We've made it back home safely, exhausted, and filled with the power that exists on the gathering grounds of Reedy River Intertribal. We were greeted and treated like family, shared together, learned together, and made impressions on one another that won't soon be forgotten.
Over the course of the next couple weeks, we will share stories of our adventure. From basket weaving to stomp dance to singing together the Circle of Friendship, we have so much to share with all of you. We have photos, too!
So be sure to check in often cause you don't want to miss a thing.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Quotes
"Why should you take by force that from us which you can have by love? Why should you destroy us, who have provided you with food? What can you get by war?
"I am not so simple as not to know it is better to eat good meat, lie well, and sleep quietly with my women and children; to laugh and be merry with the English; and, being their friend, to have copper, hatchets, and whatever else I want, than to fly from all, to lie cold in the woods, and to be so hunted that I cannot rest, eat, or sleep." -
Wahunsonacock - Powhatan, 1609
"I am not so simple as not to know it is better to eat good meat, lie well, and sleep quietly with my women and children; to laugh and be merry with the English; and, being their friend, to have copper, hatchets, and whatever else I want, than to fly from all, to lie cold in the woods, and to be so hunted that I cannot rest, eat, or sleep." -
Wahunsonacock - Powhatan, 1609
Do you know...
Ben Nighthorse Campbell - U.S. Senator, Colorado
As a result of his election on November 3, 1992, Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born 1933) of Colorado became the first Native American to serve in the U.S. Senate in more than 60 years. A member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Campbell was also a renowned athlete and captained the U.S. judo team for the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell was born in Auburn, California, on April 13, 1933, to Mary Vierra, a Portuguese immigrant, and Albert Campbell, a Northern Cheyenne Indian. He had a hard childhood, with a mother frequently hospitalized for tuberculosis and an alcoholic father. Indeed, by the time he turned ten years old Nighthorse had spent half of his life in St. Patrick's Catholic Orphanage in Sacramento, California. At home there was frequently no one to care for him or his younger sister, Alberta. As a result, the youngster spent much of his time in the streets getting into trouble.
While working as a fruit picker in the Sacramento Valley, Nighthorse befriended some Japanese youths who taught him judo. That sport, according to the senator, "kept me off the streets and out of jail." After graduating from high school, he served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1953. Stationed in Korea as an Airman 2nd class, he continued with his judo training. On completing his military service, Campbell entered San Jose State University and supported himself by picking fruit and driving a truck. He still was a member of the Teamsters and proudly displayed his union card while a senator. In 1957 he received a Bachelors degree in physical education and fine arts. Upon graduation, Nighthorse moved to Tokyo for four years to work on his judo and study at Meiji University.
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As a result of his election on November 3, 1992, Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born 1933) of Colorado became the first Native American to serve in the U.S. Senate in more than 60 years. A member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Campbell was also a renowned athlete and captained the U.S. judo team for the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell was born in Auburn, California, on April 13, 1933, to Mary Vierra, a Portuguese immigrant, and Albert Campbell, a Northern Cheyenne Indian. He had a hard childhood, with a mother frequently hospitalized for tuberculosis and an alcoholic father. Indeed, by the time he turned ten years old Nighthorse had spent half of his life in St. Patrick's Catholic Orphanage in Sacramento, California. At home there was frequently no one to care for him or his younger sister, Alberta. As a result, the youngster spent much of his time in the streets getting into trouble.
While working as a fruit picker in the Sacramento Valley, Nighthorse befriended some Japanese youths who taught him judo. That sport, according to the senator, "kept me off the streets and out of jail." After graduating from high school, he served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1953. Stationed in Korea as an Airman 2nd class, he continued with his judo training. On completing his military service, Campbell entered San Jose State University and supported himself by picking fruit and driving a truck. He still was a member of the Teamsters and proudly displayed his union card while a senator. In 1957 he received a Bachelors degree in physical education and fine arts. Upon graduation, Nighthorse moved to Tokyo for four years to work on his judo and study at Meiji University.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.answers.com/topic/ben-nighthorse-campbell
Indian Newspaper center receives state grant
Associated Press - June 11, 2007 4:44 PM ET
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - The Sequoyah Research Center at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock has received a state grant of $50,000 to preserve historic documents and publish an online bibliography of the center's holdings on American Indians. The research center houses the American Native Press Archives -- considered the worlds largest repository of American Indian newspapers and periodicals. The archives include files on Indian writers from 1772 to the present, including bibliographies, biographical information, and manuscripts and papers of American Indian historians. The collection also includes American Indian artwork.
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - The Sequoyah Research Center at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock has received a state grant of $50,000 to preserve historic documents and publish an online bibliography of the center's holdings on American Indians. The research center houses the American Native Press Archives -- considered the worlds largest repository of American Indian newspapers and periodicals. The archives include files on Indian writers from 1772 to the present, including bibliographies, biographical information, and manuscripts and papers of American Indian historians. The collection also includes American Indian artwork.
Today in history -
1756: Today, DELAWARE Indians, led by King Beaver, will attack the fortified garrison in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, called Bingham's Fort. The number of settlers killed or captured was estimated to be as many as two dozen.
1855: Walla Walla Conference: Governor Stevens bypassed the entire structure of the American Constitutional System, giving Congress sole power to ratify treaties.
1855: Walla Walla Conference: Governor Stevens bypassed the entire structure of the American Constitutional System, giving Congress sole power to ratify treaties.
