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A MESSAGE FRCM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAR DANCE - GOURD DANCE INDIAN FEAST The Orphan Aides and the American Indian Cen DEAR HID IAN C~ITY & SUPPORTERS: ter of Omaha, Inc., announces the planned This month 1 s edition of the HONGA will begin War Dance, Gourd Dance and Feast to be held to cover the many summer activities which are at Dodge Park from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m; on cherished by us Indian people. Through the MAY 10, 1980. Gourd Dance Head Staff (Tai' coming editions of the HONGA we will be pah Society Host Dancers): · providing you with the latest update on these forthcoming Indian doings from across Head Singer: Dewey Sheridan - Omaha Indian country. Head Man Dancer: John Turner - Omaha Head lady Dancer: Hermine Blackbird - Omaha The Orphan Aides is charged with the respon Head Boy Dancer: Levi Par.ker - Omaha sibility of providing to our people trad1- Head Girl Dancer: Monica Morris - Omaha t"io11al and cultural enrichment. The AICO MC •. :.: •.••.•.•.•.• Cliffotd Wolfe Sr.- Omaha r will assist the Orphan Aides in what ways Assistant MC's ••••• Joe Kemp & they can. Raymond Wells - Omahas · WAR DANCE \le are planning a traditional pow wow with Head Man Dancer: Albert Pappan - Omaha an intertribal theme fo r th is coming August. 'le hope to bring about the appreciation of (PLEASE BRING DISHES, CHAIRS, SALADS AND our traditional Indian ways. In addition> CAKES). ALL INDIANS AND THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED. 11e would hope to attract some of the finest Indian dancers and traditional people to the ALL DRUMS ANO DANCERS ARE CORDIALLY WELCOME pow wow. TO THE DANCES AND FEAST. During next week the AICO is contemplating a move to a new headquarters. Not1ficat1on of this action will be publicized in the event HAPPY t-OTIER' S DAY,,, the move is made. If it is decided to move we The American Indian Center's staff wish all hop~ that all of you will adjust to the the mothers a happy mpther's day. change wit~ as little inconvenience as possi ble . We understand the hardsh i p this may tend to create, but if we al l work together for the total benefit of our people our ef ELECTION t-oTICE. I I I I ficiency and effecti veness wi ll be strength- To All American Indians living in the Omaha ned . Any recommendations and or cormients metropolitan area. Please be advised that the on this proposed move, would ~e appreciated. American Indian Center of Omaha, .. :tn£., will hold their Annual Board of Oirectots election This S~turday (May 10) we hope to see all of on May 31i 1980 (Saturday) from 8:00 a.m. to you in atten~ance at our War Dance, Gourd 8:00 p.m. Lo~ation/picn1c to be announced. Dance and Indian feast. ·,,To be eligible to vote you must register· with . the American Indian Center's Executive Direc- Also, the election and annual picnic will be . tor ten (10) days prior to the election. You held on May 31. Mark this event on your must be eighteen (18) years old. You mu st calendar. show proof of residency . Petitions are avai l able at the American Indian Center if yau are Respectfully, interested in being a candidate for the Board of Directors. Contact th~ Executive D~rector for petitions . Candidates run ning for the Board of Directors must svbmit their petitions to the Executive Director one (1) week before TimotJJ?'(: .. Woodhul 1 the ~lection. Date of submission of petitions Executive Director will end on May ?4> 1980, at 5:00 p.m. Urban Representative,:Nebraska Indian . Commission . ', ·,· ·· . SUPPORT YOUR INDlAtl CENTER,: OON'T FORGET TO . · VOTE: . ·~··"• ... 2 HONGA
HON GA (T HE LEADER) is publi shed mo nthly by She re-entered high schoo l at w,~"eba~~. the Am eri can Ind ian Center of Omaha, Inc., Nebrask a where she Has gradU"!t\~d in 1u 1 ". wi t h gr ant funds appropriated by Admini st r a Her exper ience and ac hi eve'llent-; IF,./e l ·:-r:' t ion fo r Native Americans (ANA ) an d approved her to bel i eve that educati on i:; the ~.t· by the AICO Boa rd of Director s . HON GA (The to overcome m,ny ob stacles . Le ader) i s ma iled free to nati ve Americans and ot her interested persons /organ izations She ended by saying, "I want to e,{prcss t1 c upon receiving a written request and ha s a importance of education to the Ind i ~r· st1 · ~~r ;•" ircul ati on of 1, 500 copies. All cor res at Flandreau and to others. 11 pondence shou1d be addressed to: The Ed itor , l!O NGA (T he Leader), American Ind ian Center Mrs. Rosa Porter hopes to further hi:~r r du.. a~ icn of Omaha, Inc., 613 South 16th Street, Omaha, in the field of health. NE 68102.
