Charles Albert "Chief" Bender (May 5, 1884 - May 22, 1954) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball during the first two decades of the 20th century. He is also a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bender was born in Crow Wing County, Minnesota as a member of the Ojibwa tribe - he faced discrimination throughout his career, not least of which was the stereotyped nickname ("Chief") by which he is almost exclusively known today. After graduating from Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Bender went on to a stellar career as a starting pitcher from 1903 to 1917, primarily with Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics (though with stints at the end of his career with the Baltimore Terrapins of the short-lived Federal League, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Chicago White Sox).
Over his career, his win-loss record was 212-127, for a .625 winning percentage (a category in which he would lead the American League in three seasons). His talent was even more noticeable in the high-pressure environment of the World Series: in five trips to the championship series, he managed six wins and a 2.44 ERA. In the 1911 Series, he pitched three complete games, which set the record for most complete games pitched in a six-game series. He also threw a no-hitter in 1910.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Faces on defaced Port Angeles mural cleaned of vandalism
By: Paige Dickerson
PORT ANGELES - With soft rags and acetone, two Nor'wester Rotary Club volunteers and two city workers on Tuesday wiped away paint that defaced a City Pier mural of the Klallam village of Y'ennis.
The four men, Doc Reiss and Ted Groves with the Rotary Club and Brian Flores and Leon Leonard with the city of Port Angeles, removed the black paint which on Thursday night was sprayed on the mural on the outside of the Arthur D. Feiro Marine Lab.
The paint blacked out Native American faces, and was used to write obscenities, a declaration of "white power" and a crudely drawn "devil face.
"The faces of the people in the painting are based on real members of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe, many of whom are still alive.
Port Townsend artist Cory Ench, who painted the mural in 1998 for the Nor'wester Rotary Club, plans to evaluate the remaining damage and make any needed repairs early next year, Reiss said.
Read more here: http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20071212/NEWS/712120303
PORT ANGELES - With soft rags and acetone, two Nor'wester Rotary Club volunteers and two city workers on Tuesday wiped away paint that defaced a City Pier mural of the Klallam village of Y'ennis.
The four men, Doc Reiss and Ted Groves with the Rotary Club and Brian Flores and Leon Leonard with the city of Port Angeles, removed the black paint which on Thursday night was sprayed on the mural on the outside of the Arthur D. Feiro Marine Lab.
The paint blacked out Native American faces, and was used to write obscenities, a declaration of "white power" and a crudely drawn "devil face.
"The faces of the people in the painting are based on real members of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe, many of whom are still alive.
Port Townsend artist Cory Ench, who painted the mural in 1998 for the Nor'wester Rotary Club, plans to evaluate the remaining damage and make any needed repairs early next year, Reiss said.
Read more here: http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20071212/NEWS/712120303
Appeals court rehears San Francisco Peaks case
The U.S. Forest Service faced skeptical questions from a federal appeals court on Tuesday about the use of reclaimed sewage in the sacred San Francisco Peaks in Arizona.
Under the Bush administration, the agency approved the expansion of a ski resort in the Coconino National Forest. The Arizona Snowbowl wants to use reclaimed wastewater to make snow and attract more visitors.
The Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe and other tribes in the Southwest are fighting the Forest Service's decision. They say the treated sewage will desecrate the peaks, where they go to pray, hold ceremonies and gather medicinal plants and herbs.
Some judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals appeared sympathetic to the tribes' views. Their questions essentially accepted as fact that the use of the reclaimed wastewater will harm the sanctity of the peaks.
The key issue, then, is whether the Forest Service's action violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The law was designed to protect Native and other practitioners from government actions that infringe on their religious rights.
Click here to read the full article: http://www.indianz.com/News/2007/006305.asp
Under the Bush administration, the agency approved the expansion of a ski resort in the Coconino National Forest. The Arizona Snowbowl wants to use reclaimed wastewater to make snow and attract more visitors.
The Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe and other tribes in the Southwest are fighting the Forest Service's decision. They say the treated sewage will desecrate the peaks, where they go to pray, hold ceremonies and gather medicinal plants and herbs.
Some judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals appeared sympathetic to the tribes' views. Their questions essentially accepted as fact that the use of the reclaimed wastewater will harm the sanctity of the peaks.
The key issue, then, is whether the Forest Service's action violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The law was designed to protect Native and other practitioners from government actions that infringe on their religious rights.
Click here to read the full article: http://www.indianz.com/News/2007/006305.asp
Converting the rock
By: Sarah Phelan
Native American spiritual leader Marshall "Golden Eagle" Jack admits he was just a kid in 1969 when a group of American Indians occupied Alcatraz Island. They claimed that the island's reclassification as surplus property following the 1963 closure of Alcatraz Prison entitled them to take possession of the iconic island.
But Jack says he knows enough people from the American Indian Movement, which began advocating for urban Indians in the late '60s, to understand that "the people standing up for their rights back then didn't have enough clout in the legal system" to keep the island and build an American Indian cultural center on its craggy slopes.
Instead, the island became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which is operated by the National Park Service. Today it attracts 1.
