6 10 189 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/a13ef8086a0388d428c3ba2f74358f5a.pdf 18c9887f4362bb2e3cbe9f03b9b8b378 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-347 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/7c301cd663b8eb53824894a2116995df.pdf 36d5328e3d60e4a0234885305a75a74f PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (June 1981) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-06 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. 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Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (May 1981) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-05 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-341 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/e17b904a42f0a74e4a41a8593e85eadc.pdf 7d9444a53b44f7bdbb912d8c29f4a68c PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (November 1981) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-11 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-345 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/fe2428198b1ae9c0ebd7c0f2093290ba.pdf 96ac070ba852f15d26649ee9c5887204 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Passamaquoddy Description An account of the resource Traditional Passamaquoddy territory covers northeastern Maine and parts of New Brunswick, and many Passamaquoddy people continue to live throughout those territories. They presently have two reservations in Maine, one at Indian Township (Princeton), the other at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). Resources Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.passamaquoddy.com/" target="_blank">Indian Township</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/" target="_blank">Pleasant Point</a> <a href="http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Museum.html" target="_blank">Waponahki Museum</a> Passmaquoddy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Passamaquoddy-Cultural-Heritage-Museum-245012865531840/" target="_blank">Cultural Heritage Museum</a> on Facebook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kchi-Wew-Is-Uwey [Title VI Newsletter] (October 1981) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Title VI Program Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donald Soctomah Stephanie Francis-Soctomah Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum. Used with permission. Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-344 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/84c738c194c1c877c5054f94a75cab7c.pdf 96f8917ede432a5ee002b0b87db87e26 PDF Text Text Camp Musquash eq Ktotoli Volume 1, issue 13 March 23, 2005 (Geg Ga-dud-ali Ahh-luke) ❖ «► In sid e this issue: T hinkable Q uote 1 P assam aq u od d y 2-4 H istory N ote fro m MLJ 4 D an ce to heal the Earth 5 Native A m erican 6 S p iritu ality L etter fro m the E d itor T ob iq u e P a ssa m a q u od d y w o rd s 8 9 E n glish w o rd s M usic can... 9 A d vertisem en ts 10,14 N ative W isdom 11 A bou t A nim al T otem s 12 T yp es o f Anim al 13 D id You Know? 14 T id bits 14 Energy... 15-17 D ear S tephanie 18-19 N otice to the com m u n ity -’ 7 19 9 Calvin & H ob b es 20 K eq Ktotoli Oluhk is presently serving the In “ Change has considerable psychological impact on the human dian Township people. I edit mind. To the fearful, change is threatening because it means reserve thes right tolibel, su b m ission for that things may get worse. To the hopeful, change is encour taste, clarity, and to fit aging because things may get better. To the confident, available space. Opin change is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things ions or view points m ade by reader write-ins or better.” -King Whitney, J participants are not al r. w ays shared by me. Thinkable Q uote �Page 1 0 Volume 1 issue 13 , ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements are welcome from any individual and all departments serving Passamaquoddy people. You can submit your ad(s) to Keq Ktotoli Oluhk? through snail mail or email to the fol lowing address: P.O. Box 692 Princeton, ME 04668 dry2th@yahoo.com R ecoverv/Su pport G rou p In form ation A lanon Edna Sabattus & Taylor Soctomah! Koselomal Meets on Monday night 7:30 pm @ the In dian Township elderly meal site. D o you have a p ositiv e story to share or do you w ork w ith in ou r com m u n ity w h ich has a Meets on Friday night 7:30 pm @ the In p ositiv e in flu e n ce ? write about what you are do dian Township elderly meal site. ing or about the results of an activity or a job com Come support our local meeting groups so we pleted (or in the works). It’difficult for me to be at s all the activities. I would be very happy to share can support you. your stories or results in Keq Ktotoli Oluhk! I can not pay for submissions but can offer you much ap *Recovery w orks if you work it, so work it, preciation for your input! y ou ’ worth it! re Stephanie Bailey NA L o ok in g fo r a m ean in gfu l and k n ow led geab le in teractiv e jou rn ey ? You can take an interactive O pen 10 am —10pm 7 days a week! D elivery available $10.00 o r d e r o r m ore: P eter D ana P oin t $4, L ocal $3, and o ff reserv a tion $5. PH# 796-2728 T antalize y ou r taste buds! trip within Passamaquoddy territory with Land scapes. L egen ds & L a n su a s e o f the Passam aau oddy P eo p le . There are many wonderful pic tures of our people along with legends and much more. I just loved it! You can contact Donald Soc tomah 796-0822 for more information or to pur chase your copy. Come take a trip down memory lane! Since it is not certain you can pick up your new est issu e o f K eq Ktotoli Oluhk at the previously m entioned pu blic locations, I ’ resolved to the hand delivery m ethod again. This is very tim e ve consum ing and I w ould prefer to set up som e type of drop off with fam ilies. For example: My Auntie Elona Muwin (always love you) could b e the d esignated drop off point for her and whom ever m ay stop by her inviting abode. I know her friends and fam ily stop in to visit so this could cover a b ig portion of stops for m e by dropping off m ultiple issu e there! Gas, tim e and finan cial m eans are limited. I w ill leave issu es at the Health Center, the Rec. Center , and Fitness Center otherwise. Call m y hom e #Z96-2280 or em ail dry2th@ yahoo.com . Stephanie Bailey �A bout A nim al T otem s *1 always like finding and reading little things like this. Just makes you think when you find them. Interesting indeed, and I believe Momma Love Juices found this at www.spiritualnetwork.net/totems. H ere’some of what they have: s In earlier days we understood that we were simply a part of the earth. We knew we were only one small part. Now many think humans are the greatest and most important part. But still, we are only a part of the earth, only a part of nature, only a child of Mother, only a part of Spirit. We used to know respect of Nature and killed only what we ate and used only the skins of what we killed and ate. We did not waste lives nor disrespect spirits but honored and thanked them for providing us with life, nourishment, and comfort. In earlier days we gave recognition to the power of the animal spirits by wearing skins, masks, mimicking, singing praise, and prayer to specific animals. We painted the animals on our homes, caves, death chambers, and asked the Spirit to guide us to the animal that we consumed and bless the spirit of the animal we kill for we are a predator in the part of Nature and we honored the spirit of our prey. These acts allowed us to remain linked to the ani mal guides and to accept the power they offer us in lessons, in life, and in death. It reminded us that all animals were our sisters, brothers, and cousins and most importantly our teachers and our friends. It reminded us that we too are animals with spirit. The Natural Power of animal totems has not been lost. They still hold the power and the knowledge we can use. Only we must remember how to be One with Nature and all that is, has been, and will be. Cultures of the past understood the connections. We must not lose this connection now that we are 'cultured'. For what was will always be and all those cultures could not have been wrong. There is a reason that Spirit has put all of us together, has given us so many healing stones, and has given us medicine, for the body and the spirit. We are all one. Using Animal Totems will allow you to see and love the earth better, to know fife better, to know yourself better, and to commune better with Mother and Spirit. You can be healthier and happier physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritu ally in understanding and honoring your animal totems. Animals come to us because they have a lesson we need to learn a power they are w il l in g to share with a friend. In general, animals remind us that we are part of the earth; that each creature has a place; that each creature has a skill of it's own; that we have instincts given to us from Mother, wis dom born to us that we must awaken. The Animal Totem that comes to you offers you power and wisdom if you will learn to communicate with it, with respect, trust, and understanding. Developing a relationship with a five animal totem takes time, practice, and patience and could be very danger ous. Having an animal totem does not mean that you are to pet the animal or even be with it physi cally. Having an animal totem means that you have lessons to learn and a powerful spiritual friend. Each animal has it's own special power and message, for each animal has a powerful spirit and an inherent skill. Animal Spirits choose a person to be a companion to, a friend to, not the other way around. You cannot think, “ gee, a bear is cute or powerful and I like what it represents so the Bear will be my Animal Totem ” No, the animal will choose you and make itself k n o w n to you. You will . only need to pay attention to discover what your totems are. Mistakenly people often think of ani mals as non-spiritual, uncultured, and less intelligent than humans. Now, ask these questions about your abilities... �Volume 1, issue 13 Page 1 1 Native W isdom *This p ie c e com es a g a in from, N ative W isdom fo r White M inds: D aily R eflection s In sp ired by the N ative P eo p les of the W orld written by Anne W ilson S c h a e f Listen, it ’w orth it: s D ecem b er 6 P O SSE SSIO N S It was our belief that love possessions is a weakness to be overcome. Its appeal is to the material part, and if allowed its way, it will in time disturb one’spiritual balance. Therefore, children must s early learn the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman) Santee Sioux Writer and Elder The American dream is to have. Very early, we teach our children what is “ theirs” and not to take other people’things. From an early age, we model attachment. The American Indians teach their s children to give up what they love the most. These are two very different systems. It is easy to see how the former system could take advantage of the latter—in terms of things and possessions. And the American Indians are warning us that this way of being in the world will disturb out spiritual balance. Are we people whose spiritual balance has been disturbed? Only we can answer § § Is there som eth in g I have that is m ore im portan t to me than my sp iritu ality ? I f so, I need to take a look. D ecem b er 10 WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED So, I would say right off the bat, that if w e’ going to change, make changes, the first thing that we re have to do is understand discipline. Then being able to apply it to ourselves individually. Because only individually can we change things. We can’go out and tell somebody else what to do. But, t first we have to do it ourselves. Phil Lane, Sr., Yankton Lakota Elder The only person we can change is our self. We hear this again and again from Native Americans. We can t go out and tell somebody else what to do,” The Elders I know are perfectly willing to share their knowledge and information with anyone who is willing to learn and they will never tell anyone what tot do. Out of respect, that is left to the individual. No American Indian Elder would presume to know what another needs. They are experts in sharing the knowledge of the ancestors and the tribe. Their belief that the Creator has placed in each of us what we need to know to live a full, happy, and spiritual life is so deep that they would never presume to assume. Respect for indi viduals and their finding their way is complete. § § It is not only what the E ld ers say, it is a lso the way they say it an d w hat they do with what they say that giv es su ch wisdom. �Volume 1 issue 13 , Page 1 3 T ypes o f A nim al T otem s When discovering totems you must first understand if the totem is a Life Totem, A Journey Totem, or a Message Totem. All totems are powerful but the meaning that the totem brings will vary on your action depending on what type of totem has come to you. Before we go further you must learn what your Life Your Life Long Animal Totem works with you throughout your entire life. They are always there when you need it's powers. Always reminding you of your power and connectivity. You may have only one or a few Life totems. They may become your Life totem at any time. But the primary Life Totem will be our focus at this time. The messages that your Life Totem brings are a hard reminder from Mother. Your Life Totem is always there for you and generally reflects your inner spiritual nature. For example if your Life Totem was a Penguin you would be a person who should be very spiritual since the penguin moves better in water (the symbol of the astral plane - which is were we go when we dream) than it does on land. Being able to leap out of the water (up to six feet) represents the ability of out of body experiences. It is also important to understand which type of penguin is your animal totem since some have addi tional characteristics that are important to consider. A Journey Animal Totem reflects a period of time. Not just a day but weeks, months, or maybe a year the time it takes you to walk the path that the Animal Totem is reminding or guiding you on. During this journey you will find that this animal is always showing up in your life or that several animal to tems will appear in your life all to guide you on the path. When you find two or three animals all of a sudden making an appearance and their nature all has the same basis then you have found the basis of your path. The difference between the Journey Animal Totem and the Message Animal Totem is a period of time. A Message animal Totem will bring itself to you quickly and impartially where a Journey Ani mal Totem will slip in and out of your life over the course of a period. A Message Animal Totem usually is bringing you a self-growth or spiritual message - like a wake up call or slap in the face. It will usually be a very unusual experience making it very powerful at that time, with great impact. ■ ,r ft* A Shadow Animal Totem are those totems that test us. They have great powerful us but will put us through tests before they will let their power work with and for us, instead of against us. In all of nature there is prey and predator. In the spiritual or Shadow World there is the same. A Shadow Animal Totem is one that initially you fear. The Shadow Totem often represents inner fears that you must overcome. You may have even been attracted by the animal; a very vivid test to see if you are ready to accept the power of the animal totem. Until you face the fears of the Shadow Animal Totem it's powers will work against you, not letting you soar high. When you overcome the fear of the Shadow Animal Totem you bring it into the Light World as your Spirit animal totem and they become one of your most powerful Animal Totems. �Page 1 4 Volume 1 issue 13 , Tidbits D id You Know? You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experi ence where you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt The term "m edicine" as it is u sed in the term Medicine W heel refers to a healing, a teaching, an enlightening, spiritual energy. A M edicine W heel can best be de scribed as a mirror within w hich everything is reflected. The M edicine W heel encom passes the Four Directions, Let yourself really hear, really Four Winds, Four Grandfathers, Four Elements (earth, feel, really see. Let yourself be fire, air, water), four races of p eop le in the human family a human being. Only when you (Black, White, Red & Yellow). W e the people have four are real with yourself can you aspects to our nature, four major realms of human exis find the right path in fife. tence. Tom Luian North — the physical realm Emotional sickness is avoiding East — the realm of know ledge & enlightenment reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any South — the spiritual realm cost. M. Scott Peck W est — the realm of introspective thought We do not have to visit a mad- • The Passam aquoddy Tribe Joint Council account has house to find disordered minds; been frozen as reported in the Q u od d y Tides March 15, our planet is the mental institu 2005. tion of the universe. # The gov.. It. gov., and council receive "honorarium s" for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe holdin g seat in tribal government. To sin by silence when we . Gov., It. gov., and council receive clothing allowances. should protest m akes cow- • That governor N ew ell has been spen ding really late nights, all alone, in the Tribal office for several months. *1 ards out o f men. E lla Wilcox think this should be stopped. That according to the last tribal audit, tribal records can be distorted and inaccurate. *xvhich means they get changed! ADVERTISEMENTS • * •> ' *« xs> ADVERTISEMENTS % # •* * * * ADVERTISEMENTS DOGGIE STYLE Does your furry friend need a little attention but you find the pampering too tiring? Leave it to me, Bridgette Newell. I can o ffe r your pup these wonderful treats: shampoo, conditioner, trimming, nail clipping (maybe), and a milk bone with every visit! Come on in and treat your dog or puppy to “ doggie style"! Ph#796-2020 call for your furry friends appointment today! KNIT WITZ H and m ade knitted scarves. Yarn types: 1. Fun fur 4. M ohair 2. Boa 5. C henille 3. E yelash 6. W ool C all 796-2020 for m ore inform ation or to place an order. R easonable prices and very friendly service. L o ok in g fo r old p ictu re s or ob itu a ries o f our P a ssa m a q u od d y relation s or Passamaq u o d d y veterans. I’ w orking with Donald m Soctom ah on a gen ealogy project for our people. I w ill be extrem ely careful w ith photos and return them promptly. I’ lookin g forw ard to hearing m from you. C all m y hom e at 796-5404. Q Thank you. T heresa D ow ning________________ .O . �Volume 1, issue 13 Page 1 5 ENERGY: F O SSIL FUELS *This w as em a iled to m e from my friend, Vera Francis. I w as very p le a se d to read this be cau se I am a ga in st the LNG fo r the m ost c r u c ia l fa ct that it d oes not represent ou r cu l tu ral g r o u p in anyway! It w ill only resu lt in lo n g term trou ble fo r us. T his is a pretty new developm ent an d It ’funny how they m ake it a p p e a r to be fla w le ss on ra d io a n d the web. s R igh t now, som e are d ro o lin g but when som e o f o u r la n d s are co n tro lle d by non natives with this LNG p la n t a n d it b eg in s to sp re a d like a b a d rash, w hich the ik olisom an h as al ways b rou gh t in som e aspect, w e’ be fig h tin g a w hole new battle a n d th ere’ already so ll s many issu es we sh ou ld be addressing. We have en ou gh on o u r p la te s with a ll the corru p tion a n d abu se o u r p e o p le are g o in g through. I hope you fin d this inform ationenlightening: Indigenous peoples in the United States, Canada and the Americas have experienced systematic and repeated violations by oil, gas, and mining industries infringing on our inherent right to protect our traditional lands and our treaty rights. These industries violate our human rights and create unconscionable destruction to traditional territories that have sustained us for time immemorial. Oil and gas developments are neither sustainable nor renewable. INFORMATIONAL SH E ET NO. 1: BR IEFIN G PAPER And Impacts to Indigenous Peoples Americas hold valuable land and water resources that have long been exploited by The provincial, state and federal governments and by corporations trying to meet the energy needs of an industrialized world. Indigenous peoples have disproportionately suffered impacts due to the production and use of energy resources - coal mining, uranium mining, oil and gas extraction, coal bed methane, nuclear power and hydropower development - yet are among those who benefit least from these energy developments. Indigenous peoples face inequity over the control of, and access to, sustainable energy and energy services. Territories where Indigenous peoples live are resource rich and serve as the base from which governments and corporations extract wealth yet Statement of Fact on Energy Policy and its Impact to Indigenous Communities of North America Indigenous peoples in Canada, the United States and throughout the Americas are areas where the most severe form of poverty exists. FACTS ON THE IM PACTS OF FO SSIL FUELS Fossil fuels supply over 80% of the w orlds energy needs. All fossil fuels, whether solid, liquid, or gas, are the result of organic plant materials being covered by successive layers of sediment over the course of millions of years. Human consumption of oil, gas, coal bed methane and coal (fossil fuels) increases