· Full credit should be given HONGA (The Leader) when any material therefrom is reprinted. POPE TO BEATIFY M1F.:RICAN INDIAN Vatican City (AP) -- The first North .L\niP.r ~: ,'r: Indian candidate for canonization ~i i 11 ii·.: EDITORIAL STAFF beatified by Pope John Paul II in a ce ,-:~;Jui :/ Editor-in-Chief ...... Timothy F. Woodhu 11 at St. Peter's Basilica on June 22~ th,~ V;;.'· ,-: M1 Associate Editor .••....•••...... Wayne Tyndall said. Mimeograph Operator .....•••..... Renee Browning * * * * * Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk won ,:1·1 v.11 10 ,ji c d REPORTERS in 1680 at the age of 24, will bt n1~ ~ a "blessed" of the Rom:-:'l Catholic": Chw·c!, -- ( .1i: Alcoholism Program ..•.•••.• ;-...•. Whitman Harry step~ be'low possible sainthood -- tcYi::~th e !" ,,, : ,.; Legal Services .....•..••.....•...... Oiane Webb four European missionaries_ in North 2nG Sovi· Health & Nutrition ...••...... •. Elsie Harlan America. Ellen Cunningham Standing Bear Project ..•.••...... • John Pappan She was born in wha t i s now Auriesv1l l~. ti.,· : Employment Assistance ..••..••.•.••.• Fred LeRoy in 1656 of a Chr ist i an mother an d a pa0·1 Health Recruitment .•.••••.• Josephine Clinchers chief of the Mohawk tri be . Acco rding tc chu1~1 Volunteer .•...... •••••••••••.•.••. Gene Trisch historians, her bap tism in 16i6 caused sur~ CRISIS Intervention •••••••••.•.•. Clyde Tyndall opposition that she was forced t o flee la~ Christian Indian village near Montreal. ... ROSA POITTER TO BE CCJ"MBJCF.MENT SPEAKER The Catholic Encyclopedia said she lived ar exemplary 1 ife of austerity and ch2ffity an( Rose Porter of Omaha, Nebraska, will be "her death at the age of 24 serv~d as an in commencement speaker on May 21 at the Flan spiration to the Indian community. 11 dreau Indian School in Flandreau, South ;. Dakota. t l NCAI TRIBAL AND URBAN MEETING TO EE HELD P.T l Mrs. Porter, a member of the Oma ha Tr i be , was t graduat ed from the University of Nebraska at HALFWAY HOUSE ON f"V\.Y 12 .I Omaha in 1975. She is presently empl oyed by The National Cong ress of Ameri can 1ndi,rn"J ! the Midland Information and Referral Ag ency will be represented by Ms. Vic ki Th ornton as an Information Special ist. at a meet i ng on Con sul tations f or tri ba l gove r nments and urban Indi an cen ters h0 re She attended Wahpeton Indian School which is i n Or na ha on May 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p .rn . an elementary school for Indian children. at t he Ame r ican Indian Center Alcoho li ~m From there, she attended Flandreau for three Program, 1ocated at Plaza f or Human Res ourceJ. years. 460 1 North 36th Street (4th Floor), Omaha , ~t The Phone Uo . there is 451 37 14 . t1r. Ru~b~n Rosa decided to finish her Senior year at Sn ake, Cha irman of the Winnebago Tribe is Walthill High School in Walthill, Nebraska sponsoring the event . Mr. Ti mothy r . Wr;o dl111! , which is predominately non-Indian. She became Execut ive Di rect or of AICO , is host cf the very popular and was chosen head cheerleader planne d NCAI meeting . The r e will b~ a ~1ic.t'ji:.. for the Bluejays and president of her senior of $3 for dinner to be prepared it t~ ~ ,,,~~J class. A very remarkable achievement. i sm Ha 1fv1Gy Ho use . The agendil wil 1 fo1 lt,t. Meets tragedy l) Indi an Yo uth Act i vities ; 2) Contrat.L S. q ,e1 1, In the fall of 1970 Rosa had a car accident 3) Mar tinez Case; and 4) 1980 St r3L~qfe . which left her paralyzed. She was out of Please pl an t o attend . Al l urban and rese~ u~ school for a period of fourteen months. She t ion en t ities are invi ted to participate.*+ said, ,. I was upset over my situation but de cided I wasn't g~tting anywh~re by being in that mood." J™N PAPPAN ENDS oiPLOYt·HIT (Cont'd next column) I John Pappan wi11 complete his fi n,: l ·-;c.1 --; i1 ,_, day on May 2. He will be missed. iJ,:: r.' ' ~ fine j0b working on the Standing Br:,w ; r,Jj c-'., " HC :r,,. 3
