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Honga : the Leader, V. 02, No. 08 American Indian Center of Omaha, Inc University of Nebraska at Omaha DigitalCommons@UNO Honga: the leader Digitized Series 8-1-1979 Honga : the leader, v. 02, no. 08 American Indian Center of Omaha, Inc. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/honga Recommended Citation of Omaha, Inc., American Indian Center, "Honga : the leader, v. 02, no. 08" (1979). Honga: the leader. 19. https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/honga/19 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Digitized Series at DigitalCommons@UNO. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honga: the leader by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UNO. For more information, please contact [email protected]. - I n~l.D PREMIERE" "FOOTPRINTS IN BLOOD" "NJG 31 - SEP 3, 1979n "~ CIVIC AUDIT0Rllt1" ' The Leader' ~ * * * * * VOL II - NO, ~ N-EP.ICAN INDIAN CENTER OF C1-WiA, INC. -- AUGUST 1979 * *;. • • * * * FOOTPRltITS IN BLOOD ·"My hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it, I shall feel pain. ~ If you pierce your hand, you also feel ~ , pain. The blood that will flow from mine will be the same color as yours • • I am a man. The same God made us both." --Standing Bear One of the most important court decisions in American history was made in Om~ha 100 years ago. The trial of Standing Bear and the Ponca people is a powerful episode in the ~truggle for human rights. The American Indian Center of Omaha, Inc., will sponsor and present the penniere produ~­ tion of FOOTPRINTS IN BLOOD, the new play based on the life of Standing Bear, at the Omaha Civic Auditorium August 31 - September 3, 1979, as a highlight of "Septemberfest." (This edition of the HONGA is dedicated in· memory of Chief Standing Bear of the Poncas.) Written and dramatizE!d 'by Christopher Sergel 1 playwright for "Black E~k ';Speaks'I snd ''.To Kil 1. · Jear Readers, a Mockingbird," FOOTPRINTS IN BLOOD was award­ ed grant funding of $19,500 by the ~ebra&ka •tis with great pride that we at the Alllerican Committee on the Humanities and from individual "ndian Center cordially invite you to the World sources. The title' represents an actual in­ 'remiere of "FOOTPRINTS IN BLOOD," Standing cident during bitter winter Journey by Stand­ :ear's struggle for freedom and equality. It is ing Bear whose moccasins had been torn to ,ith honor to Standing Bear and the Po~ca Nation shreds. Footprints in blood weie noticed as hat we have taken on such a tremendous project he walked across the floor of a house where .o celebrate the legal victory which a very he had sought shelter. - ;mall but determined American Indian tribe ·ought to secure their rights as persons under Brigadier General George Crook, commn.nder of he u.s. Constitution. This federal court de­ the Department of the Platte headquartered at :ision has affected all American Indians in Fort Omaha, received orders in March 1879 to ;ome shape or .form. arrest Standing Bear and his people on the nearby Omaha reservation and return them to ' t shows that. Indians and non-Indians working Indian Territory in Oklahoma. Crook llhared :ogether for a common cause can make life better his unpleasant task with his friend, Thomas ·or the whole of mankind. It should certainly H. Tibbles, assistant editor of the Onaha Je a lesson for us today to work together when Daily Herald. In addition to informing his ,roblems arise which seem unfair and unjust and readers, Tibbles contacted two prominent Omaha :hereby resolve them under the proper concept. attorneys, John L. Webster and A. J. Poppleton of the Union Pacific Railroad, to solicit their legal aid. A decision was reached to seek the ::-he American Indian Center and its many friends Poncas' release through a writ of habeas corpus 1ave worked hard to bring this play to you and in the Federal Circuit court, District- of :he tickets to attend the performance are made Nebraska. ~ree to all native Americans. These free 'tick­ In his landmark decision, Judge Elmer S. Dundy ' ts may be picked up at the American Indian stated that "Indians (specifically Standing :enter. Bear and his followers) are persons within the meaning of the law" and "1ere, tht>refore, entit­ WP- wil 1 look forward to seeing all of yon at led to the protection . of the U.S. Constitution. tit'? pe rfn"tinance !)f. ''Footprints it;,1lood." - > .. ~f ~_p~*~ ( Ccm t' d <'11 page 7) .7,(: ,..