the production of greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide (C02) that is a major cause of climate change, global warming and changes in weather patterns. Oil drilling and related activities fragment the landscape, leading to increased symptoms of neo colonization, development, and deforestation. It also pollutes the land and water causing irrepara ble damage to fragile ecosystems. The mining and drilling of coal, oil, gas, and other minerals result in substantial local environmental consequences. This includes severe degradation of air, forests, watersheds, rivers, oceans, fisheries, agricultural lands and biodiversity. Cultural impacts of fossil fuel development include the loss of access to traditional foods, the forced removal of people, land appropriation, the destruction of sacred and historical significant areas, the breakdown of Indige nous social systems, and violence against women and children. Fossil fuel development in these ar eas results in the accelerated loss of biodiversity, traditional knowledge, and ultimately in ethnocide and genocide. (Continued on page 16) �Volume 1, issue 13 Page 16 (Continuedfrom page 15) Coal burnt to generate electricity produces toxic material and acid rain that severely pollutes the air, soil and water. It also releases mercury into our lakes where it contaminates our fish, tradi tional crops, wild rice, other aquatic fife and traditional food systems. The burning of fossil fuels for energy is a major source of air pollution, contributing in particular to acid rain and the greenhouse effect contributing to climate change and extreme weather events. Coal is the single largest source of electricity in the United States. Coal-fired power plants provide fifty-three percent of the electricity used in the United States. The United States contains some of the largest coal deposits in the world. Coal is the United States most abundant fossil fuel. Coal deposits are found in 38 of the 50 states of the United States as well as on several Indigenous territories, for example, the Navajo (Dine1 and Crow territories. Coal mining on Indigenous lands ) in the United States causes environmental and human rights violations. Coal mining in the Hopi and the Navajo territories has forced Navajo and some Hopi Indigenous peoples to be relocated, to leave homelands that have sustained them for generations. Coal mining operations cause the dis placement of communities, destruction of natural habitat, disruption of sacred sites, water depletion from surface, subsurface and aquifers, as well as the diversion of water away from our communities. Several Indigenous Peoples are also being approached to develop projects for the production of coal bed methane gas, which is associated with additional, long-term groundwater depletion and con tamination problems. Oil companies continue to seek development within Indigenous peoples1 territories and within bio logical regions that sustain Indigenous peoples. In the United States arctic region, the Arctic Na tional Wildlife Refuge, home to the Gwich'in peoples and the porcupine caribou herd, is threatened with oil development. Oil drilling and development of a petroleum industrial infrastructure within the pristine and fragile arctic ecosystem would devastate the calving grounds of the caribou and the lives of the Gwich'in. Gwich'in peoples1 relationship with the caribou is beyond food subsistence. The relationship is both cultural and spiritual as well. UNITED STATES The United States is home to 4% of the world's population, yet consumes 26% of the world's energy. The United States is currently the largest energy market in the world and is right behind Canada when it comes to per capita consumption. The United States uses about 17 million barrels of oil eve ryday, fossil fuels account for nearly 80% of United States energy, with natural gas, a third form of fossil fuel, accounting for roughly 23% of the United States energy usage. It takes the equivalent of 7 gallons of gasoline per day for every man woman and child to keep this country running at its cur rent pace. The United States consumes one quarter of the w orld s total oil production, but controls a mere 3 percent of known oil reserves. Oil comprises about 40 percent of the energy Americans consume and 97 percent of U.S. transportation fuels. The United States Energy Plan proposes 1,300-1,900 new power plants, 38,000miles of new gas pipelines, consider new nuclear-power plants, build New refineries and open new areas to oil explo ration. Almost all of these power plants generate electricity by using fossil or nuclear fuels to heat water to produce the steam that spins the generators. While the exploration for new sources of fossil fuel, particularly natural gas, is currently underway, the availability of both water and water rights may actually be the key And limiting factor in the operation of new energy generation plants. CANADA Canadians consume more energy per capita than any other country. Canadians use more total en(Continued on page 1 ) 7 �Volume 1, issue 13 Page 17 ergy than the 700 million people of Africa. Canadians are the third-largest per capita producers of greenhouse gases in the world. Each year the Alberta (Canada) Energy and Utilities Board proc esses more than 20,000 applications for new wells, pipelines and gas plants. Canada's greenhouse gas emissions are increasing. Energy consumption grew about 13 per cent between 1990 and 1998, while emissions rose at a rate of 1.5 per cent annually, 17 per cent since 1990. Canada^ energy plan proposes to expand oil and gas production, particularly in the Alberta oil sands. The primary source of climate changing emissions is the burning of fossil fuels- oil, gas, and coal. Canada's emissions have risen 15 percent due to increased oil and gas production and increased coal-fired electricity production. The Alberta Tar Sands refinery (which produces 150,000 barrels of oil a day) releases the same amount of C02 per year as 1.35 million new cars. Alberta Canada currently supplies more than 12 percent of American natural gas use. New pipelines designed to carry Canadian power south to United States markets are in all stages of development across the western boreal region from Alaska, the Yukon and Northwest Territories to British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Very few, if any, of these projects will be assessed for their social and cultural costs or their cumula tive environmental and health impacts, which would cause critical fragmentation of the boreal for est, disruption to Indigenous cultural life-ways and the production of greenhouse gases. The social, ecological and cultural risks involved in a Canadian-United States northern oil and gas pipeline are huge. Alaska's North Slope holds an estimated 35 trillion cubic feet of known reserves. The Mackenzie Delta holds about nine trillion cubic feet. The exploration potential is even larger, with an estimated 65 trillion cubic feet waiting to be discovered in Alaska and a similar volume in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Athabascan tribal members are concerned about mega pipeline developments linking Arctic gas along the Mackenzie Valley from the Beaufort Sea to Al berta, Canada. This development is planned by some of the largest energy companies in the world. The Lubicon Lake Cree are an Indigenous peoples living deep in the boreal forest zone of Canada's Alberta province that have been living for decades with the impacts of oil and gas drilling on their traditional lands. Like other Indigenous peoples across the Americas, the Lubicon Cree have been battling for years to receive recognition of their land rights and compensation for stolen wealth and environmental damage. They have struggled to halt and reduce the rapid pace of exploration and excessive destruction by roads and pipelines. The traditional homelands of the Lubicon Cree, near Peace River, Canada are now surrounded by 1,000 oil and gas wells. Historically, energy develop ment activities in Indigenous communities have been based upon western values of monetary profit to raise gross domestic product at the expense of the rights of Indigenous peoples and the recogni life tion of our basic human rights. Indigenous values teach us that money cannot fully compensate for cultural losses, losses of traditional lands, debilitating illnesses, death, impure water, threats to long-term food security, or diminished economic autonomy...* *What do you w ant P a ssa m a q u od d y to represent? An LNG fa cility w ill have an effect on ou r name. Think abou t it, what d o we treasure? It h a s n o tin g to d o with b ein g tired o f the white m an h av in g control. LNG w ill only g iv e white m a n s treasure...MONEY. S am i motuweyu. 1t �Volume 1, issue 13 Page 1 8 D ear Steph an ie D ear Stephanie: I am honored that you would mention me in your news letter and I want to thank you. It is a pleasure and my joy to love you and honor you as a woman. You are bright, intel ligent and witty. You are a good Mother, Auntie, Sister, Daughter and valuable member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe. You certainly do not need me or anyone else to edit or assist you with your news letter. Under the first amendment of the United States Constitution, you have the right to freedom of speech. Since we do not have a valid constitution, (except when it benefits those in power) this is what protects us. I do not always agree with some of the articles that are submitted to your news letter, however, I believe that it is your right and the right of those who do submit articles, to that freedom. I only hope and pray that those who truly want to be heard, start signing there submis sions. It would make things a lot easier on you. I believe that we will see change sooner than we think. Soon, we will have to go back to taking care of each other and none of the negative entities will survive. We are ALL good people and we will survive, no matter what. I am proud to have you in my circle. You have awakened many sleeping spirits. I love you, with all my heart. Signed: M om m a Love Juices, aka: L in da J. M eader D ear M om m a Love J u ices: Kci Woliwon, for all your loving words, stop it (hehe). I really appre ciate your signed letter and encouraging/inspirational words. It is the voice and action of our people that will reign over the wrongs since it is clear that council can’get together and take over to de t mand answers and financial reports. Who better to ask if our money is being expended inappropri ately (as it is) then the people themselves! Let everyone know that works here that they are work ing for us (since every dollar that gets here is for each of us) and explain that since this is the case the people have a right to know who’ working for them and what we are paying for their service. s For an example, maybe we don’feel the tribal governor is worth $75,000 a year (if he were making t this small amount) hehe. S teph an ie D ear Stephanie: I have recently noticed three new Envoy’riding around Indian Township. Two s have the last names of the governor’w ife’ sons (also known as the Envoy convoy). The other one s s has “ Sakom”on the license plate. When I had seen the governor driving this vehicle I began to think about the word “ Sakom ”and it occurred to me that governor Newell is not worthy of the Pas, samaquoddy title of Sakom. There is a difference between the governor, and a Passamaquoddy Sa kom. All you need to do to be governor is he and cheat and get elected. To be Sakom you need to really be a leader for the people, all the people. To be respectful of all and treat others the way you wish to be treated. You need to be a leader by example and you need to be honest and honorable. So maybe he should put “ Gov” “ or The Gov” his plate instead. That’ a ll it’there for anyway, is recognition. on s s A Sakom doesn’use his power to hurt someone because their view is different. It is an insult to our t ancestors for him to use “ Sakom ” Maybe he should put “ Gov” his plate... Signed: A V oting . Ex on P assam aqu od d y D ear Voting: I understand what you mean. I truly believe that since we have decided to attach a money value on elected positions it has taken the honor out of the positions. I wonder how many people would hold a seat for their people if there were no money attached to them. I know governor Newell w ouldn’be there because he said he would not do this job without pay. I truly hope we can t put honor back into the Sakom position and I think if he wants it on his car then so be it. I think of Michael Jackson calling himself the King of Pop music. He gave the title to himself not the people and the plate will get dirty. A dirty (wanna be) Sakom. Steph an ie D ear Stephanie, There was nothing for the children during spring break. W hat’up? The Boys & s ( Dear Stephanie continued on page 1 ) 6 �Volume 1, issue 13 Page 1 9 Girls Coordinator should be ashamed of himself. I hear he gets $18.00 an hour. For what? He has n’done a thing for our kids. The Boys and Girls Chairperson and Committee should not let this t happen. The person in charge needs to do som ething. T his is wrong! He double dipping. He is stea lin g from our children. Sign ed: W hat’ g o in g on? s D ear W hat’ g o in g on: I have no idea what the Boys and Girls Club (B&GC) is doing. I s know they have dances but they haven’advertised through me since the Halloween dance t in October, and I’ sure I only got that ad because one of the volunteers for the B&GC m asked me to. Other than that your guess is as good as mine. The Wonahkik program has been doing wonderful (meaningful) things with our children and I want to say, BRAVO, to them and I’ glad the winter camp out was, once again, a great success! Maybe the B&GC m could use a little more help or maybe they’ gotten caught up with the sick cycle here? ve Who knows I’ been getting real dizzy lately. S tep h an ie ve NOTICE TO THE COMMUNITY “ Wildland Fire Fighting Training” (S130&S190) will be available April 2005 Anyone interested in receiving training, please contact the Forestry Office @ 796-5100 and give your name and number. **Serious Inquiries Only Requirements: Must complete S 130 & S 190 Training, Pass a Drug Test & Physical Pass required PAK Test �Volume 1, issue 13 Page 2 P a ssa m a q u od d y H istory: K m iqitah su ltipon (Ga-me-gwee-da-ha-zul-dee-bun) INDIANS OF AROOSTOOK Sitting before a fire about eight miles from Fort Fairfield, an old Indian sat trimming his bas ket weavers. It was only a few years after 1900, but the Indian was talking of times he recalled nearly 100 years earlier. Born in 1797, he was now over 100 years old. He recalled: ‘ When my father and I hunted and fished, we used to go all through the eastern part of Maine and up into Canada and across to New Brunswick. We did not care where we went as long as the hunting and fishing were good. Then when winter came, we got enough deer and moose to last us through the deepest snows, and we would go hack to the southern part and wait for spring. Those were the days that made us strong and well and healthy... I was happy with my father when we hunted and fished. The laws you white men make keep us huddled over the fire and working with our hands. We must do it to get enough to eat. The law will not let us seek the deer and fish that we want except for two or three months in a year. So I work at the campfire and then sell my baskets and axe handles. That is not what I call happiness. The white men do not know what the Indian knows. We want no houses in place of our tepees. What good are the cities against the great forests? What use is all the noise and bustle against the calm and peace of the woods? There is the happiness for us. We are willing the white men shall have what they want. We shall never bother them in their cities, but why can t they let us have the woods? No, they drive us further and further away-and we go and want nothing but to be left free, and then com the white men again and say we shall not do this and we shall not do that, and laws are made that are unfair to the Indian. The Great Father gave the Indians the woods and the streams, and the white men have taken them away. It is not right to the Indian. The Great Father knows it is not right. ” Very early in the 1800’ one writer talked about Aroostook County as land “ s, still in posses sion of the Indians . Another states that Houlton (which was settled in 1805) was surrounded by Indians” It was early in the 1800’that Irish settlers at Houlton met Newell Bear as a young child . s at the camp of his father. And throughout the century, Newell Bear and many other Indians showed up in the records of settlers in towns across Aroostook. Since Aroostook is part of the St. John River Valley, we can be certain that the most of the Indians here were St. John River Indians, also called Maliseets. There is evidence that these Indians were in Aroostook from thousands of years ago, through the Colonial period, and into modern times. Archaeologists have found not only ancient stone tools, but also European trade goods and recent Indian campsites from the 1800’and 1900’ s s. All during the wars of the 1700 s, their river, the St. John, had been used as a major route to Quebec, but most travelers did not go through northern Maine. The main route to Quebec went up the St. John River and north from Madawaska by way of the Madawaska River. For this reason, very few Europeans ever came to Aroostook until the 1800’ And, for this reason, there are very s. few records of Indians in Aroostook County. Like the northern part of the Penobscot River, the northern parts of the St. John in Aroostook were mainly hunting areas. Like the Penobscot villages, the main villages of the Maliseet were also on the main part of the river, (the present city of St. John), and Meductic, and near Edmundston. All of these spots are now in Canada, but there were times when Edmundston was thought to be part of the United States, before the present boundary was drawn. When the bound(History continued on page 3 ) �Page 20 Volume 1 issue 13 , Calvin & Hobbes I CLEANED A D CUED Y 'O. N Op BICYCLE, OLNSH. TOT Do Y SA 1 TAKE CO Y SoME TIME A D N 00000" H L YU L A N EP O E R H W T RIDE IT ? O O ffr PJE 601 the BIKE, CALVIN. it s NOT GOING ANYWHERE . I CAN FEEL \TS GOING TO TH O RW ME ! G E T READY TO YANK JU R L X W N C MI ST E A , O A r c GOT YOU. RELAY?/ m U IN U E A D N S RD N U A M D/ NR E I’ AS GOOD M AS DEAD! T PUSH BACK ON YES, WEIL, THE PEDALS, TH T WAS A THAIS YOUR F N T AK U ! HNS B A E OK1 R K, 1 FOR THE L ESSO / N IT W E L S HE S OT F! TH TRKK TO BALANCING IS E TO H Y A LITTLE REWARD AE IW T\M £N . JUST PEDAL SLOWLY., I'M HOLDING THE BIKE, SO YOU WONT FALi,./— — rn v sT you r r hardly ------ Y U L LEV GO O 'L m ISA Y U , OR FATHER! m 40, WELL SEE H W VlttNSS O KHGW Y J! » THE B'iKE W A , F R S',K HT O YEARS?' W E HN A E GOIN R S! W LL U C M A NH M INTO THE (E IONOSPHERE! m* LOOK CALVIN, YO 'V GOT TO U E RELAX A UTILE. M BALANCE y« be Better e ychre loose. il I CANT HELP 11/ IMMINENT DEATH MALES ME TENSE.' I AMV W DV / tN NEED A GCAL, Mi GOAL IS CONCENTRATE TO DISMANTLE ON YOUR GOAL. THIS BICYCLE A D NWL N o k . thats T not a good I ^ L- jl E E Y PIKE YR T AOIFVLM O T C U T Y SO O NR IT CAN MEYER. BE REBUILT• ' *Stephanie Bailey, POB 692, P rinceton , ME 04668. Phone-796-2280 email: dry2th@ yahoo.com *D onations to h elp con tin u e K eg K totoli O luhk w ou ld be greatly appreciated! w a i IM o\m m rr/ �March, 22,2005 We, the undersigned adult voting members o f the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township, herby request that the Indian Township Tribal Council schedule and hold a Special Council Meeting on Friday, March 25,2005 at 9 a.m. for the following agenda: 1. ) Presentation o f Petition 2. ) Review o f petition by an impartial person. 