N~ERI CAN INDIAN CErlT!:.R /\LCC: :'JLL': 1 r':-> .'",-, '" ·~ ,. '1~ ,-· ("'·' .·,~ I i . -" ,·: ...... : ~ I! 1... ! >!~.: . - .. , r)~-:~.J . (Transitional Living Center) I B--'/ u,: -.... '1, ··' p ;i- r.· r,..• "·, American Indian Center of Or1aha, A1c'J:101 i ~:11 1 th·: 5 t.::r:d: :'~: 8ear Program, has been do1~~ well in its effoi t Tl·r. vid~'o t1 p: of play has t:•Pr· 1.·io,?.d wHh f0.vcn.hle ,·' .. il:,~nt: l,y v2tious to assist the native American with th0 dis I ease of alcoholism and the afflictio1s of ~.:;0r: -22nd C'r ;:,niz,,'..101:s. r)ccer<:ly, I 111a s 1 1 ri •.:r :1 L. ex~a!d i · l
Ridge (South Dakota) rese~n~icn se"'',i~? -. l-,1 1'.::57 ·.wlr! ·:Jus ballerina ~::mccr M,=iria wr~tten promise7 of n~got,,t,c;'c; or !ro1«n ,-·l!llcl1_·k-;, a: '.'.:as''·.Indi2'1, was nar:1ed winner of grievances, This action 1rcJgnt betv'r th~ '.9G~ in,:l'r?r. 1'\':h1e1·r:n1ent ll-1·1;::_f·d.·,..-.-+ policies from Washington ,·Jr Indi~.,. '::''.".'c~k. 1 ), ~ /~
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BRIGHT EYES OF THE OV1AHAS together they discussed the issues facing the Poncas at that time. In all the material 8_11 Wayne Tynda 11 which has been written on Susette, very little credit is given to her for really taking the :,1'.sette LaFlesche. Mrs. Thomas H. Tibbles. lead in the Ponca cause. General Crook doesn't f',l ight Eyes. She was Omaha and Ponca Indian. come into the picture until the Ponca band fhe Poncas and Omahas had intermarried down the returns from Oklahoma to Nebraska. Crook y~ars and the language was common among them. arrested Standing Bear and his band bn the flcr mother, Mary, was part Otoe, Iowa and Omaha reservation and took them to Ft. Omaha \.'!hite, a daughter of Dr. John Gale, U.S. Army under guard. Tibbles, newspaperman, ~1ho had surgeon. Her father, Joseph LaFlesche, was lived among the Omahas as a boy and joined the last Head Chief of the Omahas and his their secret lodges, came to the aid of Stand father, nan,cd ·Joseph too, was from the Hudson ing Bear. A trial was held in Omaha. Citizens B2y Company, a trader. Joseph's mother was were aroused. Standing Bear was determined to horn a:nong the Pone as but left and 1 i ved among be a human being and was set free. The year the Omahas because she was part Omaha and had was 1879. Susette was behind the scene in ;close relatives among them. Bright Eyes was full support of Standing Bear. If she were :born in 1854 the same year the Omahas made alive today, I am sure she would be out there their last big treaty with the U.S. Government with the best of them fighting the Indian whereby they ceded their last 5 million acres. cause. An Indian women in the late 1800's, S1Jme historians say that the Government gave fighting for her people? Unbelieveab1e. Helen the Omahas a reservation. This statement is Hunt Jackson joined Susette in the fight for far from the truth. The truth of the matter Indian rights. Longfellow was her friend. i'.:. that the Omahas kept 300,000 acres in what is now Thurston County. No one gave them any She and Tibbles married. They went to Wounded thing. But that's another story. Kne~Agency in 1890 during the massacre of the Sioux. Susette helped Dr. Eastman, a By the time Susette was 3 years old the Omahas Sioux, care for the wounded. Her life was had settled on the reservation. Father Hamil filled with sadness over the beginning of a ton \.'Jho had been with the Omahas at Bellevue long hard battle for the Indidn race. built a school on the new reservation where Susette received her education. A school After the trial and decision on Standing Bear, teacher soon recognized Susette's intelligence Tibbles, Susette and Standing Bear, himself, and made arrangements to send her back East went back East spreading the word on the for higher education. injustices of Indian people, and soon won back ing and support for a better policy on Indians As she grew up on the reservation, she lived by the U.S. Government. as a traditional Omaha. She went on buffalo ... hunts, lived in an earth lodge and partici~ She is deserving of having her Jife story pated in traditional