Eid: Criminal justice in Native America
The recent dedication of the country's 391st National Park Service unit in southeastern Colorado, commemorating the 1864 slaughter of at least 160 Cheyenne and Arapaho people camped beneath an American flag reportedly given to them by Abraham Lincoln himself, is a time to reflect on today's relationship between Native Americans and the federal government.
This is especially true when it comes to our criminal justice system - where the federal government legally owes a trust responsibility to serve and protect Native American people living on Indian reservations.
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Night-horse Campbell talked about honoring the federal trust responsibility in his keynote remarks at Sand Creek. My son, Alex, who learned about the senator and the Sand Creek Massacre in his fourth-grade Colorado history class this year, pointedly asked me what those words mean to a U.S. Attorney.
There's nothing like a question from a 10-year-old to make you think. So I tried to explain that unlike other U.S. citizens, Native Americans living on Indian reservations are legally required, by a combination of federal statutes and court decisions, to rely almost entirely on federal law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges for their public safety needs, including the enforcement of all ''major crimes'' such as murder and felony assault. Around the time of the Sand Creek Massacre, the tribes were stripped of their traditional powers to handle these crimes. They now must rely largely on the federal government to keep the peace and punish such criminals.
Click here to read full article: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415167
This is especially true when it comes to our criminal justice system - where the federal government legally owes a trust responsibility to serve and protect Native American people living on Indian reservations.
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Night-horse Campbell talked about honoring the federal trust responsibility in his keynote remarks at Sand Creek. My son, Alex, who learned about the senator and the Sand Creek Massacre in his fourth-grade Colorado history class this year, pointedly asked me what those words mean to a U.S. Attorney.
There's nothing like a question from a 10-year-old to make you think. So I tried to explain that unlike other U.S. citizens, Native Americans living on Indian reservations are legally required, by a combination of federal statutes and court decisions, to rely almost entirely on federal law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges for their public safety needs, including the enforcement of all ''major crimes'' such as murder and felony assault. Around the time of the Sand Creek Massacre, the tribes were stripped of their traditional powers to handle these crimes. They now must rely largely on the federal government to keep the peace and punish such criminals.
Click here to read full article: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415167
Preserved seeds restore aboriginal food systems
TUCSON, Ariz. - ''To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.''
Written nearly 150 years ago, those words hold the eternal truth of sowing and reaping, the basis for humanitarian thought and affirmative action demonstrated by Native Seeds/SEARCH in southern Arizona.
In 1983, four Tucsonans involved with feeding the hungry began to worry that seed stock for future crops was disappearing. They contributed $100 each to cover the cost of locating 40 varieties of endangered seeds to ensure those specific strains would not permanently disappear. Now, nearly 25 years later, 2,000 varieties of seeds have been saved from extinction.
''If we had to duplicate our seed collection today, it would be impossible because many of the originals are no longer available,'' said Barney Burns, one of the original founders. ''Ours is a treasure trove that provides an irreplaceable genetic library to draw on as a basis for sustainable, environmentally-friendly Native American agriculture of the future.''
''These seeds represent cultures that have survived for thousands of years in the Southwest,'' said Kevin Dahl, executive director of the organization. ''Ancient farmers figured out how to be successful in pretty marginal growing conditions - little water, soil heavy in alkalinity, hot growing conditions. It wasn't an easy task.''
Native Seeds/SEARCH arose as a result of requests from the Tohono O'odham reservation, some 2-1/2 million acres of desert bordering Arizona and Mexico. The O'odham had once cultivated native seeds through traditional floodwater methods, but cultural change and environmental destruction had reduced surviving farms to only a few scattered plots. And while some community members felt a need to continue growing specialized corn, beans and squash, they could not locate the seeds of their ancestors. Fortunately, as a regional seed bank and a leader in the heirloom seed movement, Native Seeds/SEARCH could.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415107
Written nearly 150 years ago, those words hold the eternal truth of sowing and reaping, the basis for humanitarian thought and affirmative action demonstrated by Native Seeds/SEARCH in southern Arizona.
In 1983, four Tucsonans involved with feeding the hungry began to worry that seed stock for future crops was disappearing. They contributed $100 each to cover the cost of locating 40 varieties of endangered seeds to ensure those specific strains would not permanently disappear. Now, nearly 25 years later, 2,000 varieties of seeds have been saved from extinction.
''If we had to duplicate our seed collection today, it would be impossible because many of the originals are no longer available,'' said Barney Burns, one of the original founders. ''Ours is a treasure trove that provides an irreplaceable genetic library to draw on as a basis for sustainable, environmentally-friendly Native American agriculture of the future.''
''These seeds represent cultures that have survived for thousands of years in the Southwest,'' said Kevin Dahl, executive director of the organization. ''Ancient farmers figured out how to be successful in pretty marginal growing conditions - little water, soil heavy in alkalinity, hot growing conditions. It wasn't an easy task.''
Native Seeds/SEARCH arose as a result of requests from the Tohono O'odham reservation, some 2-1/2 million acres of desert bordering Arizona and Mexico. The O'odham had once cultivated native seeds through traditional floodwater methods, but cultural change and environmental destruction had reduced surviving farms to only a few scattered plots. And while some community members felt a need to continue growing specialized corn, beans and squash, they could not locate the seeds of their ancestors. Fortunately, as a regional seed bank and a leader in the heirloom seed movement, Native Seeds/SEARCH could.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415107
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