3. ) Governors Administrative Authority Indian Township Tribal Council Members: Dennis Tomah Sr. Joseph Socobasin Lt. Gov. �Tribal Governor R obert N ew ell, Sr. Jbtdtai ‘ Cewnstrip Lt. Governor Joseph S ocobasin Legislative Rep. F red M oore, H I Bx31Pin to ,Mim068T (8)7628 o 8, r ce n a , 46, at 27 9-31 Tribal Council: E lizabeth N eptune Ernest Neptune Dana Newell W iirtam N ich olas R ich ard Sabattu s D en nis Tom ah Sr, March 22, 2005 Members of Council Indian Township Tribal Government Members of Council, As elected Tribal Governor, I am responsible for the chairing of meetings. Under our Constitution, Section 2, the Powers of Sakom, t"the Sakom of each reservation shall have the right and responsibility to chair all meetings of the Council of that reservation...," therefore, I will determine when to have a meeting. The Friday request is Good Friday and the Clerk is not available, further we are not going to allow dissidents to carry out coup attempts on this religious day. It is irresponsible and unacceptable for the Council to be attemptinc to circumvent our process to hold special meetings. We are currently undertaking efforts to reconcile past financial problems and budgets and I recommend we continue with the normal process to accomplish our ^^3 ccti ves . — m _tOathe to sit by idly while there is an active coup to overthrow my administrative authority. There is a process to accomplish the objective to overthrow me, it's called recall petition. THAT IS THE ONLTf WAY TO REMOVE THE ELECTED TRIBAL GOVERNOR, YOU CANNOT RESTRICT SAKOM POWERS THAT ARE PROMULGATED IN OUR TRIBAL LAWS AND ARE INHERENT AS POWERS GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE. Sincerely, Chief Robert Newell, Indian Township Tribal Government Cc: petitioning tribal members: Chad Sockabasin, Becky Soctomah, Samuel Sockabasin, Lucy Nicholas, Stephanie Bailey, Orenda Sabattis Linda Meader, Andrea Hanson �March 23,2005 Governor Newell, Allow us to enlighten you.. .Section 2, o f our constitution, which you so eloquently quote, also says under Powers o f the Governor “ whenever a Sakom is unable to serve due to incapacity or a conflict of interest, the Lieutenant o f the same reservation shall act in his or her place and exercise all powers and responsibilities vested by this constitution in the sakom.”We have done everything according to the constitution. We understand that this is a difficult position for any o f us but we will no longer be bullied or intimidated by you. Monies are gone, monies are in question, the Tribes assets are frozen, we are on the brink o f bankruptcy...what did you expect us to do???? Sorry to say that we are not a “ coup” are we concerned tribal members who want and deserve answers. We have had our civil rights violated by you and your employees. Refusing to accept and post a Special Meeting request, signed by EVERY Tribal Council Member, is a blatant disrespect for all o f the people. We have experienced some MAJOR civil rights violations. Article IV. Individual Rights Section 1 Civil Rights . The Tribe, in exercising its powers o f self-government, shall not: (a) make or enforce any law prohibiting the free exercise o f religion, or abridging the freedom o f speech, or the press, or the right o f the people to peaceably to assemble and to petition for a redress of grievances; As far as your comments about Good Friday, you have always been open and operational on this day. We meant no disrespect, but instead we know that goodness will always prevail over evil, and we believe that the Creator would give us strength on this holy day. There are NO plans in place, to take over the Tribal Government Building. We remain peaceful and pray for those less fortunate. “ Petitioning Tribal Members” HAGAR THE HORRIBLE by Chris Browne �Volume 1 issue 13 , Page 3 (History continuedfrom page 2) ary was fixed in 1842, it did not stop the Maliseets from crossing back and forth from their villages to their hunting and camping areas. After all, they had been promised their traditional right to cross the border freely in the Jay Treaty in 1796. We know that Maliseets never signed away any of their land in New Brunswick, except for a few small pieces. Perhaps one reason they were so willing to share with the Loyalists was that they knew they still had their hunting territories in northern Maine and New Brunswick. In fact, the Maliseets continued to travel freely across this hunting territory all through the 1800’ It is known s. that certain Maliseet families from New Brunswick used the Black River, Fish River, and Allagash River in Aroostook County as their hunting territories in the 1800’ It is known that several Mal s. iseet families left New Brunswick in the 1870’ to settle at Moosehead Lake in Maine. They trav s eled by way of the Allagash. It is also known that many Indians from Aroostook would show up from time to time on census lists at Maliseet villages in New Brunswick during the 1800’ And oth s. ers from New Brunswick would show up on Aroostook County census fists as well. During the 1800 s, vast amounts of land were cleared by farmers and lumbermen in Aroostook County. Potato farming and lumbering had begun and towns such as Houlton, Presque Isle, and Caribou began to spring up. In New Brunswick the British government had reserved small pieces of land for the Maliseets along the St. John River where they usually camped. But in Aroostook no such reservations were set up by the Americans, even though Indians continued to five on some of their traditional campsites here long after towns were started. For instance, the band of Indians living in Houlton was there long before the settlers came. But no land was ever reserved for them. During this same century, the rights of Indians in Aroostook were being ignored. The Procla mation of 1763, promising that Europeans would not disturb Indian hunting territories, was ig nored. This was because the Proclamation had been made by England and not by the United States. All the promises made by the Americans during the Revolution of Micmacs and Maliseets had been forgotten. Never once did the Maliseets sign a treaty giving up their hunting territory in Aroostook. But, never once did any settlers pay any Indians for lands taken. Slowly throughout the century Indian hunting and fishing rights in Aroostook were taken away. It was this that disturbed Newell Bear the most. In addition, border crossing rights, as promised in the Jay Treaty, were soon forgotten by both Canada and the United States. Both governments made different laws which prevented free border crossing for Indians. One of these laws made Indians pay duty even though the Jay Treaty promised they would not have to do so. But, Indians here still said that they had the right to cross the border freely. They said it was their aboriginal right - that it was not given to them by the Jay Treaty or any other law. (This is why they still call themselves “ North Americans” not Canadians or Americans.) As early as 1870, the Indians were becoming worried about the border crossing laws. In that year a letter was sent to the Passamaquoddies, signed by a Maliseet and some Mohawks. It said ‘ boundary fine should exist between us Indian Brethren, not any duties, taxes or customs ...no should be levied on us” . And, finally, just because Aroostook Indians never signed a treaty and never reserved any lands for themselves, they have never been recognized as Indians. They never received any of the services that reservation Indians received from the State. They had to pay for hunting and fishing licenses, taxes, health care, and so on. For most of them, welfare became a way of fife, just as it had for Indians on reservations. All in all, they soon came to be treated as unwanted strangers in their own land. From the earliest settlers in Aroostook, we know that Micmacs were living there, too, even though it was Maliseet territory. It is quite possible that many of these Micmacs had just stayed in this area after helping the Americans in the Revolution. After all, the Americans had promised to look after them, too. And, having helped the Americans, they knew they would not be welcomed back to their own land (British territory) after the war. No matter when they came, it is clear that Micmacs have lived in Aroostook at least since the 1700’ , and it is clear that the Americans have s <History rnntimipd nn page 4) �Volume 1, issue 13 Page 4 (History continuedfrom page 3) . not lived up to promises made to them, either. In the early 1900’ the potato and lumbering industries in Aroostook County began to grow s, into large industries, and laborers were needed. For the Micmacs and Maliseets, it meant a sure income. Many still hunted and trapped as they had for generations. But on the whole, most were settled in towns such as Presque Isle and Houlton. Most still made baskets, moccasins, axe handles and snowshoes. But now it was not for their own use. With hunting and fishing limited to certain times of the year they needed to sell these goods in order to feed their families. Today many of the descendants of the early Micmacs and Maliseets in Aroostook still live there. Many more have come in this century from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to work on the farms and in the woods. Now there are also Passamaquoddies, Penobscots, and members of several other tribes totaling almost 1600 Indians in Aroostook County. Every year, during the fall, many more Micmacs and Maliseets come from Canada just to work on the potato harvest. They are called migrant workers. Even though the Maliseets never signed away any of their land in Aroostook County, there is not one piece of land in Aroostook that is recognized as Indian land. And, until recently, the Aroostook Indians were not given rightful recognition, and were considered to be “ off-reservation” Indians; this has created many problems for them. Because the Aroostook Indians have lost all their land and rights, many of them have lived in poverty for generations. They are unable to fish and hunt freely. It is impossible to make a living entirely off the skills of their ancestors, even though many still do make baskets, axe handles and snowshoes. Lumbering is now done mainly by machines, and work in the potato industry is only seasonal. Unemployment is high. Even in 1975, as many as 80% of the Aroostook Indians were out of work. Other problems have included poor housing, poor health care, and a high drop-out rate in schools. *This history w as b rou gh t to you from a p o rtio n o f an u n dated docu m en t titled, MAINE IN DIANS, B rie f Sum m ary: “ The P eople o f the E arly D aw n ” P rep a red by the P lea sa n t Point . b ilin gu a l p ro gra m : title VII. A Note F rom MLJ (Momma L ove Juices) As promised, this edition deals with Self-awareness, and Civhat we can do to become better peo ple. Walking the good Red Road. Becoming aware of who we are and connecting with the strengths th a t w e possess as individuals, as well as, the strength w e give to our community. Together we can conquer anything, divided, we will fall. From my own personal experiences, the three entities I need to be constantly in tune with are, body, mind and spirit. We feed our bodies everyday, three times a day. We feed our minds with any ,- a t ^ j ^ contact we have with each other. Too many of us have forgot to feed our spirits. It is essential. 6 "^^•C Becoming connected with all of life, earth, sun, moon, wind, four-legged, the winged...provides me with food for my soul, a flourishing spirit. Daily prayer, smudging, and walking in the light are the things that keep me balanced. I believe we are here to love, to be loved and to spend our lives spread ing the love. What greater gift or legacy could one leave? I am grateful for every aspect of my life. My children, my family (biological and extended) my people, are what moves me to become a better person. I have submitted several articles that I found to b both interesting and thought provoking. May the Creator bless each and everyone of you. And may you have the desire and fortitude to stand up for who you are and what you believe. © Respectfully submitted: Linda J Meader . �Volume 1, issue 13 Page 5 D ance to H eal th e E arth *This p ie ce was submitted by Momma Love Juices. I love it when I read it because I love to w iggle and dance around. What a n ice way to m ake our everyday dancing m ore special! K ci Woliwon for this great addition to this issue! H ere it is: Dance to H eal the Earth by Dee Smith Whenever you dance, wherever you dance, dance' to heal the earth! Dancing is power. Dancing is prayer. Some say that all is dance. Maybe. N ow there's a big dance coming, a dance to heal the earth. If you're reading this, you're probably part o f it. Y ou take part whenever you do whatever you do to help heal the earth. When you recycle. When you choose to show love, to fight for justice, to bring healing, to bring out what is good in others. When you avoid cruelty and dishonesty and waste. When you are outraged. When you speak out. When you give. When you consider the generations to come. When you protest to the oppressors and encourage those who feel the cutting edge o f injustice. And, o f course, when you dance. There is a tree that all the proph ets see, and whenever you let your love show, you make the flowers grow. Soon this dance will be done in a big way, in the old way, on sacred ground. All living things will take part. If you want to, you can take part. N o one is twisting your arm. You can stop any time you need to, and start up again whenever you're ready. If you've read this far, you probably know what I'm talking about. You've proba bly been doing it in one way or another for a g o o d while. Soon will be the time to make no bones about it! Cut loose! Anytime you dance, anywhere, whether at a party or in church, dance to heal the earth! Let your feet beat a healing rhythm into the earth. Let your feet beat a strengthening rhythm for those who struggle the hardest. Let your feet beat a hfe-giving rhythm for all peoples, regardless o f race or national boundary, regardless o f whether we're human or whether we're the trees, the air, the fish, the birds, the buffalo, the bear, the crow. We com e out o f hiding, we com e back from the dead, and we dance, and our dance is a prayer, and our songs and our rhythms and our breath give life. Is the music they're playing some mindless jingle? Never mind, as long as it's not bad music, and you can dance to the beat! Make your own words, and make the words a prayer. A prayer for the end o f exploitation, a prayer for the end o f lies, a prayer for healing, for justice, for life. Remember your prayer-song, feed it and let it get strong and pass it along. Dance and pray, whenever you dance, dance to heal the earth. Have you seen anything? Wear it out! Make it so that all can see what you see! Take a white T-shirt and mark it with your dreams. Is there anything you'd like to tell the world? Take your shirt and mark it with your song! This is the way it has been done, so you can do it too. Use any color except black (there are reasons for that that will becom e clearer later), and you'll probably find that a loose, pure cotton tee is m ost comfortable for dancing in. Cause this is an actual dance, you dance hard, you sing and breathe hard and sweat. Wear it when you plan to go out dancing, to dance to heal the earth. Some people do this dance while fasting, and dance for several days straight. But even a few minutes o f dancing helps, and joins with all the other dancing going on, everywhere on Earth. N ot everyone can fast these days. Besides, you never know when you're going to dance, and you have to eat sometimes! But if you plan to dance, hold o ff eating till later, or just have a little. It's easier to dance if you don't have a hotdog weighing you down. Some people say, do not do sacred things where people are drinking and partying. But all the universe is a sa cred place. It really doesn't matter what others are doing, you can make a place sacred wherever you are, with your intention and your prayers. Som e people use smoke to make a place sacred; a cigarette or incense stick will do fine. You can dance to heal the earth anywhere, even a party or a bar! The earth is everywhere, so you can dance anywhere to heal her. Only one thing, please hold o ff drinking or using any other intoxicants till you're done. It works better that way. The Lie has gone far enough. It spreads and makes everyone sick. N ow is the time for this dance to begin. It, too, will spread, and it will bring healing to all. In the beginning, they say, G od put a rainbow in the sky, to let us know that Spirit never forgets. N ow is the time.________ �Volume 1 issue 13 , Page 6 Native A m erican S p iritu ality *This was submitted from Momma Love Juices and I found it interesting. I do be lieve that spirituality is very important in self awareness. H ere’what she found: s Many follow ers o f Native A m erican Spirituality, do not regard their spiritual beliefs and practices as a "religion" in the way in w hich m any Ch ristians do. Their beliefs and prac tices form a essen tia l and sea m less part o f their very being. A quote from Native A m erican R eligions by H irschfelder & M olin (Facts on File, New York, 1992) is instructive: "...the North A m erican p u b lic rem ains ignorant about Native A m erican relig ions. A nd this, despite the fact that hundreds o f books an d articles have been p u blish ed by anthropologists, religionists and others about native be liefs... Little o f this scholarly literature has fou nd its way into p op u la r books about Native A m erican religion..." Yet N atives culture and religion should be valued. They have m ade m any contributions to North A m erican society: •an aw areness o f concern for the environm ent ♦food staples such as corn, beans, squash, potatoes and sw eet potatoes • the design o f the kayak, toboggan and snow shoe • the original oral contraceptive •cotton • over 200 drugs, derived from native rem edies N atives today follow m any spiritual traditions: •Many Native fam ilies today have been devout Christians for generations. •Others, particularly in the Southw est have retained their aboriginal traditions more or less intact. ♦Most follow a person al faith that com bines traditional and Christian elements. •Pan Indianism is a recent and grow ing m ovem ent w hich encou rages a return to traditional beliefs, and seeks to create a com m on Native religion. •The Native A m erican Church is a continuation o f the ancient Peyote R eligion which had used a cactus w ith psychedelic properties called peyote for about 10,000 years. Incorporated in 1918, its original aim w as to prom ote Christian beliefs and values, and to use the peyote sacrament. Although use o f peyote is restricted to re ligiou s ritual w hich is protected by the US Constitution, and it is not harm ful or habit forming, and has a multi-millennia tradition, there has been considerable op position from Christian groups, from governments, and from w ithin som e tribes. It is ironic that the wine that is the Christians' m ost sacred substance, used during M ass to represent the blood of their God, has caused such a trail o f devastation w ithin Native populations. And the Natives' m ost sacred substance, tobacco, has caused m ajor health problem s for so m any Christians. �Volume 1, issue 13 L etter fro m the E d itor This issue is focused on self awareness and not so much about my own because I talk too much as it is, but I wanted to share my own exercises. Becoming truly self aware is one of wo/mans’most important goals to achieve. Without our self awareness we become vulner able to the many negative influences which surround us. It’ so easy to get lost or “ s stuck” as I like to call it. I’ found in my own self ve awareness that I have to constantly be aware that everything about me is coinciding with my mind and values. Then I always think, “ will this please Kelwosit?” You’ probably think re ing I’ a fruitcake and I am fruity, but I truly m want my actions and words to reflect my self awareness. One area that I was stuck on for a very long time was my looks. I never realized how much my looks effected my self awareness, but, oh yeah, they did. I guess you could say I hid un der the make-up and hairdo without even real izing I was hiding! Obviously I realize it now, but at the time I w ould’ thought or said, ve “ Every house looks better with a coat of paint.” Hehe, that’funny to me now. I was self aware s in some aspect, but I had these little areas of being stuck that was blocking the bigger pic ture. Anyway, the make-up ended up coming off and used very moderately. I’ actually ve found moderation in every aspect helps with my own mind, body, and spirit balance. Oh my, I have been stuck with other barriers and still, today, but reflecting on my life and healthy input from others helps me to identify those barriers. Then a battle takes up in my mind because it is my choice to remain stuck or fight for my freedom, so to speak. I read some where that “ thinking”is one of the hardest things a person will do and not many do it. Hmm, what do you think? I can tell you that television is a big place to get stuck. There are so many foolish influences that people grab onto from TV. Television is used so freely with children and it can have devastating effects on the young mind. Of course the family dynamics play into this issue as well. It seems that the television has become the new storyteller for many fami lies. Use with caution and moderation is my ad vice. I’ also found that remembering and hon ve oring a higher power everyday helps with self awareness. I find it calming to periodically through the day talk to Kelwosit in my mind. I talk like I’ talking to you right now. I don’ m t make the sign of the cross or say repetitive words to our father. Grammie Joanna helped me under stand the use of sage and sweet grass with prayer. Powerful mix the two! I’ also found that remembering we are ve here for the main purpose of loving and being loved helps me appreciate life more. Thinking of my children in this aspect gives a better picture. I teach my children to love by giving love. If we re member the love part the respect and other values will fall into place nicely. Don’you just love the t love them babies give? I love good, healthy love! It’ easy to lose track of ourselves or take s life for granted with all the advances today's tech nology has to offer. I have found that my self awareness is a constant learning. Everyday, I re affirm my awareness and build on it through each day. I’ not a perfect person nor to I try to be, but m I do want to be better than I am today. Well, I’ been extremely busy lately and ve I’ happy to say that I’ had so much help with m ve this issue. As you may have noticed already Momma Love Juices and Bridgie Baby have taken up majority of this issue with their research and sharing. I truly appreciate all that you have done, kci woliwon. I hope to see more input from those of you out there on the next issue, which will be on love! I’ so excited, and I would be so happy to m share any love stories, poems, song suggestions, and anything else fun you can think of with a touch of love! You can submit submissions or ads through email, snail mail, or drop off at my home. You can find the address on the advertisement page and