5 million visitors per year, the GGNRA's chief of public affairs, Rich Weideman, says. But having a brutal former prison as one of San Francisco's top tourist attractions is unsettling to some.
So Jack and AIM founder Dennis Banks, Chief Avrol Looking Horse, Laynee Bluebird Woman, and Rose Mary Cambra of the Muwekma Ohlone tribe have sponsored Proposition C, a nonbinding declaration on the February 2008 ballot that would make it city policy to explore acquiring Alcatraz Island and setting up a global peace center in place of the prison.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=5172&catid=&volume_id=317&issue_id=329&volume_num=42&issue_num=11
Native American spiritual leader Marshall "Golden Eagle" Jack admits he was just a kid in 1969 when a group of American Indians occupied Alcatraz Island. They claimed that the island's reclassification as surplus property following the 1963 closure of Alcatraz Prison entitled them to take possession of the iconic island.
But Jack says he knows enough people from the American Indian Movement, which began advocating for urban Indians in the late '60s, to understand that "the people standing up for their rights back then didn't have enough clout in the legal system" to keep the island and build an American Indian cultural center on its craggy slopes.
Instead, the island became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which is operated by the National Park Service. Today it attracts 1.
5 million visitors per year, the GGNRA's chief of public affairs, Rich Weideman, says. But having a brutal former prison as one of San Francisco's top tourist attractions is unsettling to some.
So Jack and AIM founder Dennis Banks, Chief Avrol Looking Horse, Laynee Bluebird Woman, and Rose Mary Cambra of the Muwekma Ohlone tribe have sponsored Proposition C, a nonbinding declaration on the February 2008 ballot that would make it city policy to explore acquiring Alcatraz Island and setting up a global peace center in place of the prison.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=5172&catid=&volume_id=317&issue_id=329&volume_num=42&issue_num=11
Monday, December 10, 2007
Featured Artist: Urshel Taylor
Urshel was born at the Phoenix Indian School and is of Ute/Pima descent. He is a member of the Pima Salt River Community Indian Tribe. When Urshel was just two years old, his family moved to a working ranch on the Ute Reservation in Utah. It was on this ranch that he, along with two sisters and a brother, spent their growing up years.
In 1956, planning to make the military his career, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps where he served for eight years. However, by 1963 having children to consider, he decided that the transient lifestyle of the military was not what he wanted for his family so he resigned from the service.
Urshel then took a position teaching art at the Intermountain Inter-Tribal School in Brigham City, Utah. Where, at the same time, he continued to work on his own skills by studying with such noted artist as Kent Wallace and Professor Linstrom at Utah State University.
During his years at the Intermountain Inter-Tribal School, in addition to his teaching duties, he was Director of Cultural Affairs which included the pow-wows. Through this, he became more deeply involved with the traditional native American dances. He and his three sons Keith, Tony and Dan danced in competition for fifteen years. The dancing proved to be an important element in he personal and professional growth.
Urshel described the feeling of being dressed in traditional dress and dancing to a good drum ...
"I recognize the song and who is singing by the style and the drum they use ... it makes me feel very connected to the past and the traditions of my people ... it makes me feel Indian".
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.artnatam.com/utaylor/bio.html
In 1956, planning to make the military his career, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps where he served for eight years. However, by 1963 having children to consider, he decided that the transient lifestyle of the military was not what he wanted for his family so he resigned from the service.
Urshel then took a position teaching art at the Intermountain Inter-Tribal School in Brigham City, Utah. Where, at the same time, he continued to work on his own skills by studying with such noted artist as Kent Wallace and Professor Linstrom at Utah State University.
During his years at the Intermountain Inter-Tribal School, in addition to his teaching duties, he was Director of Cultural Affairs which included the pow-wows. Through this, he became more deeply involved with the traditional native American dances. He and his three sons Keith, Tony and Dan danced in competition for fifteen years. The dancing proved to be an important element in he personal and professional growth.
Urshel described the feeling of being dressed in traditional dress and dancing to a good drum ...
"I recognize the song and who is singing by the style and the drum they use ... it makes me feel very connected to the past and the traditions of my people ... it makes me feel Indian".
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.artnatam.com/utaylor/bio.html
Cherokee Nation Foster Parenting Program Makes a Difference for Life
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — It’s the most wonderful time of the year to open your heart and your home to a child in need, by becoming a Cherokee Nation foster parent.
"Every child deserves the safety and security of a loving home,” said Chad Smith, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. “If there is a place in your life to help care for a child placed with Indian Child Welfare (ICW), I really encourage you to consider making a difference in that child’s life by becoming a foster parent.”
The ICW Foster Care Program was designed to place children who have been neglected or abused in temporary homes. ICW’s ultimate goal is to provide a safe and permanent home to tribal children who are unable to be cared for by their biological family.
“Our need for foster homes is mainly within the jurisdictional area of the Cherokee Nation and throughout the state of Oklahoma,” said Ellen Guttillo, Child Welfare Specialist II. “It is our responsibility to make sure that our Native American children are in foster homes that are compliant with the Indian Child Welfare Act. Therefore, our need for foster homes is an ongoing challenge.”