and cultural activities. known by all people for her hard work for S~e was tau~ht the Indian ways by older women the betterment of humanity. The book "BRIGHT, of the tribe. She spoke Omaha fluently. She EYES" by Dorothy Clarke Wilson is a good bfo;.:. saw first hand the injustices perpetrated graphy of her. against her people. She was determined to do something about it. Susette.was one of those Bright Eyes, voice of her people, died on the persons who was born at a time when she was Omaha reservation in 1903. Carved on her needed. She was destined to be a leader of gravestone is the inscription, "She did all her race. Her life in some ways paralleled she could to make the world happier and better." th at of Moses, in that she was educated by another culture and race and soon recognized t he oppression of her peopl e and devoted her WRITING Mc\Y Bf: SMilH' S l ife to make things better for them. Moses was ~ taken out of his environment and educated but Salt Lake City (UPI) -- A hand-written trans saw the plight of his own race and through God's cript believed copied in 1828 by church founder 9race was able to bring his people out of bond Joseph Smith has been discovered in an old age. His vis ions were not uncormnon to what the Bible, Mormon Church historians announced. Indians have always experienced in their re l2tion to the Great Unseen Power which is above The transcript contains characters engraved on the lesser powers as the moon, stars, sun and golden plates which Smith claimed to have earth. Did Susette really want to spend her translated into the Book of Mormon, historians life devoted to a cause? She said she didn't. said. But considering the time, she played her role well. She left a marked impression in history Mark William Hofmann, a pre-medical student by making a better policy_for Indians. at Utah State University, found the one-page document stuck bet~een the ~ages of an old Standing Bear was a Ponca Chief and the U.S. ~ Bible that once belonged to Smith's sister. Gc,vernrw~nt forced the Ponca people to Indian Hofmann recently purchased -the Bibl e from a tE:rritory. When the Poncas left their home collector. li=nrJ, C1lief Iron Eye (Joseph LaFlesche) and hi: d ,) L''./1ter Susette vi sted the Pone as at their One side of the document contain~ verticJl c~rr; 1 ·,t"?r thr Omaha reservation. Certainly columns of characters thought to ~ave been (Cont'd next column) (Cont'd rExt page) !.. HONGA ,J r'bRMJN v/RITING ( cont Id) Program. Twenty-eight (28) Omaha area dis advantaged high school students interested in copied from the plates of gold which Smith pursuing a health science career work in the said were given to him by an angel. Mormons professional schools of health sciences and believe the plates contained a history of health care facilities throughout the city. ~eopl e (Ameri can Indians) who migrated from Eu rope to Ame rica centuries before Christ. nm I ANS OPPOSE 'HANTA YO' BOOK MAN Jl.WS FENCE AT WHITE HOUSE Lincoln {AP) -- The Nebraska Indian Commission's board of directors has passed a resolution op- I Washington {UPI) -- An unidentified man carry posing the book "Hanta Yo" and the production ' ing a sheaf of documents jumped the feAce Sun of a planned ABC mini-series based on the book. d3y in front of the White House and was quick ly captured by uniformed policemen guarding "Hanta Yo" a story of the Santee Sioux Tribe ',the mansion. written by Ruth Beebe Hill, has been criticized by many Indians who say it lacks authenticity , President and Mrs. Carter were in the White and misrepresents the tribe. The resolution (House at the time. will be sent to ABC and mini-series producer David Wolper. · The man was taken to a guardhouse where he was interrogated. Secret Service spokesman John Board member Steve Janis of Scottsbluff said, Warner said he did not know if the man would "The majority of the Sioux people are not in be charged with a crime. favor of being exploited in this· way. One of the colllllission's primary concerns was basic WJrner said