the last page. For all our Passamaquoddy relations at Sipayik and anyone else who reads Keq Ktotoli Oluhk?, please share with us! I hope you all enjoy this issue and remember to ex ercise your spirit so it can grow. Be safe until next time. In Friendship, �Volume 1, issue 13 Page 8 T ob iqu e f i *1 fou n d this in form ation at http-J/www.new tfn.com . It’ uncanny how closely related s tribal stru g g le s are, still, today. I am p r o u d o f o u r M aliseet rela tion s fo r exp osin g and m ak in g a d iligen t effort to clea n house. United we c o u ld d o so m uch to look beyond the g re e d that h as m any g o o d p e o p le blinded. Check ou t this site it h as m ore exam ples o f their stru ggle a n d p le a fo r help. H ere it is: On Friday, January 28, 2005, elders, community members and councilors of the Tobique First Na tion were forced to occupy the Band office. This action is taken because Neil Perley (Director of Opjerations) and Sterling Perley (Band Manager) have refused to be financially and administratively accountable to the people of Tobique. Furthermore, they have refused to follow direction provided by council members in addressing grievances submitted by employees as well as community mem bers. Finally, the action taken by concerned community members is required because Lawyer/Chief Stewart Paul refuses to call an emergency Chief and Council meeting to discuss outstanding admin istrative issues. In addition to community members, five council members are protesting at the Band office. These five council members have repeatedly conveyed their concerns to the Director of Operations and Band Manager regarding unfairness in administrative practices as well as lack of financial account ability. Unfortunately, all concerns expressed by community members as well as council members have been ignored by the Chief, Director of Operations and Band Manager. Their lack of response has resulted in community members experiencing financial hardships and their personal issues with the administration left unresolved. The protestors are presently occupying the office of the Director of Operations and Band Manager because it is from this office that unfair decisions and questionable expenditures are made. The five council members seeking financial accountability have identified the following grievances for the full Chief and Council to address at an emergency meeting (*see web p a g e fo r the list o f grievances) The issues for the emergency meeting agenda have been a concern for most community members for the last three years. Council members have attempted to address the issues but they have been stonewalled by the Chief, Director of Operations and Band Manager. Community members and council members who support the principles of accountability, administrative fairness, and benefits flowing to all members are determined to have these grievances addressed by the Chief and Coun cil. *Just a few o f p o in ts m ade on the website. Ineffective accountability can cost even more in waste, misuse of power and loss of the govern ment's legitimacy in the eyes of the governed. A meeting was held on Feb. 1st and both the Director of Operations and Band Manager were left at there posts with no reprimand and still no sign of accountability and are only to adhere to personnel policy? Our struggle continues... “ have exhausted all efforts to receive accountability from our administration. We have pur We sued all avenues open to us especially from people who are paid to protect us who all have lived or live in our capitol Fredericton N.B. We stand united with our sisters and brothers of the Mal iseet Nation at Kingsclear. If you stand for Democracy, Justice and Truth you will help in our struggle." �Volume 1, issue 13 Page 9 M u sic Can...(give in sp ira tion and encouragem ent.) Don't ask no questions, it g Listen as your day unfolds Don't ask no questions, it goes on without you Leaving you behind if you car Challenge what the future holds Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace Try and keep your head up to the sky The world k e e n s nn snirm i nokeeps on spinning You can't stop it, if you try to Lovers, they may cause you tears This time it's danger staring you in the face Go ahead release your fears Stand up and be counted Remember Don't be ashamed to cry Listen as your day unfolds Challenge what the future holds You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser Try and keep your head up to the sky Lovers, they may cause you tears You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you Go ahead release your fears gotta be stronger My oh my hey, hey, hey jjpr< You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta Lv; stay together You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be All I know, all I know, love will save the day wiser t% — — __ Herald what your mother said You gotti be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta 1 gotta stronger Reading the books your father read x ij iv solve laic i Try to ouivc the puzzles in your own sweet time You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta s together Some may have more cash tJ than you All I know, all I know, love will save the day Others take a different view My oh my, hey, hey You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta b< wiser You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotti stronger You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta s r gotta be stronger together r^E You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta All I know, all I know, love will save the day It stay together You gotta b e . Des'ree All I know, all I know, love will save the day P assam aq u od d v W ords for the W eek Siqon (zee-gwon) meaning = Spring w pi. Pessikapskyak ponapsq (bessie-gup-ski-yug bun-apsk) meaning = Split Rock *Oh, this is su ch a w onderful p la c e to pray. The strength a n d p o w e r o f a p la c e is som etim e forgotten. E n glish W ords fo r the W eek • Heal = To make sound or whole, to restore to health, to cause (an undesirable position) to be overcome, mend, to restore to original purity or integrity. • Weinerwurst = Vienna sausage; frankfurter *th at’ a s fu n w ord to say! � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Resources <a href="http://tribal.abenakination.com/" target="_blank">Mississquoi Abenaki Tribal Council</a> (VT) <a href="http://www.elnuabenakitribe.org/" target="_blank">Elnu Abenaki Tribe</a> (VT) <a href="http://www.abenakitribe.org/" target="_blank">Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe</a> (VT) <a href="http://koasek-abenaki.com/" target="_blank">Koasek Traditional Band</a> (VT) <a href="http://www.cowasuck.org/" target="_blank">Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki</a> (NH) Subject The topic of the resource Abenaki Indians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lidded Basket Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-273 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/54fcbd0eacbe17dd6cd095eb8c3a8498.pdf 27a02b1824684e19d28eb7c58edf0d7f PDF Text Text .� � VOLUME 3, SL E MARCH 1 9 69 NUMBER 7 H� I N C K L E Y -R E S I G N S On Thur sday, Mar ch 20th , Edward C. Hinckley, S ta t e Departmen t o f Indian Affa ir s re signed. Commi s s i oner of the Ma ine. The follow ing i s a copy o f a Jetter of explana t i on s e n t by Mr. Hin ckley to var ious Indian off icials and others intere s t ed in the Indian Departme nt. "I have ju s t r e s igned as Comm i s s i oner o f Indian Affa ir s. was no t made at demand s . the reque s t o f G overnor Cur t i s , It wa s ba sed on Thi s de c i sion nor be cau se of leg i sla t ive the conv i c t ion tha t t he p o s i tion of Commi s s ioner (as i t now ex i s t s ) and my capab il i t i e s (wha tever they are ) don' t ma t ch. I have a s trong "I have no o t he r job in s ight and no s pe c i f i c plan s. de s ir e to c on t inue my edu c a t ion and t r a in ing in commun i ty developme n t and to I hope to be able have a chan ce to re-examine my own thought s and feeling s. to continue working with Ind ian s if there are way s I can be o f serv i c e t o I have made many c l o s e them. year s and the i r support 3� per s on a l fr iends in Ma ine during the pa s t and enc ourageme n t ha s been exc i t ing and e s sent ial to me. "Gove rnor Cur t i s ha s promi sed to under take a s ign i f i c an t n a t i on-wide- re cru i t ing e f f or t to obtain a new Commi s s ioner and ha s al s o sta ted h i s int en t ion of u til i z ing the serv i c e s o f the 3 Tr ibal Governors a s a s creen ing com mi t t ee to approve any appli cants..be fore appointmen t . Departme n t will c on t inue In the me an t ime, the to fun c t ion. "From tho s e o f you who are d i s turted or d i sappoin ted at my de c i s i on, I a s k pat i e n ce and under s t anding. I believe t h i s de c i s ion wa s the be s t po s s ible one that I cou ld have made , bu t only t ime will te ll. (Signed) Edward C. Hinckley Commi s s ioner x x x x x x x x x x x x The following are minu t e s of a meeting betzween Governor Kenne th M. and the Gove rnor s p f the Passamaquoddy and Penobs cot Indian Tr ibe s; Cur t i s G overnor Curtis said he has been advised there is approximately $2,000 left in the Department of Indian Affairs account. There are about $17,000 in bills that haven't been submitted to the state. At present the Departrrent needs $94,000 in order to complete the fiscal year that ends June 30, 1969. The Governor plans to �sk the Executive Council for $4,000 a week e ach week, starting next Wednesday, to pay for the costs of maintaining the welfare program of the Department until the lsgislature acts. In regards to the Indian Commissioner, the Governor said his resig nation is something he decided to do. He was not fired, nor was he asked �- 2 Rodney L. Scribner, the deputy commissioner of finance and adminis tration, wihl assume the responsibilities of the comu1issioner, ra king sure that all programs initiated by Corru:iissioner Hinckley are continued. Scribner hns been working with Hinckley in the past few months in an effort to keep the books balanced. He was also a member of the legislature in the last session and werved on the Appropriations Committee. also a Certified Public Accountant. The S94,000 Legislature has informe the Governor it fund request until they are convinced the He is� vill not approve the books of the dep,rtmant are straightened out. In nutshell, a commicsinner. the Governor said: We are broke, and we have no Hinckley told the Governor he decided to leave his post because he felt the problems between the department and the legislature might be straightened out faster with him out of the picture. The Governors of the tribes, and thiir aids, things could be straigh\ened out as concerned. For one tl1ing, the pointed out th�t several far as r-i.dmjnjstering the funds are I ndians now have to go to to meet the dep�rtruent's repre entatives, a Calais hotel and they feel he should be wore accessible to them and be on the reservation. Governor Curtis snid he will institute n search for new com�issioner, a trib�l governors and a represent�tive from the Personnel but he wants the Department to form a screPtling committee to review all applicants for the job. He also wants to meet period· c;i.lly with the keep abreast of any problems on the "Later reservations, I8d like to see a time when the this program, or parts of it. be able to receive There is a check every IndL·ns so they 11iay or vith the departwent. Indians themselves administer o reason why the qu rter from the State, Indians shouldn't then adwinister its use tre same way anyone would handle their accounts." Governor l"iitchell then told the Governor ho:1 upset he was th think that a prohlem that had been in the making for yec.rs, the feet of the legislature, tration because he door to the should come and was laid at during Governor Curtis' ad .•inis was the first state governor in history to open his indi.ns and really try to do something for them because he recog1d.zed that their problems vrnre problems for the •,1hole state, just the Indians. not He said that Comruissioner Hinckley has been the first wan who has been able to muster support for the Indians from all state's societies, and he has recruited new action grouvs and the re,t. segwents of the groups froill churches, He asked that Commissioner hinckley be asked to social !ithdraw his resig- n ation. Governor Stevens said th�t his people are very uiset about Hinckley's �e�� leaving and said his people don't 1ant to go back to the old ways, they want to continue the programs that Hinckley has started to help them get back in step with tl1e rest of the Nation. Hinckley • • • • The Governor of Maine said that he will l.:e ble to keep Hinckley, "If Hinckley would stay on the fine with me", job, in sowe capacity, it would be the Governor said. "We are having growing pains in this new "the Gov.ernor desk to hurt this (Continued glad to do anythi11g possi but he pointed out that his resignd.tion ap:"'ears to be final. ment, They don't want to lose "He is the only one who ho.s stood up for us." said, "but department, on page 10) de1).,...rtment of state govern- if the legi.sl.g,ture ever puts a bill on my I wj 11 veto it and 11·t.n.ke sure the veto holds. �(3) E D I T THE 0 R I A L S •.AHlE INDIAN NEr·i.SLETTI:;R EDITOR: ( mrs. ) Eugenia T. Thompson ( Penobscot ) News and stories may be submitted to the Newsletter for publication at the f ollorling address: -Maine Indian Newsletter 42 Liberty Street Gardiner, Maine 04345 Tel. 532-5435 ***** ***** It doesn't take great men to do things, but it is doing great things that makes men great.--Arnold Glasow ***** TJillTTS In constitutional law, a person chosen by the people to represent their several interests in a lGgislative body is called Representativ�. The meuber o f the Penobscot In dian Tribe a.nd the 1.iember of the P as samaquoddy Indian Tribe elected to re present his tribe at the biennial as sembly of the Legislature shall receive a cou ensation o f 500 for such attend ance and travel at each legislative session for 20 trips to and from his place of abode at the same rate as state employees receive, end allo 1ance .for meals and housing expenses as any other member of the Senate and House of Representatives for 20 days' atten dance at each legislative session. Now• Albert Dana is the Passama quoddy Representative at: the Legisla ture, yet he represents tTio groups ' of Pa ssamaquoddy Indians. This is difficult as each group is governed by a governor and tribal council, and each may have differibg views on legislative bills. This may be why Albert Dana chose to say that he did not always speak on legislation in the manner the two Passauiaquoddy reserva tions had ins tructed him. Albert traveled far to represent his tribe at these recent legislative hearings. He is an e ffective speaker, and spoke on each bill Before the Cow llli.tteP. In order to be more e f fective, united approach and unified support should be the desire of each governor, ach tribal council, and each tribal ***** We want �o thunk.tho Beta Sigfila Phi Sorority of Jiscasset for their help in putting the Newsletter to gether last �onth. If there are other groups interested in doing a service please contact �e, and we can j3 lan to put the Ne111Sletter to gether in my howe or wherever you meet! ***** How about contributing to the buying of a second hand bus so that the Indian children on Indian IsJa nd, Old Town, Maine can continue the� tutoring program at the University of Maine. The :J?rograw started by the VISTAs which broµght the college students to the Reservation, now has gotten so big that unless a bus can be had, the program will have to !:J e dropped or have the children w�eded out. The children o f allgrades have profitted il.Ilii.iensely by this program. If you would like to contribute Hathew. 18..tchell write: 16 Oak Hill Street Indian Island, Old Town, Haine 04468 "'*** * FtASH REPORT As thi s Ncwsletttr goes to press a last utc report was rGceived of a meeting on rch 28th regarding construction fu nds f•"' Gov. Curtis, Ac ting Ind Indian schools. ian Affairs Commissioner Scribner and Edu · cation Collll�issioner Logan met w ith me_ be � of the Appropriat ions Committee to seek a� ditional funds to complete construction of new school buildings as originally planne thru last June's bond issue referendumQ Scribner said he was encouraged by the meeting and further discussion is planned As soon as legislative for next week. plans were conpleted, a further announce ment will be nade, he s2id. FLASH HFJ'ORT · ------· ------ - ------- �( 4-) EXECUTIVE DEPARTI•1El\IT State of Maine AUGUSTA---Following a meeting with represent""'..tives; Governor Ker neth l'. Indian Governors and Curtis today confirfi1eQ. that he had been informed by Commissioner Edward Hinckley that he was resigning as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. As a te�porary measure , Deputy Commissioner of Finance and Administration, Rodney L. Scribner, R whould be na�ed Acting Comillissioner of Indian Affairs . Hinckley's resignation has been announced as final and not dependent upon its acceptance by the Governor. Curtis said that dealings with Maine "Hinckley has shown true compassion in his Indians and I will insist that the new Com missioner exhibit the same feelings of concern." marks were A nationwide hunt for stituted, Curtis stated. consisiting of three Willard R. The curtis re contained in a letter to Bi11ckley. new a Indian Commissioner will be in A screening committee will be created Indian governors and State personnel Director Harris. "In the meantime," Curtis continued, no lapse in administration, "so that there will be I am c..ppointing Rodney Scribner as Act j ng Gommissioner and directing hi.1 as his first order of business to institute Affairs. to the an accounting procedure for the Department of Indian I am al90 directing him to give high priority attention establishment of already Federally-approved Housing Auth ority projects on the reservGtions and the ironing our of fin ancial difficulties As further over the building of assurance that there administration and development of Indian schools." �11 � no slowing down in the Indian progrdras, and that an orderly transition will occur, Go vernor Curtis stated he had asked, and � .r. Hinckley had agreed to serve on in an as a special consultant to the DepcJ.rtwent of interi!il basis , Indian Affairs for progr�m developments. Curtis stated a coun6il order is �ing to the Executive Co lnc..i l. nPxt ual arrrngeruent. (Continued on page 10) v1c<"lr for prepared for submission npp1:oir.q_l of thjs contract- �(5) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR in 1836 gave Maine the right to sell or lease the Treaty lands, defying a currently there is a deficit in the law passed in 1834, m�king it a crime Budget of the Department of Indian to traffic in Indian.· lands without Affairs. Tle allocation of additional Federal per �ssion. Is this a white funds �ith which to implement the man's way of stealing legally. 11:Je program of the D .I.A. is an urgent hold these truths to be self evident". matter. The State must res .ond sens First our land, then our Language, itively and res)onsibly to t he posi which by the ay has a Gr.:i.m1n- tical tion of Edwerd Hinckley who ects in str.ucture, next the culture wany are The behalf of the Indian Community. trying to preserve. �ill the white's D.I.A. vuich ha�:received �uch crit and hinorities always be sparing particis from Indians and non-Indians ners. alike, must be allowed to function Mrs. "F:rne Yarmal and frow. 1e must not wake the mis ** take of pre-judgement, all new in Dear Editor, stitutions wust be given the oppor tunity to grow �nd evolve. Indi8n It has be�n c:tsked frow. t i ,e to t:L..e, Self-governllient is the 3'>&1 of wy �hat has happened to t�e various Indian people with the help of people like Crafts and why aren't the Indi�ns mak Mr. Hinckley. Is it this go�l that ing these things c..""..S ::uch as they ..se to. the State is trying to swather? This can be �nstered in verJ fe �ords, a d t11e....,e orJs E.re 11cheap foreign im While we were under the Departwent ports". of Health & Jelfare, t1ey ere sup posed to respond to the needs of In I have traveled in several st�tes cind ./e nere and in dians in the State. it see us the:' t en·v :.