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From: Garnet1654@aol.com
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 07:38:17 EST
Subject: CankuOta-February 12, 2000-Summary

Canku Ota (Many Paths)
http://www.turtletrack.org/
February 12, 2000

Pima (Kohmagi mashath)
the gray month (when trees are bare and vegetation is scarce)

"We are a spirit, we are a natural part of the earth, and all of our
ancestors, all of our relations who have gone to the spirit world, they are
here with us. That's power. They will help us. They will help us to see if we
are willing to look. We are not separated from them because there's no place
to go -- we stay here. This is our place: the earth. This is our mother: we
will not go away from our mother.

"And no matter what they ever do to us, no matter how they ever strike at us,
we must never become reactionary. The one thing that has always bothered me
about revolution, every time I have seen the revolutionary, is they have
reacted out of hatred for the oppressor. We must do this for the love of our
people. No matter what they ever do to us, we must always act for the love of
our people and the earth. We must not react out of hatred against those who
have no sense." - John Trudell
 
 

We salute- Katherine Silva Saubel

More than an ocean separates Katherine Silva Saubel on the Morongo
Reservation at the foot of the arid, wind-swept San Gorgonio Pass near
Banning from the language renaissance underway in Hawaii.

The silence suffocating many languages is almost tangible in her darkened,
cinder-block living room. There, in a worn beige recliner flanked by a fax
machine, a treadmill and a personal computer, Saubel, a 79-year-old Cahuilla
Indian activist and scholar, marshals her resistance to time and the inroads
of English.
 
Artist: Urshel Taylor
Urshel Taylor, who lives in Tucson, was one of three Native American artists
named as an Arizona Indian Living Treasure for 1998.

Brainfood: Beginnings
Well, the holidays are behind us. Its a new year, new century, and a chance
for a new beginning for many of us.
 
Cornplanter
I would like to share a particular history involving Cornplanter and the
Seneca people. This is a rather lengthy history, but I hope it is worth
reading. There were several accounts and so I have put them together to
hopefully create a brief history.

Thorpe Honored as Athlete Of Century
Two daughters of Oklahoma native Jim Thorpe said they are thrilled he was
named Athlete of the Century by ABC's Wide World of Sports. The winner was
announced before the Super Bowl on January 30.
 
Mt. Graham
The Mount Graham Observatory project, home of the largest Binocular Telescope
lens, may end after years of strong opposition from many different
organizations.
 
Mi'kmaq to Produce Children's Books
Mi'kmaq elders are teaming up with parents and children to turn storytelling
into children's books.
 
Native American Sports Council
The Native American Sports Council, an organization that is dedicated to
promoting athletic excellence in Native American communities, is the winner
of the U.S. Olympic Committee Rings of Gold Award for 2000.
 
Navajo Student had Good Seat for State of the Union Speech
Little did Christina Jones suspect when she was tutoring fourth-graders and
improving housing in her Navajo Reservation hometown that she would be
hobnobbing with Hillary Rodham Clinton three years later.
 
YESTERDAY AND TODAY, THE OWL
I am Little Jumper and I use the owl in my regalia. Sometimes there are those
who cast questioning eyes upon that regalia, but in my case of the owls, they
came to me in good times and I dealt with them with honor and respect. And
they were good medicine. Now here is a story of the Owl from a good Lakota
friend of mine.
 
Prairie Dog Protection
The U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service has said that the black-tailed prairie dog
deserves protection under the Endangered Species Act but that there are other
plants and animals in greater need of the agency's resources. The agency is
adding the prairie dog to its list of candidates for threatened status and
will review it annually.

Pictographs

A Native American Code of Ethics
 
 
Opportunities
"OPPORTUNITIES" is from sources distributed nationally and includes
scholarships, grants, internships, fellowships, and career opportunities as
well as announcements for conferences, workshops and symposia.
 
Learn to say hello in different languages
this issue---Mohican
hello is aquai, which is pronounced ahk-why. The
people known as the Mohican are members of the Algonquin language family,
and their tribal name loosely translated is mahengan, or wolf.
 
In Every Issue ...
 
This Date in History
Recipe: Soups omati Stews
Story: The theft of fire
What is this: Prairie Dogs
this issue's Web sites
 
Vicki Lockard
Editor "CankuOta"
<A HREF="http://www.turtletrack.org">CankuOta</A>
http://www.turtletrack.org
 

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