that the man refused to give his ally the inaccuracy and exploitation of the name. He said the intruder was carrying papers tradjti.onal way of Sioux life. 11 on environmental and American Indian causes. INDIANS, 'HANTA vo' AUTHOR TRADE SHOTS FEALTH CAREERS PROGRAM By Howard Rosenberg (Los Angeles Times Seryice) April l, 1980, was the deadline date for the grant applications and loans for Universities, Author Ruth Beebe Hill has shot back at Sioux colleges and medical centers for the fall term, critics of her scheduled-to-be-dramatized novel 19 8-0. The B.E.O.G. and the B.I.A. grants are 11 Hanta Yo, 11 calling them "pop Indians." stil l available for those wishing to continue their education. The B.E.O.G . grant is avail "What's happening is 1hat we've hjd pop music, able throug hout the year. The B.I.A. grant pop art and now we have some po\l Indians," Mrs. shoul d be ma i led to your Agency by July 15 ' Hill said in a telephone interview from her for the fall term. Remember , July 15 is the home in Harbor, Wash. "They're making a lot deadline date for making application. of war whoops for one reason: They have nothing else to rally around." Choosing a career and selecting the proper school to prepare you are two of the most Mrs. Hill said the expression "pop Indian" important decisions you will ,ever make. Do was used by many "traditional" Indians to you want a career that offers opportunity, describe "the generation gap between the 11 challenge and success? You can find 1t all traditional and urban lndian. . in the growing para-medical field. The need for well trained assistants, technicians, and The best-selling "Hanta Yo" is the saga of a secretaries to work with physicians and den group of Dakota Sioux from 1759-1835. An ad tists is growing rapidly. And it will continue hoc Coalition Against Hanta Yo has been organ to grow. There are over 200 (two Hundred) ized by a number of Sioux seeking to block a HEALTH CAREER~ to choose from.*** planned 10-hour ABC mini-series drawn from Mrs. Hill's book, which they consider factually The Office of Minority Affairs of Creighton flawed and detrimental to the Sioux image. University, 2500 California St., Omaha, Ne., 68178, sponsors the following activities for Scheduled for presentation in late 1981, the students at the high school level: drama is a David Wolper-Stan Margulies and Warner Brothers production. l. Creighton/CETA Health Careers Involvement Program. Twenty-eight (28) Omaha area econo The Coalition, which says it has collected mical disadvantaged high school juniors and resolutions condemning 11 Hanta Yo 11 from thousands seniors work at various health care facilities of Sioux. opposes the production because of the on the campus and throughout the city. In attention it will draw to the book. The Sioux addition, participants attend Academic Rein Alliance of Los Angeles (a coalition partici forcement and Career Exploration sessions, every pant) has issued a statement calling the Hill Saturday morning held on the Creighton campus. book a "damaging fiction of the Sioux people" that fosters "defamatory stereotypes." ?.. Creighton/CETA Health Careers Sufl1Tler Work (Cont'd next column)! (Cont'd next page)
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'HANTA YO' (Cont'd). the Doubleday publishing company -says he is. They also challenge his account of education Mrs. Hill, who has been touring the nation in old ways by the Santee elders and his aca promoting the paperback edition of her book, demic claims. defended her work: "I am a researcher and a journalist," she said, "and I have substan Mrs. Hill said she has the documentation of tiated everything." Chunksa Yuha's education at her homE! in NOT ROOTS Washington. She als~ pulled from a worn paper She denied having referred to the book as an bag pictures, letters and government documents "Indian 'Roots'," "I have never thought of she says refute the academic work done by some it that way," she said. "This is not the of her detractors. story of one American Indian or