- t s_ u�.: tk. t 1 many instances, still are colonized ever visited had Indian Cr�f ts that people in every sense. of the term, were 1�de in Japan or so·e other1Asian being held down by unjust power. We country. are not all�ved to control our own destiny in our Com.ruunity. An atti tude of paternalism pervades the re .... I consider myself a good craftsfilan lationship between the State and the when it comes to carving and painting, Inti:ian Commurity. Being "iJards of but the going prices of these cheap im the State" lit.err:.i.J_ly mee.ns "Under itations, I find it impossible to com the Thumb of the St.::..te of Maine." pete ·with them. I believe I can speak We need power to make our own deci for many of the craftsman when I say sions, our Tribal elections do not this. really give us the power to m�ke necessary changes. The State has not r have seen soMe of these imports which been sensitive to our desires in �holesale for about �6.00 per doz. reterms of immediate and priority needs. tailed at three tiwes the wholesale Why is is necessary that the Affairs price. Speaking for uyself I find it of Indians hGve to be resolved by impossible to cowpete with these prices. non-Indians who are so far re·oved le can't place the entire blAme on the frou the scene? "ihy is it necessary gift shop owners as the genuine Indian to have the will and resolve of the Crafts are dying ou�, due to the inIndian people ratified by their colability to compete with the low import onizers? Our petitions go un-noticprices. However something should be ed and ignored. Token gestures and done about the imports and the false broken promises have been made to labelings. Our lands have pacify the Indians. The state and Government often mention been stolen from us, we've been reself help programs, why couldn�t some duced to paupers. The State's Resolve (Continued on page6) Dear Editor, . .. u. �I I ' >(\ )·.. ::: • ( Letters continued from page 5) money be loaned to start a program go barefoot. Now to surumarize, with all of these cr�fts that we h�ve, isn't that would eventually become a self supporting and profit making one? I (<61)0' it worth considering the possibilities th,:t I have mentioned. Sincerely yours, am certain th�t with many of our a Gilbert " Jerry" Francis little help, 108 Indians could be self em ployed in the Co-op, in the same man ner as our Cherokee Brothers. In F.S. this uanner the gift shops that sell imports would then be able to discon tinue the imported Indian line, as the genuine would then be more available at competitive prices. I have � line of at ties 15 leAst I and different find that I ( Indi\n novel have yet to .ditor's note: the Maine Federal Legisle;1tion as follows: U'ts and Crafts Bourd in this paper who for yearG I re�d an article 1 e.bout a business u:ian went to the g ve t that reoervation and misleadin� inform ation about the cost of �aking mbcdA sins. He spoke of the high cost of leather and the need for a cutting I l�ve for s eYeral years made slippers, boots nnd vurious type of wear with out the ben Indian foot 6. displays Jr. oever ,Ifillfully offers or for sale any goods, no machjnes. ) particular Indi�n �roducts of Indian tribe or group resident within the United States or person knows sucb products or are not of the particular shall be whea such goods are not I ft. I can make At 38¢ per sq slipper that whole a $2.50 per pr. Indi�n tribe or fined not more than group $500 or i1iprisoned not more than six months or both. 6 Evidence of viol�tions of Section of the Act should be directed to the per pnir depending Bentation may also be reported to the Federal Trade Commission, Avenue at 6th Street, �nd still N • . Pennsylvania if. on the Something can be done about the leather and style. and the false lab�lings. It was mentioned /ashington D.C. th�t go all the way up that handse�ing·was I understand th�t outside of but very little sonal loan, training or skill. Being foreman at a local shoe knov1 that it tRkes . a cer the illaii1e a per Indian cannot hold his land on the reservation up for collateral. If there is any In dian interested in such tain amount of both. imports Something can be done also about loaning money somthing that any one could do with a hand sewing Indian Indian products These per sq foot on up. make a line a pA.ttcn1s 38¢ I with or Indian Arts and Crafts Board, U.S. I have that require Dep�rtwent of the Interior, ifashing ton, D.C. 20240. Cases of ·risrepre can buy le�ther from efit of any m�chinery. hand cut and z.1.::l.de factory In dian nnd Eski· o arts and crafts), the Territory of Alas�a, has used the name of Passamaquoddy Brothers. $30 In (to pro specifies as follows: go in my opinion to The tect the consu er and �reducer of Indian _roducts or sales for No.l without any Government tr�de �ark, as Several months machine. 1, In Vol. Indian Newsletter cited the Act of Congress which created the Sec. incentive. time, he Maine Keep up the good work. dian scratch the surface . In fuY opinion the field is practically unlimited, as long as wan has imagination and our Essex Street Bangor, project, a I believe the Small Business Admin The Penobsc0t Indians have for yecrs worked at shoe making and the best craftsman. �re some of 1'Lerefore it would take very little start a small shop at r�:i t:rt.ining to Indian Isl?nd, and to train our uther neighboring I Lets rerae,Jber that Indian Brothers. before macuinery, we Indians did not istration Qight be the place to con tact, and that is located under the U.S. Governwent in your phone book. The new Com.r;mnity Development Consul tant, r.:d11vard C ,Rinckley .;:i.ay well be the person to cont�ct at 108 Indian Affairs. Grove St.,Au6usta. Tel. (Continued on page 7) 289-2831.) ��Letters continued from page (?) 6) am the I I ran across this item in a r.ade Magazine and iobile Ho ..ie Reservation. thought it might be J. Garfield homan Overseer I have been wondering if Reservation ny housing Perry, problem that we so complete They and comfortable, are base · Lucy Poolaw (Princess Old Town is in al in Bangor, the she I hofe to meet you sometirue , I /atawasso) John is alre dy 82 . kno This is my first opportunity to read your wonderful Ne1sletter, and a free. perhaps you - from Taylor Bospit I am glRd to know there is such ask you if newsletter. I other names be very Sincerely , aine our invitation to our readers is still open for you to come and visit �nd talk w ith us of . ;l:i:A. C1 Indian several interest�ng visits over a cup of coffee.) glad to get your newsletter. Yours very truly Chief Peter Indian Rexton, highly of hr. letter to Gov a I spoke very Edward C. Hinckley who I think is a very capable an, both personally and as a Commissioner. On overspending. �e here on this Re servation are not so well off as Peter Dana Foint or Princeton Strip, or Old Town has the shoe fact Old Town. ory and other sources of Employment. Peter Dana Point and the Strip have /oodland also the G oergia ployment. •-Je I �.B. Indians in Calif, Canada thought you filight like to put them in the news letter. l·1r. Gilbert Ketchutt1 of is spending the ed Kenneth Curtis. Pacific. Barlow w, Indian Isle winter in San Jose, with his daughter, hr & hrs Jc:.wes Hunt. end son in Also visit his neice (Phyllis Nie ole.) and _ fia�ily in San Fr�ncisco. have sent the Jviill at l�ine 1 Dear Editor, I J. Island Reserve Enclosed are two notices concerning Calif, ++ Recently � Dear Editor, Augusta ·1obile Park l. uave also send two /I# Bob Stone �e will I know these peo1�le will new issue of Ne,sletter. ings. th. and I can get your wonderful and Mr. Thompson Augusta, so I am sending uy nawe and address h�ve been interested in note: a friend to me today letter it is very i:.1for.uative, your work and look forward to eac� nnew (Editor's Sr. Poor iviaine of mine hand one over board hot water heat and very trouble Another item, • Dear EQ.itor, I have lived in one for five years here I love it. • Pleasant Point ,obile Hoilles adv ntage in the have here in i;e.ine. in the park and Point Thank you 10) could be used to and know �oor the Overseer of difficulties here on Pleasant the interesting to your readers.(See page ernor Einckley still do admiration for Mr. Dear Edi tor, I had Former Head Council hember, a As here have no means of em also stated to the Gov ernor th�t as far back as I can remem a CorI111 1issioner going from house to T his proves to me his keen house. ber interest in the Indians and their needs. Oakland, �ass i<;.mma Nicola became the Cora, Calif h�.rc11 1, 1969 (Penobscot Tribe) bride of l'tr. Conrad (1dinnebago Tribe). !tiss L De Nicola is the daughter of the late Horace and JVirs. r icola of Conn. Granddaughter of Leo Shay of the Nie ala, Penobscot Tribe. Silver ton, Hass and Boston, She graduated from Lc7-ke Regional Bigh in Kings and is Fisher Jr College, . �re�ently employed as secretary for Kaiser Engineer in ' Oakland. The groom graduated from Ninnebago High in �innebago, Haskell Nebraska, and Institute of Lawrence, and is employed in Oakland. The (Continued on page 8) Kansas ' �{Letters continued from page 7) newlyweds were given a wedding dinner (8) at the home of the brides cousin and family !Ir & Mrs Francis Nicola of San Francisco. Enjoy the Newsletter very much there least five of us here in Calif know of who look forward to it, are at that I and pass it around to some of the other 'firibes th t live here. Dear l1:di tor, sent to Governor Curtis with reference to press c 0U11,1en ts about the number of Indians presently sup orting the de partment. I think your colin ..ents were very timely Francisco, •• your attempts to set the record straight. Sincerely, Calif F.dward C. Hinckley Commissioner Dept. of Indian �ould you send me the I am part Iiic I am interested in it as 1Ve have been friends the 1£tter. about for about 5 years. • to se: Indian's and set up a Vjllrige as there is NONE here in N.H. and have it fix so it be ca�'t sold. of N.M. What do you think of that? note: I'll tell you I think of it ·after you get the land and set up a village and see the I'd like to be kept posted as find you would like to call me you In I have ledrned of a bit of (F.ditor's address or postumark, of this person, father's The above note: note came on a postcard Jith out so if you know let us know and �e'd be gla:d to send him a newsletter.) ?? to I am going to give you my Phone no. doz. a get to meet. John Hinkle P.S. AUNT LOU I S DEAD A T your developments.) so if we Sincerely yours, Sounds like a fascinating idea, deed. I hope reserv�tions. lines. That way they will (Editor's in the 20ies .and has grown 3ith contacts in d ian blood on both ,,1other f. always have it. what you letter, i 1y interest started when I e would like to get come iand for the I'� grateful Learning of your good work and would like was in the Dniv. nerald Morin was the one who told me Affairs Ilaine Dear k!ditor, please. Hae. Ind i a n Augusta, · newsletter. I appreciate and well-expres.sed and I understand there is a Indian news� letter up there th t is rrhy I am writing to you. Here what I want to ask you. Thank you very �uch for the co�y of your letter of February 2nd which you Phyllis Nicola Mrs. San Dear Editor, Old Town-111Irs. Lucy 86 (nicola) 86, Poolaw 1 You vnll be more than welcome to. wife of Bruce Poolaw, died ,.fednesday, She March 19, at a Bangor Hospital. I hope these few lines will find you was known as Princess ·1atawaso. I have meet in the best of health. can • • • some Indi-ns at that are goidg to school the St. Paul's school here in Con There names are Keith r<!iller, cord. Tribe Sioux, and Robert Abrams, Seneca Mohawk. boys and these Boys. know Okla, He is gain� to the Lenox tv1ass. Indians from NY, Conn. �1ic any of Do you kn� School in Lenox, I They are very nice I also meet a N-si.vajo, heal Benson. Tribe . ·Jell I Poolaw was born on June 22, 1882, Indian Island, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Nicola. During her lifetime she had visited in nearly all states in the union, lecturing and si ging Indian songs for her people. Mrs. Poolaw was one of the first to record for RCA Victor ith her operiatic Pa, NH, guess RI, I will !:ring this letter to a close. Take care. Mrs. Yours truly "l voice. scot She was a member of the Penob Indian Bcptist Church, served as pianist and had and orga.Rist at the church for the past 25 years. She was �( Le tters continued from page 8 ) (9) willing to pay a reasonable fee for a p a s t pres ident o f the American Le brochures or m2terials. 2 member I n d i an Tribe and had been a member of the Tribal Coun · 1 for many ears. I am & fourth gr ade teacher so am l i�ite d as to the tiwe I can spen d i g on Auxi llia ry , Old T o wn ; o: the Penobscot � I Surviving besides her husband, ere n nie ces and nephews. Funeral services 1 e re held S aturd ay at the B ap tist Church, Indian Island, with the Rev. F ederic k Ludwig officiating. ·· in research for my term paper. You are to be co m ..ended for your work . I enclose a self-addressed envelope for your convenience in answering. Thank ¥ou for your consider ation of ·this request. /I rr (Editor's Dear Editor, ·1cnt to Boston i: ia rch 20th. Your s tr ul y l�s. Ada B. Packard Jeff er son, 11aine I raust apolo gi ze for note: using your letter in the Newsletter, 1iJen t to see Cowboy Show in Mu s ic Hall, Hith Mrs. Pauiine Gabriel, Stella Neptune, Alberta Cleaves, and Mrs. Philo 11ene Dan a. A lso Mr. & ��s. Dana went to Chinese restau r a nt , and �. Dana's f fortune cookies read as follows. "You are demonstrative with those you love.11 and "You w i ll be awarded so me great honor. 1rs. Dana's read "You are the pioneer and leader, and your pr esent pl;:ms are going to s ucceed. 11 Oh, by the way the show was 1111: rty Robbins, David Houston, Ferlon Husky, and Tam my 'Naynette". Si gn .lie as the g i r l on the road Philomene Dana and also for i.wp r ornp t consideration of your request, but tL1e and sup_;)l i cs are much to be desired. Many stu dents rrite to me around term paper time and as much as I would like to help them �ith beir pa pe r s, I find that about all 1 can do is to type the stencils for the leWsletter, Ofen u1ail and c ha se tvvo little ones around. · I am presently w orking a Bib l io gr aph y of in formation about t1aine Indians, but I assure you that you could get this information sooner throygh the State of i "ia ine Library. Also contc::.ct �ith the Tribal Governors on the three reser vn tions. I w ou l d be gl ad to send you a co�y of the Ne �sle tter. ) ! ! ®� Dear E ditor, The art icle in ye s terd a y 's "K,J." about your activities concerning the Jv1aine Indian Newsletter interested me. I am presently t aki n g a course in the His tory of f'iaine and have selected for . the subject of my term paper "The Haine Indians". Dear Edi tor; I note that ·�in � Indian Newsletter to expire imuiediately. (Sub sc � i p ti on ? ) I would gre � tly a p � recia te your c o n t is due i nuing to send ule this 'JUbli qation for the next ye�r. It is of very con siderable interest to us here. F,arly history of the Indians seem to be recorded in several histories of However thete se�6s"t6.be n� l�ine. no recent accounts of their activities and welfare. I have obtained a few of the publications from Mr. Hinckley's o ffi c e . Is there anyone on either reservation to whom I could write for information about the present day activities and Perh�ps you would living conditions? have some informntion you v1011ln he I am willing to send or lo�n me. Si ncere l y , Kenneth E. Dept. Kidd of Anthropology Trent U niversity Pe terborough , ( Editor ' s hote: Ontario Canada Yes, we will contin�e I n d ian Ne wslett er to you. �e have been sending about one hundred cowpli; 1enta ry subs c ript ions to various �eoples, organiz a ti ons , pub lic a tions , lack of interest has hrilvu<i this list. �le will put you bar:}: on the lint if you so desire. ) c ail in g the �a ine �NAV JOS GET TWO SUNSETS FOR MUSEUM (10) Tw o new Sunset recreational vehicles were given t o avajo Indian officials f or the purpose of stcrting a museum. One unit, a 2 2' Sunset travel trailer, �ill be used as a traveling museu@ and will c ontain samples of b oth m od ern and ancient Navajo art, in addi ti on t o a c ollecti on of hist orical and cultural inf ormati on. other unit, a Sunset truck-mount was presented to Navajo Park ranger Ben Price. The camper was mounted on a 1968 GMC pick-up truck which was d onated by Enric o M ot ors of Gallup, New l·iexic o and the G1"1C truck and c oach division of General M ot ors, P ontiac, I·1ichigan. The camper, A� ong the Navaj o officials attending the presentati on was Charles Damon, asci st.ant. departiu.en t head of the parks and recreation department of the Navajo Tribe. Damon is als o a member of the Centennial c om1ittee c ommem orating the Navaj o's lOOth Anniversary of signing the Treaty of Peace with the Americ�n g overrment. Meyer Katzman, chai�man of the b oard l'lf Commodor� C orp orati on, Omaha, Nebraska, made the f ormal presentati on to the Indians and the ranger at thee Southwest Mobile H ome and Recreation al Vehicle Show in Dallas, Texas. The museum will be taken t o shows and fairs around the country. T o offset the. c ost of travel, the Indians will sell rugs, truquoise and silver jew elry, literature and centennial s ou venir items. (Fr om H�bi�e �ome �rade �a�a�ine,pl02) g oing and �eet all the requirements of the federal g overnu1en t i@nedia tely so th· t this can hap L-ien. Give all p ossible attenti on 3. to the ducation �rograms on the re servations." F oll owing this �eeting the G ov ernor end the tribal representntiv r. went to lunch, et Hinckley at the cafeteria and resu�ed their c onfer ence vii th Hiuckley present back in the G overnor's office. The only u1e1nber of the Execu tive C ouncil who happened tm be here, Judge Darey, w,s called in, t o o. As further assurance that thP ·� will be no slowdown in the adtni n i � tr ati on and developu1ent of Inrli::i.n pr ograms, and th· t n 01·ciPrl y t1 aw=:i:nor Curtis ition will occur, G stated he had asl·ed and iJr. Rinck ey had agreed to serve or in an interim basis as a s�ecial c onsultant to the Dpeartment of Inainn Affairs f or pro Curtis stated a grc.lm developmcut. C ouncil order is being prepared f or submissi on to the Executive C ouncil next week f or up roval of this c on 1. __ tractue.l arrc.nget1ent. (Continued fr o1 page 4) Scribner, a mefilber of the 103rd Legislature, where he served on tre Appr opriations C ommittee, has long been a fin�nci�l advisor to Curtis. Curtis als o disclosed that he had written t o Sehat or J oseph Sewall, C larim �n of the Appropriations C om hlittee, and leaders of the 104th Le gislature, informing them that as of the present, all ap�ropriatcd assist ance funds f or the Department of In dian Affairs f or fuis fiscal year had Curtis indicated been obligated. w ould seek a Council order that he f or an emergency transfer from the c ontingent account at the rate of $'1000 a week in order to maintain the Departwent services to Indians until a m ore permanent s olution can be found through legislative ap (MINUTES OF .ME�THG c ont. from page 2) "None of us here are i·e:::;r1onsible f or what has happened in the p�s+. �00 years, but we are responsible f or wh�� proprl.Ation. hGppens from now on. "I c ommit myself. to seeing "I have directed Mr. Scribner t � at th�re is n o curtaiJment or t o d o three things first: interrupti on of prot;-rni11s on the Stra�ghten ou t the accoun�P I. lnrii An r ecP t· vu�; nns," Curtis c on of the dep2rtment. clud�0. Keep the h olls ng progrA..m 2. • . • · �(11) PLEDGED TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS AUGUS TA (AP) - New scho o l faci l i ties wi l l b e bui l t as p lanned on the Indian Township Reserva t ion near Pr inceton (and on the o ther 2 Reservations ) even i f add i t ional funds have to b e ob tained from the legis lature, Gov . Curtis said Tuesda y . " I have every in ten t ion o f seeing. tha t w e d o n ' t skimp on t h e s ize o f the bui ld ings a s au thor ized by t he 103rd legis la ture and t he peop l e , " the governor reported. He was r e ferr ing to $ 73 , 000 a l l o t t ed the Indian Township Reservati on for new scho o l fac i lities as par t of a cap i t a l improveme n t s b ond issue for Maine Indians last year. ( These funds for the Township, p lus add i t ional funds appropr ia t e d by the 103rd legislature , were to cover costs o f c onstruction f o r a mu l t i-purp ose r o om and 2 c lassrooms on the Township. In t h e b ond issue appr oved $ 103,000 f o r 2 c l a ssrooms and a multipurpose room at Pleasan t Poin t , and $ 73 , 000 for a multi-purpose room and 1 c lassroom addi t ion , at the Penobsc o t Reserva tion. - Ed . ) Cur t is r e p lie d t o a l e t ter by Gov . John S t evens who heads the Passamaquorldy t r ibesmen on the Ind ian Township Re s ervation , near Pr i n ceton . ( S e e February Newsl e t t er , pages 22- 24. ) S t evens had complained abou t a r educt ion in the amoun t of add i t ional scho o l space to be bui l t b e c ause o f an increase in c onstruc t ion costs. " There's a possib i l i ty tha t we migh t be ab l e to find additional funds in the c onstruc t ion r eserve ac coun t o f the governor's con tingency fund," Cur t is said. " I f it's t o o sizeab l e , we could ask the leg islature for a supp leme n t a l appropr ia t ion , " Cur t is sai d . He added t ha t he hopes " t o see the day when the Indians are se l f -govern ing and have their own scho o l b oards." (From t he Bangor Dai ly News , 3/ 5 / 6 9 ) I ND IAN SCHOOLING I N U. S . AS SAILED by E. H. WASHINGTON , Feb . 