For more information click here: http://www.cherokee.org/PressRoom/2469/Story.aspx
"Every child deserves the safety and security of a loving home,” said Chad Smith, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. “If there is a place in your life to help care for a child placed with Indian Child Welfare (ICW), I really encourage you to consider making a difference in that child’s life by becoming a foster parent.”
The ICW Foster Care Program was designed to place children who have been neglected or abused in temporary homes. ICW’s ultimate goal is to provide a safe and permanent home to tribal children who are unable to be cared for by their biological family.
“Our need for foster homes is mainly within the jurisdictional area of the Cherokee Nation and throughout the state of Oklahoma,” said Ellen Guttillo, Child Welfare Specialist II. “It is our responsibility to make sure that our Native American children are in foster homes that are compliant with the Indian Child Welfare Act. Therefore, our need for foster homes is an ongoing challenge.”
For more information click here: http://www.cherokee.org/PressRoom/2469/Story.aspx
Occaneechi Homeland Preservation Project
Bringing the Past and Future Together
In August 2002, the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation embarked on an ambitious project; to begin buying back a portion of its ancestral lands in the “Little Texas” Community of NE Alamance County, North Carolina. This was called the Occaneechi Homeland Preservation Project.
For the first time in over 250 years, the Occaneechi own land again as a Tribe, to be used for economic development for the tribal community, as well as for tribal administrative offices. On this small tract of rural land, the Occaneechi have begun a legacy for their children. These plans began to take shape in February 2004, when the tribe purchased 25 acres of rolling farmland on Daily Store Rd. on the headwaters of Stagg Creek. The tribe has worked with the Landscape Architecture Department at North Carolina A & T University and the Rural Initiative Project, Inc. of Winston-Salem to create a master plan for the site, which will include
*A permanent ceremonial ground (completed Spring 2005)
*Tribal Orchards with heirloom apples, chestnuts paw-paws and muscadine grapes (ongoing)
*Reconstructed 1701 Occaneechi Village and 1880’s era farm (in construction)
*Educational nature trails (in planning)
*Tribal museum (in planning)
*Administrative office space, community meeting area, classroom space (in planning)
This complex will serve as an educational tool, not just for the Tribal members, but for the public as a whole. Each Fall since 2005, the Occaneechi tribe has hosted over 600 area elementary and middle school students on the tribal center property, teaching them about traditional dance, lifeways, outdoor cooking, storytelling, flint-knapping, hunting and fishing, and Southeastern regalia. As the complex develops, this type of cultural/educational activity will be done on a regular basis, employing Tribal members as guides and cultural interpreters.
Anyone interested in the lifestyle of the Siouan Tribes of the North Carolina and Virginia Piedmont will find the planned complex an invaluable resource, and the tribe is networking with the Alamance County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau as it continues to develop the project. As a tourist attraction, it will, in conjunction with the Tribe’s Pow-wows, festivals, and historical programs, draw thousands of visitors into the Alamance county area, while helping preserve the quiet rural way of life in the community.
Learn more about this project and how you can help here: http://www.occaneechi-saponi.org/homeland_project.html
In August 2002, the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation embarked on an ambitious project; to begin buying back a portion of its ancestral lands in the “Little Texas” Community of NE Alamance County, North Carolina. This was called the Occaneechi Homeland Preservation Project.
For the first time in over 250 years, the Occaneechi own land again as a Tribe, to be used for economic development for the tribal community, as well as for tribal administrative offices. On this small tract of rural land, the Occaneechi have begun a legacy for their children. These plans began to take shape in February 2004, when the tribe purchased 25 acres of rolling farmland on Daily Store Rd. on the headwaters of Stagg Creek. The tribe has worked with the Landscape Architecture Department at North Carolina A & T University and the Rural Initiative Project, Inc. of Winston-Salem to create a master plan for the site, which will include
*A permanent ceremonial ground (completed Spring 2005)
*Tribal Orchards with heirloom apples, chestnuts paw-paws and muscadine grapes (ongoing)
*Reconstructed 1701 Occaneechi Village and 1880’s era farm (in construction)
*Educational nature trails (in planning)
*Tribal museum (in planning)
*Administrative office space, community meeting area, classroom space (in planning)
This complex will serve as an educational tool, not just for the Tribal members, but for the public as a whole. Each Fall since 2005, the Occaneechi tribe has hosted over 600 area elementary and middle school students on the tribal center property, teaching them about traditional dance, lifeways, outdoor cooking, storytelling, flint-knapping, hunting and fishing, and Southeastern regalia. As the complex develops, this type of cultural/educational activity will be done on a regular basis, employing Tribal members as guides and cultural interpreters.
Anyone interested in the lifestyle of the Siouan Tribes of the North Carolina and Virginia Piedmont will find the planned complex an invaluable resource, and the tribe is networking with the Alamance County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau as it continues to develop the project. As a tourist attraction, it will, in conjunction with the Tribe’s Pow-wows, festivals, and historical programs, draw thousands of visitors into the Alamance county area, while helping preserve the quiet rural way of life in the community.
Learn more about this project and how you can help here: http://www.occaneechi-saponi.org/homeland_project.html
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