one tribe or one family. What I did was report the stories of 33 years." INDIAN PROGRAMS FACE ROUGH TIMES By Mary McGrath, World-Herald Staff Writer Mrs. Hill described the book as "faction" and a "documented novel." She said the TV pro Rough times are ahead for duction would be "documented entertainment." Indian health programs, said Or. George Blue ~lolper, Margulies and ABC officials met here Spruce, director of the recently with coalition members and officials Phoenix area office of of the Oglala Lakota Sioux in Pine Ridge, S.D. the Indian Health Service. who were flown to Los Angeles by the "Hanta Yo" group. The Oglala Lakota Sioux is the 11 Word h~s come through offi group depicted in "Hanta Y<:i; and Wolper init cial channels that federal ially appeared optimistic that the tribal funds of Indian Health pro officials would endorse the project. grams nationwide are likely to·be cut by about $57 mil PROC:EDING lion next fiscal year, the Ho•tJ2ver, they issued a statement afterward Creighton University dental saying only that theirs was a "fact-finding" graduate said. He is in mission and that they would report their find Omaha for a meeting of the Dental School ings to their tribal council. Alumni Advisory Board. Blue Spruce earlier.tbis month became the "Th~ Indians -- I don 1 t mean the urban 11 first full-blood American Indian ever pro Indians -- are a restrained people, said .. moted to the rank of assistant surgeon general Wolper afterward. "I was satisfied they think in the S; Public Health Service. there is more than one side. We feel confi u~ dent we made some headway and we're proceed- The cutback, out of a budget that had been ing on the scripts." ' approaching half a billion, will make it dif ficult to develop new programs and implement AUTHOR THRF.ATENS LEGAL ACTlpN certain services, he said. (Lincoln, NE) Ruth Beebe Hill, hours after canceling a lecture in Lincoln, said she m1ght Programs Growing have to take legal action if protesters con tinue to challenge the authenticity of her The Phoenix office serves 44 tribes and has book, 11 HANTA YO." the largest land base of any of the Indian health service areas. A plarned television dramatization of the book has spurred the protect. "Our programs have been growing by such leaps and bounds that our facilities and manpower The appearance of Mrs. Hill and her collabor are inadequate to treat the volumes of patients," ator on the book, Chunksa Yuha 1 at the Univer he said. sity of Nebraska-Lincoln was.canceled, accord ing to a statement from them and the Council The Indian Health Service's solution has been of American Indian Students, to spare all the to turn to private practitioners to provide embarrassment of a confrontation with the pro treatment and pay them for it. testers from California, South Dakota and ; Rutgers University. Under the cutback, "we are being told to make do with the services which can be provitjed Later, Mrs. Hill told reporters, "If 1 hear in our own facilities, 11 he said. this from pseudo-Ph.Ds. one more time, I think this will go to an attorney. 11 Blue Spruce also predicted a reduction in the contracts the Public Health Service has been Chunksa Yuha, a Santee Sioux reared as L6renzo ~nteririg into with Various trib~s foi the de Blacksmith on the Santee Reservation in Nebr velopment of mental health, social services aska, is one of the primary targets of the and alcoholism programs, among others. protesters. They tlaim he is not the authority (Cont'd next column) (Cont'd next page) HONGA 7 INDIAN PROGRAMS CONT'D GOURD DANCF. AND WAR DANCF. CELEBRATION FOR MIKEY WE LLS' 2ND BIRTHDAY Former director of the Office of Native Amer A 2nd birthday celebration will be held at ican Programs for the Department of Health, Macy, Nebraska, on May 31 beginning at 2 p.m. Education and Welfare, Blue Spruce said he for Mikey Wells sponsored by his grandparents is finding himself caught in the middle. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wells. The event will be held in the COJT1T1unity Building in•Macy. MISTRUST Indian people still tend to view the feder HEAD STAFF al government with mistrust. The cutback is Head Singer ...•.••.•.•.... Clyde Sheridan likely to be seen as another example of the Head Man Dancer ••.••.•..•• Hoover Harlan government giving and then taking away. Head Lady Dancer •....••••• Mary Ann Snowball Head Boy Dancer .••••••••.• Winston Stabler , Brought up on the Indian Reservations of the Head Girl Dancer ...... Daniel.le Canby San Juan Pueblo and Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, Blue Spruce said he understands the John Turner ••.•••••.•.• In Charge views of the Indians and can appreciate their Clifford Wolfe Sr •.•••• MC demands. Clubs Invited: "On the other hand, I am a federal official *Tiapiah Society and must carry out the government's man *Orphan Aides of Omaha dates,11 said Blue Spruce, who has been with *Lincoln Indians the Public Health Service for 22 years. *American Indian Center of Omaha *Horse Head Lodge He said he tries always to.. "shoot straight" *Buff a 1.o Lodge with Indians and "give them a piece of the *Sen,or Citizens action° so they share in the successes and *Lincoln Sewing club the disappointments. All urban and reservation Indian people are invited to attend. Come and enjoy yourself. Blue Spruce said he gets a "lot of flak" but does not take it personally. SOUTH DAKOTA SENATOR HEARS OlJT INDIAN CCX-1- "Being an Indian, I know they (the Indians) may torture me, but they won't murder me. 11 PLAINTS Sioux Falls, S.D. (UPI) -- Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., met with about 75 Indian INDIANS SEEK PROJECTS PROBE representatives for two hours ih Sioux Falls Saturday and heard complaints that govern Winnebago, Neb. (AP) -- Saying that Indians ment red tape isolates them from federal were concerned with the environment long be programs. fore the 1970 establishment of Earth Day, the Winnebago Indian tribe Tuesday ca l led The representative~ told McGovern that fed for a federal probe of the U.S. Ar my Cor ps eral aid is concentrated on reservations and of Engineers on projects the t r ibe said ad therefore many of the 2,000 Sioux Falls Indian versely affect the environment and violate residents have trouble getting help. Pro Indians' legal and human rights. blems discussed included alcoholism, education, housing and cultural aid. "We have chosen Earth Day to make this an nouncement because the corps has waged a battle against the natural environment," said the tribe's chairman, Reuben Snake. DIM otrrLOOK FOR FOOD STAMP PROGRM'1 By Elsie Harlan, Nutrition Education "American Indian people have always advo Speci a 1i st cated a respectful relationship with our 11 Food Stamp participation has increased during mother, the Earth, Snake said. "The Army the past year bringing a dim outlook for the Corps of Engineers has abused this delicate relationship." future of the program. Snake said the tribe has asked the Interior The 6.19 billion dollars Congress had appro Dep artme nt, the White House and Congress to priated has almost been exhausted -- four review the corps' activities, particularly months early. Unless Congress acts soon the those on Indian land . The corps is the food stamp program will have to be supported leading federal agency involved in two pro by county or state dollars, according to jects opposed by the Winhebagos. Stephanie Bryan, program director, for the One, a proposed 65-mile, 345 kilovolt power Lincoln Action Program. transmission line to run from Hoskins to Raun, Iowa, would cross 29 miles of the Win It is not too dramatic to say that such an nebago reservation. The other, the proposed action will directly lead to malnutrition Snyder-Winnebago Recreation Complex along for many of our fellow citizens. the Missouri river about 15 miles south of ~The department of agriculture has set a May Sioux City, would be built on land claimed 15 deadline for Congress to act on its request by the Winnebago tribe.*~********** (Cont'd on following page) 8 HONGA