18 Kenwor thy - For near ly five hours today a ser ies of witnesses to ld a Senate sub comm i t tee on Ind ian Educat ion tha t , in their view , the on ly good Bureau o f Ind ian Af fairs wou ld be a d isman t led Bureau of Indian Affairs. Commen ts made by several sub commi t te e memb ers ind i cated tha t they agreed w, i t h t h i s evaluati on. Whi le the hear ings we re in progress , the Whi t e House issued a statemen t t ha t Presid e n t Nixon "has under considerat ion a study of t he Bureau of Ind ian A f f a irs" prepared by Alvin M. Mr. Jose phy , Josephy , Jr. an e d i t o r of Ame r ican Heritage bo oks , is a l ong- t ime stud e n t o f Indian h istory and pf t h e prese n t cond i t ions o f American Indians • Whi t e House said that Mr. • • • The Josephy's r epor t "is highly crit i ca l o f the struc ture and opera tion of the Bureau , " and tha t one o f his chie f cri t i c isms is " tha t the Bureau is or ien ted toward t he use o f land rather than toward the l ives of peop le." Mr. Josephy , t he Whi te House said , has re commended "major restruc t uring o f the Bureau." Whi l e the Whi t e House d id no t say so , it 1is known tha t Mr . Josephy proposed tha t the Bureau be taken out of the D e par tme n t of the In t e r ior and p la c e d d ire c t ly und er the exe cu t ive o ff i c e of the President. The Senate Sub commi t te e on Indian Education , a par t of the Commi t te e on Labor and Pub l i c We l far e , was f orme r ly headed by Rober t F. Kennedy. assaRsination , his b r o ther , to make him chairman , S enat or Edward M. and they agr e ed . The t hr e e days o f hear ings that opened today are an ext ension of those held in 1 9 6 7-68 by Rob e r t Kennedy . ings produ c e d f ive vo lumes o f t e s t imony , mos t of it prov ided for Ind ians und e r the d ir e c t ion of (From the New York Times , 2 /1 9 / 6 9 ) Af t e r his Kenn edy , asked his c o l l eagues cr i t i c a l of the Ind ian Bureau • • Those hear the educat i on • • �(12) GUE S TS FEATURE A T IND IAN CLUB W I LLIMANTIC - Two s tuden t s of We s l ey an Univer s i ty were gue s t s at a mee t ing of t he Nor t h Ame r i can Ind ian C lub he r e t h i s week . Erne s t in e Yarma l of Plea s a n t Po int R e s erva t ion , Me . , is a Pa s s ama quodd y . S he h a s b e e n a r e por t er for the Maine Ind ian News le t t er , and daugh ter o f t he c lub ' s l a t e Med i c ineman Jo s e ph S o c oby (Bedag i ) , who d ied i n De cember . i s a t t end ing an thr o p o l ogy c la s s e s and working w i t h Pro f . Wa lker , on Pa s s am� q 1 1 odd y Ind i an l a n gu age at the Mid d l e t own s choo l . G l enn La zor e o f the S he as an in forman t S t . Re g i s Ind ian Re s ervat ion in upper New York s t a te s and t he Ind ian De c l ar a t ion s ong , demon s tr a t e d the Rob in Dance and per formed He i s a t tending a few t r ib a l chan t s , ac company ing h ims e l f on the tom- tom . We s l ey an and has made Ind i an s inging and chan t s his hobby . New o f f i ce r s named were Pre s id en t , Por t l and ; ham ; S e c r e t ary , Mr s . Tre a sure r , Kenne th Smi t h G e r a ld ine Frapp ier Mr s . Max in e Tomer ( Chi e f S tr onghor s e ) o f _ ( Pr i n c e s s Sun s hine ) o f South Wind ( Pr ince s s Go lden Ro s e ) o f W indham ; and Med i c i n e man , Rus s e l l Hun t . Ro l and F r appier r e t a ined hi s o f f i c e of cha irman o f ttc Exe cut ive Counc i l wi th Ka therine G ar l and a s s e cr e t ary . Other Coun c i l memb e r s are Mar ion Smi th , Por t l and ; D e nn i s Me r chan t , W i l l iman t i c ; Car l s on , Ledyard • • • • (From the Norwich SLIDE S , Ber t ha Ra t�bun , ( Conn . ) B u l l e t in , Co lumb ia ; and Raymond 2 / 20 / 6 9 ) S PEAKERS TELL S TORY OF PLEASANT POINT IND IANS by Mary Lac y Lou i s Doy l e , was c o ord inator o f Ind ian S e rv i c e s f o r t he D i o c e s e of Po r t l and , s p e aker a t the Wayn f l e t e S c ho o l January gir l s , 2 9 th . W i t h him were two Ind ian Mi s s V i r g in i a F r an c i s and Mi s s Regin a Nicho l a s . B o th are at t end in g Mar i e Jo s e ph. Acad emy in Bidde f ord . D o y l e showed s l ide s of P l e a s an t Po in t , Pa s s �ma qu oddy Re s erva t i on in e a s t Wash ing ton Coun ty . Re serva t io n s d a t e b a c k to peop l e t h ink , a lways the governme n t owned . l ived on . l a t e 1 8 th cen tury . They are no t , a as mo s t They are pi e c e s o f l and that Ind ian s have Though thi s l and b e long s r i gh t s have been abu s ed s ever a l t ime s . to the Pa s s amaquoddy t r ibe the ir The Ma ine Cen tra l Rai lroad runs b e h ind the s c ho o lyard aAd beh ind hou s e s . Thi s wa s an agreeme n t s o l e l y b e tween t he s t a t e and the r a i lroad wi thou t the con s e n t o f the Ind ians . From the d i s cu s s io n a f t er t he f i lm the They b e l i eve t h a t many Ind ians have c ope w i th the whi t e s o c ie ty . felt two g ir l s expr e s sed t he ir o p in ion s . s t ayed on r e s erva t ions b e cau s e i t n e c e s s ary t o wa i t b e fore tryihg to go ou t i n t o t h e wh i te s o c ie ty . Though Ind i an s pay a l l t ax e s that o ther Ame r i can c i t i z e n s do proper t y tax e s ) un t i l 1 9 6 0 • • • • Yet they wer e n o t a l lowed through a l l they can ' t Un t i l the Ind i a n s are b e t ter educated the g i r l s to vo t e f o r a ( ex c e p t congre s sman or a pre s iden t the in j u s t ice s done t o t hem one may a s k why don ' t t4ey s p e a k up and . make t h e ir gr ievan c e s known ? Tha t ' s not the Ind ian way , ac cord ing to the s p e aker s . They are a pat ient p e o p l e and d on ' t wan t to do any thing un t i l they are b e t te r edu c a t ed . Then they wi l l know how to approach i t . (From the Por t land Evening Expre s s , 2/ 1 5/ 6 9 ) POW -W:OWS May- 30 , 3 1 , June 1 - Comb ined Pow-Wow of t he New Eng l and Found a t ion f or Amer i c an Ind i an C u l ture and Ind ian League of the Amer i ca s , at Toma quag Mu s eum , on Burd i c k Wr i te Fred Hickman , v i l l e Road , 1 2 mi l e s nor t h o f My s t i c , Conn . , o f f Rou te 9 5 . 10003 , i f you wan t to par t i c ipa t e . Room 8 0 3 , 1 U n i o n S quar e We s t , New York , N . Y . July 1 1 , 1 2 , 1 3 - New Eng l and Pow-Wow As s o c ia t io n comb ined Pow-Wow of Nor t he a s t ( Cont inued on Page 1 3 ) �/ (13) ( Co n t inued from Page 1 2 ) Found a t ion f o r Amer i can Ind ian Cu l ture and D e s cendan t s o f Amer i c an Ind ian s , Ep som , N. H . Th i s year wi l l feature "Ea s t ern S inger s ' ' f o l l owed b y "'He s tern S i ng er s " and g ene r a l danc ing . Augus t 2 , 3 - Ame r i can Ind ian Federat ion Pow-Wow , La faye t te , R . I . F o r d e t a i l s wr i te Na shaweenah , Ind i an Ha l l Ground s , Rou t e 1 0 2 , Ti l l inha s t Road , Box 8 7 3 , E a s t Greenwich , R . I . Augu s t 9 , 1 0 - Ind ian League o f the Americas Four th Annua l Pow-Wow at Ind ian Land , Earryv i l le , N . Y . Dancing , s inging , s a l e s b o o t h s , ple nty o f parking and camping space . See Fred Hickman f or d e t a i l s . (From the ILOTA News l e t ter , F ebruary , 1969) POLI TIC S I N INDIAN AFFA IR S ? ( The fo l l ow ing i s t aken from t h e s o - c a l led "hor s e b l anke t ' ' - a verbat im repor t ing o f l e g i s l a t ive d i s cus s ion - of t he Ma ine Senate for March 1 8 . 1 9 6 9 . - Ed . ) On mo t ion by Mr . that of Cumber land , B erry , ORDERED , the Hou s e concur r in g , the A t torney General i s d ir e c t ed to inve s t ig a t e the re por t e d ove r - commi t t men t o f appropr i a t ed fund s in the Depar tment o f Ind ian A f f a i r s and take such fur ther a c t i on a s may b e prov ided by law . ( S . P . 4 1 1 � whi ch wa s r e ad . ) The PRE S IDE N T : The Chair r e co gn i z e s t h e senator from Cumber l and , Mr . Berry . Mr . s i tu a t ion , BERRY of Cumb er l and : Mr . i f it can be c a l l e d that , The Pr e s iden t and Memb e r s o f t he Sena t e : in the Ind ian Affairs Depar tment has pro gre s s ed far b eyond the point tha t i t can be to lerated by cont inue in i t s pr e s ent me thod . the Leg i s l a ture t o The f inan c i a l prob l ems f ir s t came to l igh t in January of 1968 , at whi c h t ime a repor ted d e f i c i t o f $ 1 8 , 000 in t h e commi tment o f the Ind ian A f f a ir s Depar tment was repor ted . Commi t t e e , In my capac i ty a mee t ing o f intere s ted peop l e , as Chairman of the Appropr J n � i on s to call and t o s e e tha t s u c h ac t i on migh t b e taken a s would preve n t a repe t i t ion of i t . 1968 . then , I fe l t i t incumb en t upon m e t o take cogni zance o f the f a c t , Such a mee t ing was he ld on February 2 , In a t tendance a t the mee t ing was a repre s e n t a t ive o f the Governor , a repr e s ent a t ive o f t he Execu t ive Counc i l who was re spons ib le for i ind i an A f f a ir s , the Commi s s ioner o f F inance and Admin i s trat ion , the Ind i an Commi s s i oner , t he Legi s la t ive F inance Of f i ce r , the S ta t e Atto r n e y Gener a l . at this mee t ing tha t such an overdra f t d id exi s t . forgo t ten . I t was d e termined Promi s e s were made and soon I t had been my impr e s s ion , as a r e s u l t o f tha t mee t ing , tha t the Exe cut ive Depar tree n t would from then on b e in fu l l charge of the s i tua tion and that such a d ev e l opmen t woul d no t r e cur . Thi s January this Le g i s l ature was pre s ented w i th a $ 50 , 00 0 overd r a f t , an ove r - commi tmen t of fund s appro pr iated by the 1 03rd Leg i s l a ture for the o p er a t i on of the Ind i an A f f a i r s D epar tmen t . La s t we e k we were t o ld tha t the $ 5 0 , 000 has b e en inc r e a s e d to $ 90 , 000 . Today we have every rea son to b e l ieve tha t we are go ing over $ 1 00 , 000 . Cer t a in ly , as e le c t ed repre sent a t ives of the people , and as succe s s o r s t o the l 0 3rd Leg i s l a ture whi c:h appro pr J A t ed mon ey for thi s D ep ar tmen t , we canno t to what i s go ing on , and I am sure we sha l l n o t b e . What an examp le , what a p a t tern , what a rou t e to f o l l ow f o r o ther d epar t men t head s : I f you think your cau s e i s j u s t , spend a l l the money you w i s h . I have wr i t t en to the A t torr cy We l l , I d on ' t think thi s i s wha t the l aw s ey s . be b l ind and I wou ld l ike to read h i s l e t t er ! �You have a sked i f there is a v i o l a t ion o f law when a depar tment head incur s f in an c i a l ob l ig a t ions again s t the S ta te in exce s s of his depar tme n t al appro p r ia t ion , and you have fur ther a s ked wha t pro cedure s hould be f o l lowed Gener a l , if it The oper a t ive s e c t ion o f the i s d e c id e d that a v io l a t ion ex i s t s . (Cont inued on Page 14 ) l aw �( 14 ) (Con t inued from Page is 13} found i n Ti t l e S o f the Ma ine Revi s e d S t a t u te s , Anno tated , wh i c h I quo te Ti t l e d to you in ful l as S e c t ion 1583 , f o l lows : ' Ex c e eding approp r i a t ion s prohib i ted . No a ge n t or o f f i cer o f t h e S ta t e or any d e par tme n t or agency thereo f , who s e d u ty i t i s t o expend money und e r an appr o pr i a t i o n b y the Leg i s l a ture , on b eha l f of s ha l l c on t r a c t any ob l iga t ion t he S t a t e in exc e s s o f the appr o pr i a t ion . Who ever ex ceed s in his expend i ture s aid appro p r i a t i on sha l l no t have any c la im for re imbur s emen t . ' this And the s e c t ion c o n t inue s , ' Any such age n t or o f f i cer who s ha l l v i o l a t e s e c t ion s ha l l b e gui l ty o f a mi s 4me anor and , upon co nvi cti o n , be fined a sun equal to such exc e s s of appropri ati o n by him expended and imprisoned for no longer than eleven months in the di scretion of the court . All pro s e cut ions under thi s se ction sh all be by i nd i c tm ent and the f ine s inure to the St ate . 1 11 The At torne y Genera1 1 s letter conti nue s : 0 Per sons who d e al wi th a depart ment he ad who ov ers end s an a pprop ri ati o n de al at the i r own peril and would have no c laim agai n st th e Stat e. If the dep artme nt head in ques i o n i s in violat:i ori of S e ct io n he wi ll be f ined and impri soned accordi ng to i t s t erm s . As 1583 to pro c edur e , if a c omp l ai nt were made to t hi s deparb11e nt of suc h a vj el ation, alt ernat iv e but to pro s e cut e und er th e l aw . 1 1 I would h av e no say s I was somewhat di snay e d to read i n t h e p re s s t hi s mo rni ug that the C -overnor he is c onvi nced th e re i s no wr ongdo ing . th at t he r e i s wro ngdo ing . I o ould use I think th er e is stro nger langu ag e . se r i o u s que stion I also und Pr stand that th e Governor i s in po s s e s sion of th e r e si gnat i o n o f th e head of the Depart ment o f Indi an Affair s . 'Ihe would situation is se riou s , Mr. ru gge st to the Governor that Pre si dent matte r may l ay i f t hat i s what i s d e s ir ed . any d eb a t e a s i s indi c ated , Kat z . In thi s spirit I would inv it e Governo r . Th e Chai r recogni z es th e Senator from Kenneb e c , Mr . KATZ o f Kenneb e c : The t able . PRE SIDEN T : The Mr . Pre si dent , Senator from Kenneb e c , MILLS of Franklin : Mr . Presi dent , que s tion i s out of d eb at e at thi s po int , or der Senator Kat z , moves thi s order from Kenne be c , 1'1r. The The Sen ato r i s c orre'ct . The No que stion abo ut thi s Chai r r e c o gni z e s the Senator S en ato r Kat z . KATZ o f Kenne be c : but if t he re motion . The Cha i r recog I reque st a poi nt o f o rder : i s it not ? can be di s cuss ed fur th e r at th i s time . The PRESIDENT : Senato r I move th i s order b e placed o n the be p laced on the t abl e . Is th i s the p l easure f th e Senat e ? ni 7. e s t he Senato r from Franklin , S enator Mills . Mr. I and t h ere the and would su gge st t h at th i s matt e r be tabl e d for two w e ek s pending a c tion on the part of t he Th e PRESIDEN T : and Men.b e r s of th e Sen at e. he a c cept t hi s res i g na t io n, is Mr. Pre s id ent , perhap s I he sit at ed not long enough, furth er debat e may I a sk p e rmi s si o n to withdraw my tabling The PRESIDEN T : The Sena tor from Kennebec, Senator Kat z , a sk s t h at his It i s a moti on to t able be wi th dr awn . Is t hi s the pl easure of · th e S enat e ? vote . The Chai r r e c og ni z e s the Senator from Franklin, Mr . MILLS o f Franklin : Mr Pre sid ent , tak en p la c e i n t h e l ast f ew minut e s 0 Senator Mill s . I was r ather di st r es s ed I t seems t h at by '\\h at h a s somebo dy ha s been i ndi cted and p rac ti c ally tried and found guilty in th e words of one of o ur d i stingui sh ed c o lleague s . I th ink it i s a pr actj_c e that shouldn ' t be encouraged . I rat her qu est io n t h e devi c e of t hi s o rd er . to b e u s ed a s a c lub of s ome It now app ears that it i s so rt t o bring about something in th e Exe cutiv e Br an ch whi ch t h e Executive Branch i s perfe c tly competent to go ahead ·wit h . Now you do n t t h av e t o pa.ss a n or der t o tell an atto rney g eneral t o d o h i s d uty . ( Conti nued on Page 15 ) / �(15 ) ( Continued from Page 14) If t he Attorney General h a s g o t infonJa tion a bout the v lolation o f laws of this State , he do esn ' t h ave to h ave a complaint f ile d by thi s bo dy in the fo rr.i of an order . I s ay to th e Attorney General he re in t hi s r e co rd t hat i f h e h as go t evi den ce i n fro nt of him o f a vi olation o f law h e do e sn 1 t h ave to wait for a compla int . No pro s e cutor has to wai t f o r a c omplaint ; sworn ducy to go ah e ad . it i s h i s And I do n ' t think th e s e legi sl ative h al l s should b e us ed f o r what appears t o b e soue po li tic al motivation her e . I don ' t think that a ny p ro s e cutive b ranch of thi s State Goverrmcnt nee d s a complaint to b e filed on the p art o f thi s body . ne ce s s ary , that i s anoth er t h ing. If we f ind a legis l ative inv e st i gati on i s :. I think if we ar e go ing to go at d epa rwent h e ads for over s t ep ping their bound s in t he way of appropri ations that that is a oommendabl e t hing . t o do , but I kind of shudder at st arting with th e Indian s . I ne an, we have got a pr et ty poo r im ag e in r egard to our treat!!lent of the Ind ia n s over t he ye ar s , a m i f w e have got t o p i ck a d e pa rtment h ad and i f we have got t o pi ck a n are a o f Stat e gov ernment wh ere there i s abu s e o f the noneys that we appr opri ate , ge e , let ' s look s omewh er e b e s i de s at the India ns if it i s po s sible to do so , be c au s e our hand l ing o f the Indi an question o ve r th e centuri e s h a s not b e en go o d , and le t 1 s not s et o l.ll' s lv e s up a s pe ople who are r eady to clamp d own on them again . At le ast , that nay not be t he c as e , but thi s i s the p i c ture we h ave g ot , tha t i s th e image we have got wi th t h e nation at la r ge , as pi cking on a very, sraall minority tu ck e d down in the corner of the State . very Let ' s go Party too , into c aucus on thi s in the Repub li c an Party, and in the Demo c r at i c a nd s ee i f we can ' t c om e u p wi th s anething r e asonable , and le t ' s not get our selve s into a polit ic al ha s sle with Republi c an s against De:nocrat s over a fight ove r t he Indians . say to the Let ' s t ry to be r at io nal about it . And I Attorney Ge ne ral th at for t h e next two we ek s he hasn 1 t got to wa it for t h i s o r de r ; if he h a s got sone violation of l aw f a cing him , he ca n go ah e ad . He cbe sn ' t have t o wait f or thi s legi slativ e branch to t ell him that we want a c r minal inve stigati o n o r we are going t fire s ome one . Th e PRESIDENT : The Chai r r e co gn i z e s the Senat or fron Ctrruberl an d, Senator Berry . . BERRY of Cunb erl and : l· • Pre sid ent and Me obers of the Senat e : I don ' t lik u t o debat e m y ordt:: r but I c .:mnot allow th e comment s of the go o d S enato r from Franklin, Senato r Hil ls , r el at ive to the pro cedu r e of t h e Attorney General to go unanswer ed . If anybody co ipl ai n s to the Attorney Gen eral , he will fo llow up . No one ha s coraplai no d to him , and such f ac t s have no t b een b rought 1r . offic i ally to h i s a tt enti n . I cL1 su r<..; the Attorney General wi ll do � his duty as and v.hen it is indic at ed . i f, The PRESIDEN T : Kat z . ifr. KATZ o f The Chai r re cogniz e s the Senato r from Kenne be c , Kenneb e c : I� . Pre sident , Senator I move thi s o rde� b e pl aced on t he t ab l e . The PRESIDENT : The s�nator froo Kenneb ec , order be pl ac ed on t h e tab le . Is thi s th Senator Kat z , nov e s th at thi s ple a sure of the Senate ? Fo r what purpo se doe s the s�nato r r i s e ? l ir . REED o f Sagadaho c : To re qu es t a division . The PRES I DENT : All th os e in favor of the ;not ion of th e SE:nato r 'from Ken ne ec , s�nator Kat z , tha t th i s ord e r be pla c ed o n the t ab le wi ll r is e and re7 main st anding until c0untcd . All tho s e oppo sed will r i s e and r a:iai n s t anding unt i l counted . A divi sio n was had . Scvcnt en SPn;:i,t.ors havi ng vo ted in the a ffi nnative and fourt e e n Stnator s having voted in t he m J ga+.i Y e, +.h e mo t.i n pr vailed Ei!1d the Order wa s t abl�<i , pavi i n g P11.ss ::i.ge . �(16 ) TWO MA JNE IN DIANS SELECTED FO R LEADERS-UP PRCGRAM Mr s . Eugeni a Thomp son, edito r of the Maine India n N ews letter and a member of the Penobscot Tri be , and Mr . Wayne Newell, .Ameri c an Fri end s Servi ce Comm · ttee fieldwork e r and m snber o f th e Ple a sant Po int Pass am aquoddy Tribe, have b een s el e c t e d as Fellows o f th e Ford Foundation ' s Leade r ship Development Pro gram for 1969-1970 . Thi s Leade r ship program was begun in 1966 on an experiment al basi s . The program id enti fies and help s develop indivi dual s from primari ly poo r no n-urban r egions o f the Uni t ed States and part s o f Canada through financial support grant s for an y pe riod up to o ne ye ar . Programs for the individual Fellows selected are pJ a m iP.d to h elp potent ial l eade rs open new insi ght s and fost e r per sonal growth . Fell owsh i p pr ogr ams usual ly combine a ctivi tie s like int el'n ship s , coi r r se work , vi s i t s to model pro j ect s , wo rk experi enc e , independent study, r e searc h , travel and wri ting. Funds vary depending upon activit ie s plarme d and current salari e s . To the ext ent po s sible, e a ch Fellowship is tai l ored to ind �vi dua l ci rcumst anc e s . · For t h e approved pe riod, w hi ch nee d not b e compl et ed i n 1 2 con s e cutiv e month s, Fellows r e c eive s al a ry equivale nt s and pro gram co s t s . l'wfr s . Thompson was b orn on the Penob scot Re servation and moved to Gardiner, Maine , wh en she was 12 year s o ld . Aft er graduating from Gardiner High Scho ol she obt ained a B . A . degree in p sychology from Gordon Colleg e , in Wenham , Mass . Marri e d in 1964, her h u sb and , Kenneth, i s Deputy Commi s sione r of Ind ian Affai r s fo r t he Stat e o f Main e . S h e worked 5� ye ar s a s a cas eworker for t h e State Dept . •f Health and Welf are b e fore r e signing in 1968; sh e is th e mother of t\\'O children and is e.xpe cting a third . I Mr . Wayne Newell was born on the Pl e a s ant Point Re servation, attended St . Anne ' s Schoo l at Pl eas an t Po int and graduated from Eastport High Schoo l . H e at tended Perkins Ins t itute , Watertown, Mass . , and Eme r so n College , Bo ston, M a s s . , and wa s employed for 3 ye ars by WABI- TV , Bango r , b e fo r e being employed by the AFSC in the spring of ' 68. Sinc e that time he h as been a c ti ve in youth a ct ivi tie s, Community Ac tion Programs, and program s o f th e Dio c esean Div ision of Indian Se rv ic e s o n all 3 of Mai ne .t s Re s e rvat io ns . He is marri e d to the fo:rme r Sandra C lark , of Belfast , and t h e f athe r o f o ne child . The Ford pr o gram exp e ct s to h e lp develop new leadersh ip - for tho s e wh o demons trate promi s e of c h an gi ng educat ion and community affair s in the next / quart er c entury, but who are no t now o f r e co gni ze d leade rship s t ature or exper i en c e , or al r eady in r e co gni z ed po si tions of authorit y . While there i s no age c ei li ng , priority i s given to candidate s under 35 and without advanced d e gr ee s . While per sonal growth is t he pro gr am t s primary co nc ern, th e community and region from whi ch t he Fellows come should also benefit e ventually . Al so amo ng th e 20 Fellows selected fo r t he 1969-1970 year from th e Maine N ew Hamp shire-Vermont-New Brunswi ck area compri s ing th e New Engl 8l1 d regio n of the Program ar e 3 membe rs of the Male cite Tribe of N ew Brunswi ck . PLEASANT POINT NEWS Mr s . Eli z abeth LacQute i s confined to he r home wit h th e flu . On March 2 , Kei t h Adam Moo r e wa s bapt · z e d by Fath er Ni ck nai r in St . Ann ' s He is t he infant Chur c h with Vivi an Moo re and Geor ge Bai ley as go dpar en ts . son of Mr . a nd Mr s . Raymond Moo re . On Sunday evening the adult party sponsored by the St . Ann t s Women ' s Club was h eld at th e Tribal Hal l . An enjoyable time wa s h ad by all with square dancing. St. A buffet lunch was s erled . , 6 new Pari sh Counci l · memb e r s were vot ed in by pari shone r s o f They a r e Anna Lola, Jeanette Nep tun e , John N i chola s , Robert On March 2, Ann ' s Chur ch . Newell , John Bai ley and Fr an c i s Sapiel . ( Continued on Page 17 ) �(17 ) ( 'Continued from Pag e 16) Si st er There s a r e turne d Satur day afternoon frora Old To�m . remain he r e for t he next tv.o wee ks . She will The monthly bu siness me e ting wi ll b e condu c t ed by Pre s . J e anett e I-Ioo re o f the Wome n ' s Club, with t o p i ·c s o f d i s c ussion to· includ e monthly due s , Home Nur s ing Cou r s e , Hand Craft s and knitting. Mr . and �irs . Wayne Newell ar e the parent s of a girl , Dorothy Ann , bo rn on March 1 st . 