- .. \ ' I • I ~ I 1 ' ... • t ( (" 2 HOOGA (THE LEADER) at th~. El Paso Theatre, Walker Art Theatre, HONGA (THE LEADER) is published monthly Alley Theatre, and St. Mark's Theatre in pro­ by the American Indian Center of Omaha, ductions such as CAMINO REAL, 'nlE ROSE TA­ Inc., with grant funds appropriated by TOO, BODY INDIAN and others. /\r\ministration for native Americans (ANA) and approved by the AIC Board of Directors. FOOTPRINTS IN BLOOD director, Michele Phillips HONGA (The Leader) is mailed free to native of Omaha said, "We are extremely fortunate Americans and other interested persons/or­ to have such a wonderful actress for Suzette g~nizations upon receiving a written re­ in the premiere production." Marie wiJ.l quest and has a circulation of 1,500 copies. share ~everal scenes with her acting husband, All correspondence should be addressed to: Mel Cobb, as they portray the Standing Bear ThP. Editor, HONGA (The Leader), American family. crisis for survival during the forced Indian Center· of Omaha, Inc., 613 South 16th march to Indian Territory and return to bury Street, Omaha, NE 68102. * * * * * * * * their son on the Niobrara. HONGA (THE LEADER) IS A PUBLICATJGJ. OF JANE LIND TO PLAY BRIGHT EYES IN FOOTPRINTS THE AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER OF O'WiA, INC, IN BLOOD SPONSORS (BOARD OF DIRECTORS): "Her name in the Omaha language was lshta Theamba, BRIGHT EYES• but she was also Mario Peniska, President Susette La Flesche, daughter of. a French­ Joe Hallowell, Vice-President Indian who in the mid-1800's became the last Diana Walker, Secr~tary head chief of the Omahas. This conflict of Norma Levering, Treasurer identities shaped her life as profoundly as Doris Rodgers, Co-treasurer the clash between her people's age-old cul­ Louie Crispin, Member ture and the white man's· world." -- Dorothy Eugene Crawford, Member Rich Sayer, Member Clarke Wilson; authoress of BRIGHT .EYES. Jane Lind, an ,Aleut actress from Alaska' and Nex Mexico, will play the role of BRIGHT EYES ED !TORI AL STAFF: in the world premiere pf FOOTPRINTS IN BLOOD Timothy F. Woodhull, Editor-in-Chief during· Septemberfest, August 31 - September 3 at the Omaha qivic Audi_todum ~~usi~ Hall). Wayne Tyndall, Associate Editor . .· ·. '. .. /? ·. ·. Carolyn Williams, Typist/Copy/Advertising BRIGHT EYES will narrate the reinactment of Standing Bear's~~truggle "for freedOffl and human : REPORTERS: dignity 100 years ago in Omaha in federal f Eddie Wolfe, Alcoholism Program court. ~ Diane Webb, Legal Services r Lind recently returned from a six-week acting Filmore Walker, Youth Recreation I' engagement at the inviation of Israel. She Linda Azuguo. Health Nutrition & began dramatic training at the Institute of Karen Biscone. Health Nutrition & American Indian Arts in Santa Fe ·New Mexico, Mary Thomas Health & Nutrition 1 1 and continued at the New York University Sch­ Evelyn DuMarce, Social Services ool of the Arts and La Mar.ta 'nleatre. Lind John Pappan Standing Bear Project 1 toured with The American Indian in Fred LeRoy Employment Company 1 the and Europe where she worked with Anne MacKennon VISTA u.s. 1 noted English director Peter Brook. She be­ came a member of Andre Serban's Creek Trilogy company·, and played in The Good Woman of Sez­ Ml'\RIE ANTOIN~ ROGERS TO PORTRAY chuan. STANDING BEARS WIFE~ SUZEIIE The reknowned native American actress returns Movie goers will remember Marie Antoinette to Omaha for the role of BRIGHT EYES where Rogers in MIDNIGHT COWBOY, LITTLE MURDERS, she appeared as Yellow Woman in BLACK ELK POPI and the French film, LE VOLEUR, as well as Television's KOJAC. SPEAKS. A student of Stella Adler, Peter Brook, and STANDING BEAR'S DEFENSE ATIORNEY TO BE in France with Marcel Marceau, this highly MIKE uV1M' acclaimed native American actress will per­ form the role of Suzette, Standing Bear's Michael Lamont was last seen in the premiere wife in FOOTPRINTS IN BLOOD at the Civic tour of BLACK ELK SPEAKS as Sibley, Jackson, Auditorium Music Hall, August 31 - September Wynkoop and Carleton. The dynamic young 3. Broadway actor retunls to Omaha in one of the leading roles as A. J. Poppleton, defense A native of Texas and New Mexico, Rogers\is an attorney for Standing Bear. in FOOTPRINTS IN t\pache who toured with Black Elk Speaks. Off­ BLOOD. J;r,Jadway she h::1s portrayed Queen Sabina in ('011J')lJEST OF THE UNIVERSE and Terra Rubia in Cristopher Sergel's new drama will be premiered ·r:;,'.~: 1 R1\ \ Tr; :N AMBER 0IHHT at La Mama Theatre. as a high light of ~eptemberfest at the 0malw ·, · ··~: :: i <'11"1 t h 2:itr£· w0;..-k in-:1 udes productior.s Civic Auditori11m (Music Hall) i\1.•;:.u~t "1 - ( ,· • l . HONGA (n1r: LEADER) 3 11 KE l..JVIOlT (CONT' o) Red Clay, a Mescalero Apache, performs Stand­ ing Bear's brother, Big Snake, in Sergei's September 3. Lamont.is anxious and happy to play August 31 - September 3 at the Music Hall, ' represent Standing Bear in the Ponca chief's Omaha Civic Auditorium. struggle for fr~edom and human dignity. It was 100 years ago that Poppleton, counsel for The muscular 200-pound actor is an expert the Union Pacific Raliroad, defended Standing horseman, archer, rifleman and pistol.
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