FOOD STN·'PS CONT'D The Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc., announced that the Indian has the follow for another 2.65 billion dollars to fund ing statistics as compared to others in Ameri the program through September 1980. ca: Schooling -- 8 years r,ebraskans United for Food (NUFF), a state Life Span -- 46 ye·ars wide organization of people dedicated to Family income -- $1500 imp rov ing the nutrition and meeting the Unemployment -- 45% hunger needs of Nebraskans, through food pro The above are average figures and are far grams has been workin9 with the American In below the national figures of non-Indians. dian Center of Omaha (AICO) as well as with other human service agencies. EMPLOYMENT ~ John Hanger, coordinator of NUFF, advises · families and individuals to write letters in Applications for Millwright Apprenticeship support of food stamps, to their respective will be taken from May 12, 1980 - June 13, congressional people. 1980, from Monday thru Friday at the Appren ticeship and Training Office, located at As part of the drive to prevent the food 606 South 22nd St., southeast entrance of stamp cut off, a memo was sent to the AICO the Rorick Apartment Building. Telephone: staff and concerned citizens by the Nutrition 345-8658, Hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ed ucation Specialist urging them to write to th eir el ected officials. Many of them d1d Qualifications: wr ite. Responses came from Senators Zorinsky, txon an d Congressma n Bereuter indicating stron 1. ~in.imum age 17 years old. ~upport of the food stamp program. 2. High School Diploma or Equivalent 3. Physically capable of performing skills There is still time left to write your elected required in the Millwright trade. officials asking them to VOTE FOR 51309 WITH OUT AMENDMENTS. Your expressed opinions makes NEWS CARRIERS WANTED a difference. Girls and Boys between the, ages . of 11- 15 Congressional addresses follow: are wan~ed to deliver newspapers for -the Senator J. J. Exon Omaha World Herald. Earn money, prizes Senate Budget Committee and trips. If you are interested, contact United States Senate Fred LeRoy, 451-3714.* * * * * * * * ~lashington, D. C. 20510 4th ANNUAL AMERICAN INDIAN INTER-TRIBAL Senator Edward Zorinsky POW WOW JUNE 13, 14, 15, 1980 AT ST. LOUIS Senate Agriculture Cormiittee United States Senate The American Indian Pow Wow Committee of Washington, D. C. 20510 St. Louis, will hold their. 4th Annual Ameri can Indian Inter-tribal PdW WOW in St. Louis on June 13, 14 and 15, 1980. Two meals will LINCOLN INDIAN CENTER DF.DICATED NEW BUIUlING be served daily. Prize money will be given to all dance winners. Below are the officials Th e Lincoln Indian Center held a weeklong selected as indicated: · celebration co - hosted by the University of Mebraska's Council of American Indian Students, 1. HEAD WOMAN DANCER .- Billie Rice (Ponca, 11hich ended on April 27 with a pow wow. The Otoe, Quapaw & Osage) hi ghlight of the event was the dedication of the new Lincoln Indian Center facilities. The 2. HEAD MAN DANCER - Pete Moore, Sr. (Pawnee new building cost $1.25 million. It is lo and Otoe) cated at 10th Street and Military Road in 3. SOUTHERN DRUM~ Alfred (Sonny) Waters Lincoln near the National Guard armory. Mr. (Ponca, Otoe, Quapaw & Osage) Marshall Prichard is the Executive Director of the Lincoln Indian Center. H1s vision 4. NORTHERN ORUM (Little Soldiers Drum) - of a new Indian center came to reality.**** (Joe Hale, Kickapoo & Pottawatomi) 5. ARENA DIRECTOR - Leo Horner (Cherokee&' Creek) FOURTH ANNUAL ALL INDIAN BOWLING TOUR.NAMENT 6. MASTER OF CEREMONIES - Valentine Parker On M2y 10, (Saturday) a bowling tournament (Omaha) will be held at Harmony Lanes, Hwy. 77, South Sioux City, Ne. Entry fee $8 per person. Double and single. Two men/two women to each team. Entry forms are available at AICO. Contact: Mr. Gene DeCora, Tournament Director, r .0. Ro~ 613, Winnebago, NE. 68071 * * * * * * MRir.AN HIDIAN CEJITER AND~ AIDES
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