6th On lfarch the St . Ann ' s GraIJlll ar Schoo l boys b asketball t e am played th ei r last game in Eastpo rt with Perry , The t ec.rn h a s gained a l ot of expe ri en c e during t hei r fi r s t year of play . done fine a job . He an d Hr . The i r c o ach , F ranc i s Ri ch ard F.hrmett , t ea cher a t St . transported t h e boys to play d ur i ng t he s ea son . Out o f oore than l , O(X) entri e s in the Art Award s , Point . en Janet Lewey, 9, "Red " S apiel h a s Ann 1 s Schoo l , / fourth Annua l B2ngor Daily News won a m e rit award for her water color of Ple a s ant She wa s pi cked among Grade s 1-4. Her t e ac her is Sis ter Judith . Duri ng th e Wo rld Day of Pray er Servic e at St . Jo s eph ' s Church in Ea stport Fri day, Sis t e r Judith spoke on Chri sti an Unity . All denominations o f t he East 'JX) rt a re a were r epr e s ent ed . John Nic ho l as and William Altvate r , J r , , both Junior s at Shead Hi gh Sclio0 1 , attended the mid-year neeting o f the Upward Bound e r s at Bowdoin Co l l ege , in Brunswick , ve r the week en d . 1i s s l·fary Alberta 1 i ch o l as graduat ed as a Pra c t i c al Nur se from the NMVTI Arthur Gould of Mr . ( Hospi t al in Pr esque I s le , o n February 28th . and '.fr- s . Jos eph N i cholas . F ran The Quoddy Tid e s , Eastport, Iaine , Iviarch 4, 1 Sh e is the d aughter 1969 . ) DRIVER EDUCATION BEGINS Th e fir st me eting o f the Plea s an t Point Driver Educ ation cla s s was held ionday evening, 1-far ch 10th . The instruc tor for th e cla s s is · ir . B a rtle t , from Shead - emor i al Hi gh S choo l in Eastport . Tho s e att errl ing t he fi r st s s s ion wer e : Anna Lola , Marga!'et Bai le y , Cli f ford Francis , Car elto n Lewey, �iarth a N i cho las , Anthony Franci s , Irene Lewey , G enevieve Neptune , Alvc;; r a Mit c h oll , Be s s i e r ae Stanley, Rebe c c a Franci s , Veroni c a Murphy, · 1ary Mit chel l , Tomah , Sap i el , Norma · NE;well , Gerad a Longfellow, J o s ephine Bai ley, :Margaret Alb e rt a N i c ho la s , John N8ptune , Dennis Lewey, David Tinker, No el Jr. , ( From end U r sala Newel l. The Wigwal!l - / /69 ) CAP Newsl ett e r , 3 17 DID YCU KNOW THAT Jo s eph N i c holas i s very ill:? the C alais Our praye r s should b e o ffered to him . A r ec ept ion was h eld for David and Romona So c t omah S a tu rday, ton Lion 1 s P e ac e . He i s at Ho spital . Club . They were married on March 1 5 , 1969 at t he Prince- by t he Justi c e of the An -organi z ational meeting for Ple a sant Po int Boy and Cub Scout s wa s held at th e tribal hall on iar c h 16th . Dani el Ba s s ett int ro du ced the Cub Sco t� Mas ter , Bob Kee z er, and th e Boy S r .out M1st e r, Holli s riat he ws . 8 bo ys s i gn e d up fo r Cu b Scout s , las as A s s i stant . Gerard with Hr s . Na ry Altvater as Den Mothe r a n d Mrs . Franc e s Ni cho1 2 boys s igned up for Boy Scout s , with Raymond Moo r e an d i c ho l a s a s a s s i s t ant s t o th e S cout Maste r . Two t e acher aid e s b e gan work in iarch at the Ple a s ant Po int s c ho o l a ft e r being approved jointly b y th e Passam aquo d dy Tribal Counc ils 1 Corr;rauni ty Action They are Rita Altvat er a rrl Program and the State Depa rtment of Education. Anna Lela , who were r cqi 1 · r8'3 t.o o'P"' rt.k Pcs�- r n.r11lo 1i<ly h t ordHr t.o obtain t h e i r p o s i ti on s . �( 18 ) GOV . CURTIS GOE S O N RE.CORD On February 2 8th , Gov . Kenneth M . Curti s i s sued the fo ll wiqg E.x� cu tive Order to all State Depa rtment s a nd Agenci e s : "We are all awar e f the spe ci al r elati nship of the Indian Tri b e s and the i r re servati on land s to t he Sta te of Mein Spec ific re sponsibi litie s with cor re sponding appropriatio ns are vested in c e rtain a ge n cie s , parti cularly th e Dep a rtment of Indi an Affair s and the Department of Educ ati o n, in regard to our Indian popula tio ns . Many oth e r agen c i e s work i n one fo rm o r an o th e r with ur Indi an c i t i zens . 11 "I wi sh to stat e that it is, and will cont inue t0 be , the po li cy f th i s Admini strati o n t give all pos s ible a s s i st ance within budget and staff lir.1it ations to th e Indians of th e Stat e , through wha tever a genc ie s are app ro pri a te . '.' • BOOK REPORT A valuable new book on contempo rary Ind i an a ffair s has rec ently been It is The Am er i can Imi � T day, an anthology edit e d by Stuart Levine and Nancy Oe strei ch Lurie , publi shed by Eve rett/E<lwa rd s , Inc . , 133 South Pec an Avenue , Deland , Fl ) rid a 3 2720 . ( April 1968 ) The 208 p age s include a brie f bi0graphy ef contributing auth o r s , a �ibli • graphy ( Cont empo rary, Ethnologi cal , So ci0-Poli ti cal, Hist ri c al ) , an Index, and an end-paper map showing the "Di stribution of De s cendant s of the Aboriginal Pepn l ation of Ala s ka , C a nad a and the United Stat e s " pub li shed in 1960 by the University of Chi c ag ' s Department 0f Anthrop 1 gr . The content s are as fo llows : " The Survival f Indi an Ident i ty" - Stuart Levi ne ; "Hi sto ric a l Background " Nancy Lurie ; " Culture and the Ameri c an Indian Cemraunity 11 - Elizabeth Clark Ro s enth al ; "Nationali�ti c Trend s Amo ng Ame ri can Indi an s " - Shirley Hill Witt ; 1 1 P an-Indi ani sm 1 1 - Robert K . Thomas ; " Th e I so la ted Ea stern Cherokee " - Ha rriet J . Kup fer e r ; 11 '.rlght 8hoe r ight : Oklahoma Indi ans Tod ay" - Carol K . Ra chli n ; "Fa c tional Confli c t and t h e Ind i a n Cor:mrunity : Th e Prairie Potawatinu Cas e " James A . Clift o n; "Hi story and Current Sta tu s of the Houma Ind i a n s " - Ann Fi s che r ; " Some Limitations of the Rena s aenc e C nc ept in Acculturation ': The Nez Perce Case 1 1 - Deward E . Walker , J r . ; " Indi an Edu c ation Fo r What " - Ro sali e and Murray Wax ; 11 Therapeuti c Experien c e of Re s ponsible D€1Il• cr acy11 - Henry F . D byns ; '" An Ame ri can Ind ian Rena s cenc e ? " - N an cy Luri e . The boo k i s available from th e publi sher at $12 . 00 retail, w ith a di s count allowed fo r pr ofessional r der s . publi she d . TWO NEW PUBLIC ATION S in the Departm�nt o f Ind i an Aff a i r s 1 " Ind ia ns o f Maine " mimeographed series o f info rma tion sh e e t s a re now avai lable . Th e y a r e F o r e s t Re sour c e s o f th e Indian Township P a s s am�'tls>d dy Res e rvati o n, by Art.hur G . Randall, pro fe s so r at the Univers ity of i"i a ine 1 s s c ho ol of fo restry, and The Fu ture o f Indi an Edu c a. tion, by Father J . E . Y . Levaque , OVI , president of the Canadi an Nat�onal As soc ia� tion of Principal s and Admini stra to r s of Ind ian Re sidence s , Alberta, C an ad a . Bo th publ icati on s a r e available in s i ng� e copi es without ch arge from t he Dep artment o f Indi an Aff air s , St a t e Hous e , Augusta, 1aine 04330 . DID YOU KNOW THAT Califo rnia Gov . Ronald Reagan re c ently named Loi s Risli ng , a Hoopa Indi an, to Hi s s Risling is a sophomore his Advisory Committee on Chi. ldren and Yout h ? 'Ihe Cor:imi.ttee condu c;t s he arings h i story maj o r at Sacramento State College . and r e po rt s pe riodi cally to the Governo r ou pr obl ems of young people . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Penobscot Description An account of the resource The Penobscot people, who identify closely with the Penobscot River that is their home, have a reservation on Indian Island, near Old Town, Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, they were among the tribes that won federal recognition in the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. A Penobscot scholar, Joseph Nicolar, was one of the first regional Native people to publish a book: Life and Traditions of the Red Man (1890). Since then, many others have written about their language and culture, including the performing artist Molly Spotted Elk and poet Carol Dana. The Penobscots have a rigorous process for protecting their intellectual property, asking any scholars who are studying or writing about them to communicate with their Cultural Heritage and Preservation Office. Resources Penobscot Nation <a href="https://www.penobscotnation.org/" target="_blank">website</a> <a href="http://www.penobscotculture.com/" target="_blank">Penobscot National Cultural & Historic Preservation Department</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maine Indian Newletter (March 1969) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource ssipsis (Thompson, Eugenia) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Colby College Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969-03 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Julia Bush Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images courtesy of Colby College Library. In making these images available, we also consulted with ssipsis’ daughter, Pam Outdusis Cunningham. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-454 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/6766e08e203eb1f86c672f8056aeb4ad.pdf c2b4ac2afc8aaca93cca2243a2db428d PDF Text Text T SL VOLlJ1VlE 3' N I •iBER J JU-WARY - F 0 R G T H E T 0T E N I N D I A N A S K S 1969 , "Have you forgotten to renew your subscription to the If you have forgotten, then fill Maine Indian Newsletter? _ out -the_ subscr:l tTor: co11pon on the last page and send it in p to me. If you do not wish to renew your subscription and want to know when you will receive your last 1{'""·.rnl �tt ·r, .read your n of the month in which you mailidg label for the abbreviRti will receive your final issue." 'I'IIE LNTERESTED "If you are one of the READ"E R ASKS , forgotten Indians to renew your subscription- Editor's note ) , hear from you. work, Je would like to know about your fa�ily, things, and your Indian longer. who are Indians. (you do not need we would like to your so you won't be forgotten any We as read rs of the Maine Indian Newsletter are Indians and those wto are very much inter�sted in So we need enough to keep on those to know about you to keep us interested s11bs�rihj ng and reading.•• " (6 �- f '� ,:� ��(� -{\\ . �yl; I\ \ l( , I I�91 �::......, � c;;;; <Q b �e �:t. ........ /q �DIOCESE OF PORTLA�� INDIAN SCliO LARSiiIPS Since early Spring is the proper time for students and their parents to make school and college plans for n ext Spetember, it may be helpful to clarify questions about the scholar ship aid provided by the Diocese of Portland. Diocesan scholarships do not cove:P tuition costs. (There are a large number of tuition scholarships available to Maine Indians, and the Diocesan Division of Indian Services will aid Indian students in obtain ing these scholarships). Diocesan scholarships cover the costs of room, board, books, and other expenses not normally covered by other scholar ships. Students who are residents of an Indian Reservation in Maine are eligible for Diocesan scholarship aid. The amount of aid granted to any student is bases upon students financial need. Most .schools and colleges want the student, or his parents, to carry some of the costs of his own education, so the Dio cese asks that the student or his parents pay something, even if it is a very•sruall amount, to�ard school costs. The more financial ability a family has, the more of the cost of education we ask them to carry. Only in this way can Dio cesan scholarship funds aid the max imum number of students. Students wishing to apply for scholarships from the Dioc2se should write or call: Diocesan Division of Indian Services, 317 Congress St., Portland, Maine 04112. Tel. 7'15-56J l Or speak to their pastor. Make your planR as early as possible, since scholarship-funds may be completely taken-up by late summer! ( 2) LEGEEND OF MOLLY OCKETT Molly Ockett was born in Fryeburg in 1715 an Indian princess of the Algonquin Nation. She was a great traveler. Her favorite beat NaS from Andover to Bethel and down to Paris, l-1aine, along what is now known as the ' Molly Ockett Trail on Route 26, a part of Longfellow Trail from Boston to Canada. Once, in the wintertime, Molly started from Andover to Paris Hill, carrying a treasure of gold. The traveling was very hard and when she reached Trap Corner, she re�lized the weight was too hard for her. Con sequently, she buried the gold and hung a bear trap to mark the spot. This is ho1 TRAP CORNER got its name. Molly didn't find refuge until she reached Paris Hill in one of the finest faruilies of the State of Maine. There was a sick baby in the house. Here Molly prov�d her trµe worth by helping nurse th baby. She saved his life and then pronounced a blessing on the little one with the prophecy that one day he would be a GRY.:AT MAN . He actually lived to become VICL PRESI DENT O.F' TliE UNIT8D STA'l'ES, nder FRESP D'ENT ABRAHAi LINCOLN. This man was HANNIBAL HAMLIN, of Paris Hill, Maine ! -- LESSON III "A few hundred years ago there / were no white people in this country._ The only inhabitants of the United States were the Indians. These In dians usually lived in small bands and wandered about from place to place. They lived mostly by hunting and fish ing. They were often quarrelsome. Some of the different tribes or bands had settled homes and were partly civ - ilized, but most of them were wander ing savages who did nothing to develop this great country." This statement appears on Page 17 of the Twenty-Five "Stone-age people who were to be Lessons in CITIZENSHIP, by D. L.Hennessey, come American Indians began entering Citizenship Teacher and Director of America at least 10,000 years ago." Adult Education, Berkeley, California, (Quoted from Britannica Junior EncyCit�zenship Department, Evenipg High clopaedia, Vol. 8/IJ Page 52, IndianR, School of Com'merce, San Franciscq, (Continned on page 4) North American) �(3) E D I T 0 R I A L S THE MAINE IND IAN NEHSLE TTER EDITOR: (�s.) Eugenia T. Thompson (penobscot) News and stories may be submitted to the Newsletter for publication at the following address; Maine Indian Newsletter 42 Liberty Street Gardiner, Haine Tel. 582-5435 04345 THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE ';It is very strange to us that now the Truck Master is come away, the Door is fast, the Key is turned on the Lock, and we cannot get anything now, nor can our Wives and Children get the Necessaries of Life." (Saguaarum alias for Loron) Penobscot delegate to the signing of Gov. Dummer Treaty held at Falmouth, July 11th, 1727. We all have been made aware that the Indian Department needs $50,000 appropriated by the 104th Leoislature in order to break even at the end of this fiscal year, June 30, 1969. Some say Commissioner Hinckley has overspent his budget, but others will tell you this is not quite true. lbey will say if we cut out ALL services to the Indians starting in a month or two the Department will break even. The difference is this: (1.) You can starve the Indians all at once or (2 .) If you had started earlier, back when Mr . Hinckley first talked to Gov. Curtis about the problem, you could have starved the Indians little by little all winter long. You could have stopped buying warm clothing when it started getting cold and you could have cut every one's fuel supply in half. Some time ago, it appears, Commissioner Hinckley told Governor Curtis of the problem and the Governor said he did not want to cut This was about the time most seasonal employment back in services. was over and winter was setting in. The real problem is not an accounting problem, but rather that not enough money was appropriated in the first place to meet the needs. To ex plain first, everyone verbal about it agrees that Hinckley did not misspend or misappropriate any of the funds. He spent Department funds as they should hav� been spent. Had he cut back fifty thousahd dollars worth, a great many needs would not have been met. A different accounting system ould not have solved the problem, it would have shown only that the needs were not being met and that some Reservation Indians were going to bed hungry. It may be true that a few Indians have misused their funds, just as a few Governors, Legislators and presidents over the years have misused theirs, but for the most part the lI!Oney is meeti.ng needs and giving a helping hand when it is needed. Rather than tell Hinckley what he did was "near defiance", why wasn't it said, "Hinckley, we did not intend to meet the needs of the Indians, what we intended was to meet most of the ne�cls of the Indians. ;i Probably the reason is tha� it was generally thought the budget would meet the basic needs of the Indians by some, while others are rr.P.rely trying to come out smelling like a rose, no matter what the loss. Eut when costs increase and deaths are more numero113 and the population inc.r.eases we must be realistic and ack.nm.; l edt :· that something must give. I'd be willing to bet that 90 percent of the b�.iur0·· r:rets in Augusta would have cut bEtcl·. with out even trying to nbtai1Lthe f·�cr:tiiued o.. pag� 10, sc �o:1d coh·li:··.. ) .. �(4) long-time Vqlue to their tribe. In dians have bLcn � r: �lcct�d.;i��ri�¥� 'for so .lsr:t:; th-;t .,.ost of thi..:1 :·h,_vc fop botten their own history and heritage, and in the case of the Penobscots, many of their records and artifacts have become scattered, hidden and for gotten in attics and cellars and neg leEted library corners throughout the state. The Tljoreau cabin, and assoc iated museum whi�h will be built near by, will attract these it�ms back onto the Reservation. The combination of a library with these �rtifacts and historical records, will develop in terest and pride among the younger Indians, as iell as the older ones to remember, and record on tape, their tribal family histories and customs, and music and other arts, and pass it all on to the younger tribe members as visual and audio records in the Cabin library. The library in the cabin will be set up to interest all ages, from children to adult r searchers of a banaki history and of Thoreau in Maine. Many items have already be ·n contributed to the library. Your Headquarters, at "Thoreau Carry", is collecting and storing books, pauphlets and other materials for th� Cabin library. Send along any matGrials you would like to donate. The Univ�rsity of r1aine librarian, Dr. Jam0s C. MacCampbell, is cooryerating with the setting up of the Cabin library. Mrs. Lucille T. Perodeau, Head of the Reference Division of the Raywond Fogler Library at th� University of Maine, has offered to volunteer her services in aise bling and cataloguing the cabin library. It is hope that in time a Penobscot Indian 1vill l::ecome a trained librarian and can take over full sup ervision of the Thoreau-Polis Meraorial Cabin library. THOREAU.:;POLIS MEMORJ hT, CAB IN We hope to get the cabin built this coming spring and suli1fuer. Then put Plans are under way to erect the library together during the fall a Walden Pond cabin on Indian Island ay Old Town, Maine, in honor of Thor and winter so that both building and library :vill b� r.� .dy f o.r forii1al d0d eau and his fa�orite Indian, Joe The dedication ication in May, 1970. Polis. The cabin will be used to ceremonies, which will include costumed house a Thoreau and Penobscot Indian dances and other ceremonials by the library. The Indians have a very active Council, and Housing AuthorJty, PenohA�o I: r1n<i Pa A samrtquoddy tribes, ' (Continued o'n l")ag� 5, colur.m 2') ¥hich are interested in projects of (Continued from page 2) and Supervisor of Citizenship Class es� Northern California. Revis d by Thomas B. �ichardson, Attorney at Law, Oakl1and, California. Seventy-ninth Edition. "This text represents a foul slan der against the native peoples of this country. The book in which this np ears is now in its 79th printing. Tbousands of ali�ns are b ing taught The Big L ie about the .Awerican Indian. To recount the contributions of the natives to the econo1ny of the entire world ·.vould take a book. Did the Indians "wander about from place .to place"? No, they generally liv d in established territories, had ho�es, took care of forests, used irrigation. any tribes used for�s Gf agricul ture. Where they "often quarrelso e11? They were generally peaceloving peo ples, except when their lands were taken, their homes and food stores destroyed. War took place finally, iri defense of their ho· 1eland. Were the Indian people "wander ing savages who did nothing to dev elop this great coun ry?" 