. It is packed with a selection larly, the combination of clothing and dance steps are of showcase ventures from many Indian nations, and imbued with meaning and symbols, explained herein, is an open invitation to all adventurers and travelers that Natives have incorporated for millennia to honor to witness the beauty of Turtle Island. From win- our ancestors and Mother Earth. ter tours of the Everglades to a luxurious journey through the lush northern Baja peninsula, this maga- No matter what the destination or region, one shared, zine explores a variety of experiences—challenging common element will be apparent to observant trav- golf courses, the breathtaking vistas of exotic locales, eler in Indian country: an unrivaled connection to thrilling state-of-the-art casinos, the serenity of exclu- the land that informs the shape and placement of the sive spas and the pageantry and the meaning behind traditional structures, the emotional pull of the vistas, and the time-honored Pow Wow dances. knowledge shared by our best guides. To travel among our nations is to embrace diversity, continuity, style and excitement. Come Of course, it is fitting that we use the occasion of the 2014 Indian share the experience with us. You will not be disappointed. Market in Santa Fe, a signature travel event in Indian country, to present equally enticing destinations. We have dedicated a special NΛ ki� wa, section of this issue to Indian Market, in which we feature the Na- tive artists, jewelers and crafts people whose artistry draws more than 150,000 people to the heart of the southwest. And after re- viewing pages that can only capture a fraction of their creativity and skill, the interested reader will find our insider’s guide to what to do in Santa Fe after admiring this year’s best art in person. Ray Halbritter Table of Contents 2 commentary 12 week in Photos 3 News 14 weB, events, letters 7 t he rise of Byron mallott 15 cartoon, news alerts 9 regulation rule raises hackles 16 uPcoming Pow wows 12 11 tradewind classifieds 17 the Big Picture IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com August 13, 2014 2 commentary Repopulating North America reconquest by indigenous inhabitants. When illegals are not truly illegal and Raphael Levi Caleb, a dual citizen of In time, the centuries of European foreigners are not truly foreign, then by Israel and the United States, reframes the settlement will become but a blip pre- what right do the conquerors of their current concern over undocumented Latin ceded and followed by Native American lands deny them re-entry? When the fed- American immigrants entering the U.S.: domination. Will non-Natives disappear eral government expels a Bolivian, isn’t it or become a stable minority? It is too merely a re-enactment of the original de- Instead of thinking about the recent early to tell. What became of the Moors population of Native America? Are we re- arrivals as foreigners who are flooding after the Reconquista in Iberia? What ally still those colonials, ruling by might into the U.S., try on the concept of Native will be the long-term fate of South Af- and racial right, in the name of Christian Americans repopulating North America. rica’s whites or of the Arabs of Greater mission and civilizing mandate? Whether they are Spanish speakers from Israel, now that the indigenous blacks I think not. Sooner or later, we will Honduras or Sonora Indians from Mex- and Hebrews are back in power? If his- have to stop calling these people “His- ico, they are descendants of the popula- tory provides any consistent guideline, panics” and stop regarding them as in- tion that long preceded white colonists in it is that the fighting spirit of displaced terlopers. We will have to let the owners this hemisphere. Their crossing the Rio natives eventually overcomes the power come home and hope that they let us stay. Grande is no invasion, but an unarmed and greed of conquerors. http://bit.ly/1xNx6kE 0 How Voter Discrimination 15 minutes from Bethel, Alaska, by air. to eliminate polling places altogether. Still Endures Election Day there can better be de- A few years ago, the State Division of In June, the Supreme Court made it more scribed as “Election Hour.” The village is Elections proposed something called difficult for the Justice Department to cut in two by a river and no bridge. So on “precinct realignment.” This would have establish certain voting options in Native the first Tuesday after the first Monday in combined Native villages like Levelock communities. Associate U.S. Attorney November, an election official announc- and Kokhanok, or Tatitlek and Cordova, General Tony West confronts the reality es that anyone who wants to vote in one into a single precinct with a single polling of this situation: part of the village must arrive at the com- place—even though these communities In Blaine County, Montana, 45 percent of munity center by 11:30 a.m. At 11:30, the are more than 75 miles apart and acces- the residents are tribal members. Early vot- official collects the election materials, sible to each other only by air or boat. ing is only offered at the county seat, many packs up the single ballot machine, drives If remote geography or the inability to miles from the Fort Belknap Reservation, it down to the river, and loads it onto a speak English do not free us from the re- where many tribal members live. Native boat to cross. Once the ballot materials sponsibilities and obligations of citizen- voters there have to travel more than three reach the other side, the citizens there ship, then neither should they impede the times as far to benefit from this option. have a couple of hours to vote. exercise of fundamental rights. http://bit. Or consider Kasigluk, a Yup’ik village In other instances, Alaska has tried ly/1tG9xfX 0 Thoughts on How We council who supported dismemberment, matically engage outside governments and Re-Member appeared more focused on minimizing partners that does not require relinquish- On July 24, the enrollment committee what outsiders could take away. The trag- ing the essence of tribalism and kinship? of the tribal council of the Confederated edy is that both these groups are made We have to challenge the unreasonable Tribes of the Grand Ronde disenrolled 86 up of tribal members who want the best and unsustainable demands of the larger tribal citizens, both living and deceased. for their nation. The leaders recognize political and economic regimes that sur- David E. Wilkins, McKnight Presiden- and respond to outside threats, and the round us and decide how we will define tial Professor of American Indian Studies members recognize and respond to the ourselves in order to continue to remain at the University of Minnesota—who calls threats from within. true to ourselves and to our ancestors. those citizens “dismembered”—considers Is it possible, at this late date, for the If success is to be based largely on possible reconciliation: members of these very different ideologi- measures like accumulation of capital or cal camps—both at Grand Ronde and the outside assessments of membership, we Those Grand Ronde citizens who are several dozen other Native communi- are engaging in what I call suicidal sov- now disenrolled were concerned with the ties where similar dismemberments are ereignty. And we will hollow ourselves substance of Native life and what they occurring—to find common ground to out from the inside until being Native is were about to lose from the inside. The slow, if not reverse, such dismemberment nothing more than an archaic and im- enrollment committee, and those on the proceedings? Is there not a way to prag- practical ideal. http://bit.ly/X2RLGE 0 IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com August 13, 2014 3 IndIan Country today Montana Avoids Voting- locations for the 2016 election,” she said. Connecticut tribal police Rights Lawsuit by The announcement was made one Given new powers over Introducing Satellite week after attorneys threatened a vot- non-natives Services by ChRIStInA RoSe ing-rights lawsuit, first requested by by StephAnIe woodard the Blackfeet in 2012, on behalf of the More than two dozen members of Montana has avoided a Native-led voting- Browning office. The changes also come the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal rights lawsuit by introducing technology seven weeks after a similar lawsuit in Police are now legally empowered that will expand satellite election services which McCulloch was lead defendant. by the Connecticut state govern- on the Blackfeet Reservation. Using a Wandering Medicine v. Mculloch result- ment to arrest non-Natives on tribal “ballot on demand” system, residents will ed in Montana and three of its counties land. The announcement was her- now be able to register late in the town of paying $100,000 in plaintiffs’ legal fees alded at a swearing-in ceremony on Browning in Glacier County, which over- and promising to open satellite election August 1.
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