'Vhite foreigners took over a land criss croEsed by remarkable trails, whose forests knew no fires, rhere the earth was cherished. They fed the so-called P�lgrims, to be repaid with maAsacres. They led the Whites through dangerous mountains and for ests to safety.and new homes. These brazen falsehoods, taught to those who seek to find a hone here, is part of the Shame of Ar:erica. 11 (Reprinted by permission of the Amer ican Indian Historical Society, The Indian Historian, Copyright 1968� . �vinte-r- 19b"8-,- ·VOTume 1, Nuri1ber 5.) · · �------· �(5) ( Continued from page 4) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR will be part of the Maine Sesquicenten Dear Mrs •. Thompson: nial Celebration of 1970. l'/e have placed the Maine Indian Other ceremonies will take place Newsletter on our free mailing list. around the same time, including a At a meeting of our Board of special service at the graves of Joe Directors last week, we showed all Polis and his wife , Mary, who are bur 17 Directors present a copy of your ied in the center of the res�rvation. publication. All of us are impress It is hoped there will be a Thoreau ed by what you have done, and would Festival at the Univ0rsity of Maine like to tndicate our satisf�ction at the same tiue. with your work. I am sending you (Reprinted from the Thoreau Journal, a file of the past four issues, and VolUL1e I, No.l , January 15, 1969, with you will be receiving The Indian His permission, Copyright, January 15, 1969) torian, as well as other publications we issue from time to time. THOREAU-POLIS .-lEMORIAL CABIN FUND for If there is anything we can do for you to further your work, it will Indian Island, Old Town, Maine be our pleasure to do it. We notice that you rep ; inted one Donor Na � of our articles, through the Indian You are pperfedtly free to Record. Street !'<'priu rovidca 'nu C'l' ke :..rbic 1- s, Zip State the following state ent to protect Town our auth o rs and the Society: ''Reprint-Mail to: ed by per m i s sion of the American InHelen Goslin, Tribal Clerk, Penobscot dian Historical Society, The Indian Council, Indian Island, O,� Town, Maine � is t o r:�, copyd p;ht 1 r,_-:::- [whateve1· 04468 the date C1t::iy be).11 The Thoreau Fellowshi p, P.0.551 or to : Yours is t he only publication Old Town, Jain.e 04468 which has been given t h i s privilege. Donations for Indian Reservation Tri bal We wish you and yours all the Property are tax exempt. best in the work you are doing and personally as well. In the Sept./Oct•. issue It seems to us, (Ed. Note: from t his side of the continent that of the Maine Indian Newsletter, Vol.3, this next year is a year of decision Number. 2, �e reprinted a letter that for all our people. Certainly some Governor John Mitchell received f rom important events are in the ma k i ng . Mrs. Mary P. Sherwood, Executive Sec In any cace, e are prepared to do retaty of the Th0r02u International our part. The opportunity to do Fellowship. Very sincerely yours, something tangible has now arrived, and f i n a ncing can be done through the Thank you. ) npon a ove. RUPERT COSTO, a Cahui 11 :1. man President _ J.we:d r,�r Jnrii .:3U His to1·j The Chautauqua House en 1 �oci cty I am most happy to become a contributing member but it cuts a bit to put my "x" I am 1/64, if in the Non-Indian slot. that, and my hair, blue eyes and fair skin say 11white-uJan11 but in my heart I Dear Mrs, Thompsofi'7 know that my b e lov e d ancestor Peter This past �eek I received p �ith for whom I am �awed and wh � fought f the Maine Indian Newsletter r o � n the great revolution or Americ �n o '·mmi r.r.i.nner Ed: :fi; llcl�ley, wt;-:fr.h resiil.r.,..\·n, _ i ndepe� de nce took unto himself a wife, minded me t.hat I have not ye an In ian wo.aan of the Abnake people ed to your pubJ ication and I had inback in the 1700 s. tended to some time back. Y � u might � reject a bit of how Enclosed in my check for 15•00 I f�el if lfOU th i n � ahaad a few and the requested subs rj tion form. ( r, ml ti ttr• li P n r-"' ge 6 , co 1 umn 1 ) 1451 Masonic Avemie, San Frarcisco, Ca. 94117 � �� (Le tters continued from page 5 generations to what your own child ren may feel if some of th m are f orc ed to say, "Yes, I am white. rr There are two sides to every coin. I envy the dark hair, eyes and skin of my dear cousins on my mother's side but I do not envy them the feelings of my own heart about Indinness. So, :� you of the great Tribes who are "in", please be gentle with those who are " out" but who have hearts with yours all the way. The D ecember issue of the News letter is great. You do a noble job little lady and I know The People are proud of you. Yes, by all means, everyone should read The N�� Indians by Stan Steiner, Harper & Rowe, 1968. The New Day truly is here. This will be truly J, New Raceof Men 1 My job as Director for OPERATION MAINSTREAM for the U.S. Department of Labor is a good one and the part I like best that I have two American Indian Aides, one Penobscot and one 1Pa s s;:i.maquoddy with another now being hired. What Mr. Steiner says in his book is exactly what Mainstream , should be. We will do out best to make-:it just that. My congratu1ations to you for the fine job you are doing. Keep it up, it is munh needed in these Days. Sincerely Peter Smith Terry Hampden Highlands, Me. • • • (6) is a member of the DAI (Descendents of American Indians) and also inter ested and has quite a library. Mrs. Horr said that they would b0 very wuch intereste� in a copy. Thank you and all good luck in your work. Sincerely (Mrs.) Gertrw�e S. i'-'IcClintock Rochester, N. H. · ++ Dear Mrs. Thompson, I have a sister living in Manila, P.I. Her husba.nd is stationed there and I ff.now she wo�ld enjoy receiving the Newsletter. She gets quite home sick at times. The Newsletter will probably help cheer her up. Here is her address. She's of this tribe (Pen obscot) . S?Sgt & hrs. Gerado F. Pardilla I thank you very much. Mrs. Josie Neptune Old To n, Haine • • • •• Dear Mrs. Thompson, I and my family ould like to wish you Happy New Year, also your family and readers. My family and I have enjoyed Maine Indian Newsletter these last few months. It has kept us up to date o� Indian news in Maine and other parts of our Country and also in Canada. It has also helped me these pass weeks trying to put out a small News letter for our little club. My me�bers are interested in the Maine Indians as well as the Navajos and Sioux which we will re helping. Dear Editor: / Since our club is so small, we I am enjoying my subscription are going to do our very pest to help to your paper very much au ry hobby our Maine 1lission1s. It may not be is in learning about the history, much for our �aire Indians and for Red culture, and welfare of the North Cloud Mission in South D akota and the �mP.rican Indians. Navajo Mission, Inc. in New Mexico. I do send clothing to an Indian mission and am now sponsoring a second But we do hope it will help a little. We are still looking for a small Che�okee child in Oklah ma. child on Indian Island that could use Oddly enough one girl is now a little love and help. The child can married to a full blnoded Cherokee be about fiye or six or may be under. in Thalequa, Okla. whose name is And the child could be visited once Raymond Hair. in a while. If any readers know of Would you please send him a complimentary copy of your Newslet�er. such a child on the Island please write His address is Mrs. Thompson if you think that Will yrn1 aJso p J ea s e send a com we could help the Maine Indians by plimentary copy to the following (<>rnti nn <l on r v� 7' column l.) H e ( Mr. Ererard L. Horr) address· • • • · • • • • • • �(?) (Letters continued from page 6) to kno.: about the culture and the hiswriting letters. I would be most Could you please direct me to tory. pleased to do so. sources of information from the Indian I will tell you that I have Our small Newsletter will be out people. soon and we hope that you will like it.very little faith in what the wLite A very Happy New Year to all of man has to say about anything, Indians you, from a.ll of us. �fould you please te 11 in particular. LONE EAGLE CLUB we· what has been happening to my peoMad· lene Ames-Lewiston,Maine ple government wise, economically and 11 Gladys Goodwin11 culturally. Nancy McFeaters-Annville, Penna I will appreciate any informatiotj Ado�ph Steckc-Marinette, .iis. you can give me. Viola Wadsworth-Alµy, W. Va. Thank you Dianne Hazard ## Dear Jean, Berkeley, Calif. I just realized that I won't be Dianne, I hope that you (Ed. Note: receiving January's copy of the News- will a�oid the Twenty-Five Lessons in letter so please renew my subscripCitizenship, an as to your in�cr0st ' tion. in the Penobscot Indians, we are pleased. The reindeer burgers that you Our Maine State Library and Museum has gave the recipe for in Nove1nber must books and collections of the 1"-aine Inhave be�n delicious although I had dians should you want to inquire there some difficulty in finding a reindeer. at the State House, Augusta, Maine. PlP:,ase advise! It sounds as though you havt) a nice (Ed. Note: "Because of their value as food, the United little outline for an essay. We wodd States imported a small herd of reinbe interested in reading or iiearing �e are sending you a copy deer lnto AlaAka in 1889. Other herds from you. the Maine Indian Newsletter .) of The reindeer were bro1ght in later. J1ave thriven so well they number ''All history of the subject goes mary hundred thousand head. It is even ex�ected that a packing industry tn prove, that when fi�st visited by civ.lized people, the Awerican Indians may some day be built upon reindeer have been found friendly and hospitable meat. It is said to have a fine from the days of Christopher Colmibus flavor." From Brittanir.a Junior Ency cl9p•.�Q.ia, 7o1.J7/RS, c.1965, page57 ) to the �ewis and C�r..k E�p·· dition Serjn11sJy, your publication has and so also have a great many other a success story. Nowhere, For the Senior Plaj travelers, includi:1g wY.self, this year we're doing a western and to my knowledge, have they stolen a I've decided to have the Indians re six-pence worth of my rroperty, though placed by bad white men. in their countries there are no laws You j st never know your influence. I have visited to punish for theft. I was delighted to hear about the forty-eight different tribes, and a new arrival in April - if it's a I feel authorized to say that the North girl, how about naming it Sioux? American Indian in his native state (Ed. Note: Sue was a roommate of mine is honest, hospitable, faithful, brave at Gordon College, and we are think and an honorable and religic�s humm ing of naming our third papoose Sus�n he.ing.11 . Per haps we co11ld name her Penob"'cot, and again, with Scottie as her rickn�me "I love a people who have always ) Say "Hi11 to the deputy commiss made �e welcome to the best they had ioner awi t<'ll':"� care. who are honest without laws, who have who never .ovj np.;ly no jails and no poor house who Sue 'Trafton) Lost Tribe take the name of God in vain New Bedford, Mass. are free from eligious animosities who worship God without a Bible, and ! ! l'Par Gir, I believe that God 11 ves them also I am interestAn jn the ways of who have never rai�ed a hand against the !J131vil:Jr.<:o': ft<!' I•l A ,,ri,1 T (('••lltjllllf"'ll Prl r:-\ge 8, CO}llmn 1) l 0 1; tr� • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • '"''11 • • • t • • • . �( 8) 2. The Public Works and F.conomic Dev elopment Act of 1965 is administered by The Econo,.tic Development Adminis tration, within the U,S. De· t. of Co�11erse. The Economic Development Ad1'1.inistration (EDA) has an ;'Indian desk" for projects on Indian reserv ations, headed by Mr. Ray E. Tanner, assisted by r1r. Wyman l'icDonald (who attended the Housing Authority meet ing on Noveillber 20 196J). Mr. Jerome Barnett is the EDA Economic Develop ment Specialist for Maine, with offices in Augusta. Mr Arthur Doyle is the Director of E DA1s Northeast Regional Off�ce (New York and New England) w1th offices in Portland. Letters to Mr. Tanner or Mr. McDonald should have letters copies sent to 'ir. Barnett; to Mr. Doyle should be s nt to Mr. Barnet for forvarding 3. In order to qualify for EDA's pub lic �orks grants (&s for sewage and water construction) a corrllimnity must trlrH! .. be designated as a redevelopment area. On July 22, 1968 the Department wrote Ceo� ns greetings to a friend Mr. Barnett, requesting inforraation E genia ihompson about how the Penobscot Reservation from could receive this redevelopment de Ray and Christine signation. Fadden 5. We learned that to�come designated, an area first had to be accepted as qualified for designation. To become SIXTEEN FACTS ABOUT EDA qualified, we submitted the best avail The f ollowlng fact sheet was dis able information of such items as pop trj b 1ted to the Pqnobscot Governor, ulation, estimated �edian Penobscot his Council and the �ousing Authority income, unemployL.Ient figures, e tc. at the January 8 housing authority These figures were Jcrgely estimates, but they were accepted, and on Decem meeting. ber 23, 1 968 a letter t1o the DepartOn Monday, February 3, Jerome ment from Mr. Tanner reported that Barnett from EDA along with Commiss these figures had been "accepted for ioner Hinckley and Mr. Thompson will the purpose of qualifying the reser attend a Penobscot Tribal meeting. v ation11 under the Public Jorks and to answer questions and discuss How Economic Development Act of 1965. EDA can benefit the t ribe and to ex plain more about the OEDP. 6. In order for the Penobscot Reser vation fa receive the redevelopment .Fact Sheet 1. The Public 1·orks and Economj� l>e•r tle:r.i g1J;:iti..on, the Tribal Council must send.: elopment Act of 1965 author�zes the 1. "A letter to t he Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce to "ri1ake Secretary of Commerce requesting direct grants for the acquisition, designA.tion." construction, rehabilitation, altera 2. "An Overall Econoraic Develop tion, expansion or improvement of ment Program (OEDP) submitted to such facilities, including related and approved by our Portland Area machinery and equipment, within a Office Director," (Mr. Doyle) 1111nd r certain redevelopment area (Continued on page 9, Column 1) ·conditions. · (Letters continued from page 7) -�, or stolen my roperty, where there was no law to punish either who never fought a battle with white 1Hen' except on their own ground and oh! now I love a people who don't live for the love of money." The above is George Catlin's opinion of the Indians of America. In 'i842 George Catlin, the painter, went west and wandered and lived aloiie among forty-eight tribes for eight years. Those he visited were the unchanged Indians of the Plaine, in the days when they were still living in the pri litive elegance of their original culture, before the white man's civilization had been imposed upon them. He lived with them and became conversant with their lives. Re has left one of the fullest and b€ffit records we have of the Red Man as he lived in the days before he was changed by contact with the white • • • • • • • • • • • . �( F AC TS 7. Our • • • continued from page ( 9) 8) main reason fur feeling that redevelopment d·signation would bene- fit the Penobscot Housing Authority and Tribe is that such designation would permit the federal share of 5-8 On pages of Corruaerce. a §Uggeste<l for an .OEDP is described. outline should contain six sections: I. Organization- II. The Redevelopment Area III. your water and sewage construction projects to be increased. In other Area Goals and Its Econoiity Development of Action Programf IV. words,,the presently available state funds for these projects (E63,000) It V. Responsibility Program Evaluation VI. will go further if the federal �are 11. Most of this mate�ial is descrip of the costs could be increased by tion and the Department, Mr. Hasbrouck EDA from the normal 50% to 70% or more.and others can help write this up for (The Passamaquoddy Reservations are in your approval (and-the eventual approva redevelopment area - �ashington al by the Council, before it is sub- County - and the federal share of their sanitation projects is between 70% and 80%.) In addition, there are other benefits that would help the Tribe later, if the Reservation becomes disignated as a redevelop! ent area, in terns of .. econon1ic develop- rnent, comn1unity b ildings, r ecreation facilities, etc. But what we're mainly interested in right now is stretching our saLitation money as far as All of the planning work mitted.) already done by the Housing Authority will be most important to the OT"WP. 1 2. more informcollected for the iain area where The ation needs to be OEDP is section II - the Redevelopment One of the parts Area and Its Economy. of this section is about the population Population and labor force of the area. information (which could be from the Tribal Census) obtained needs to be rnssible (and stretching any addition- broken down by age groups (0-14, 15- 24, al sanitation money we way get 25-44, 45-64, 65 and over) and by sex. from the �AgjR]�ture.) Labor force information needs to 13. 8. The imp�r.qnt next step is for show how many people over 14 are workthe Hoi1cing Authority to prepa ing:full or part-time, or looking for re the Overall Economic Development Progr the how many are unemployed; work; am (OED P) which the Trjbal C u skills, age and education of people o ncil could t en submi� (if it wished) along the percent of who are unemployed; . with the required lett e er to the Assis- umemployed people who have b en unem t ant Secretary of Commerce. ployed more thail 1 year or less than The re is no point in 1ilnldng the request until tc. 3 months; � the OEDP is ready to go in too. 9. The OEDP is "the docuL1ent submitted to the SDA describing the local c�oi.<)mi c. development program at a given point of time." The "develop- ment program" is a description of what is pJ�nned"to create new economic c i ity arid improve community � � � facilities and services. The OEDP " must be s u b mi t t e d within 6 months from the time a notifination was vcceived that an area is qualifie d. In our case, this ot;jfjcation was received vlously, on December 23, 1968. for Ovc::r!l 1 J grams" cr1pjes of "Guide EcrJl11.rn i r. T·•:, � 1c•i•UL'-..�1-. .1.·-.... prepared by the TT .�1. no pt. · location and types of jobs involved; wage rates; from $3,000 (under $3,000. $4,999, $5,0 0 - to $9,999: farni;Ly income to amount of education; etc.); etc. 1 5. Perhaps this type of statistical infor1 ation cou�d be collected on a i..-..· Jith a simple housc-to .. house , hich the Housing Au�hority (assisted by the VISTAs?) could take around. If this is what you decide you want to do, �ent, Ob- Author..i.ty) Labor force information also should for employed people - the include - q uestinnaire, etc. Mr. 16. Hasbrouck, the Depart- would be happy to help you prepare a questi the sooner the OBDP is submittcd and a pp r ov ed , th� better. •Ne a r e lea 11 .in� with you (the lC • How:;irg 14. naire. There will be various other steps required of the Tribe an,d the Housing Authority before the actual application _ for redevelopment designation can be nqhr11itted, (C11nt-;rn-\o•l but it would seem that a ')Jl paf;t lll7 col1rn1n 1) �(10) continued frofil page 9) first ste p will be to colle ct the statistics �eede d on population anC labor force . Kenneth C. Thornpson Deputy Commissioner (FACTS . • • EDITORIAL Continued from page 3.) the extra money to do a minimum job. The Penobscot and Passamaquoddy are :� � captured nations just as Japan and Germany once were. Only the Indians were stripped of their land and their fore their liveli- hood and made dependent on their white capturers. AMERICAN IND IAN CALE:tffiAR by Tillie Walker Then white man's laws were passed preuenting the Indian from hunting the game that was his sustenance. Thus over the years the Indian has become more and more dependent on the white The name of the months in this man and his legislature for his basic needs unique 0alendar comes f rom the AssiniThen three years ago we were appointed The calendar oir e Tribe of Montana. . Comn:.iesioner Hinckley to stand up for us. has as its motif this year, dolls Over a year ago Mr. Hinckley told and figurines by the Ame rican Indian the legislature how much money uould be and the Eskitilo Indian. needed to carry out a minimum program, b:.it Copies of the Ame rican Indian thinking of Indians the samy way they r,a] Pn<iar can be obtained by writi11g thought of bricks and cement, they cut to P.O. Box 181+21, Capitol Hill Station , back., Hinckley could have stayed within ;ki1' 0r-, Colorado 80218 Price 1>2.50 ere told this budget, he still can, if he . • T ��ter� - Half-way mark of severe cold we�the r Long Day Moon - Days lengthe n in this moon Sore Eye Moon - Snow blindness is couunon in .his period Frog's Moon - The croaking of the frog is hear� Idle Moon - The winter seaRon is over there is pause before summer begins Full Leaf Moon - All leaves reach their full growth Red Berrie s Moon - Red Berrie � reach their maximum brj11'ance Black.Cherries Moon - Choke cherries ripen Yellow Leaf Moon - The leave s turn different hues of yellow and red The Striped G ?_Bher__ s>_9�_ Back L. Summerlike days when the goprAr comes out to have his final look at the fine weather Frost Moon - The heavy frost cove rs the leafless trees, bush es and landscape the early r morning air glistens as the sun rises Center Moon's Youn� Brother the young moon is cfj ll gi-ng - ... his trotber� Center Hoon • • • • • July, but to cut out all services �ill this would not solve the problem, only the facade around it. The past two legislatures have provide' funds for s�me good programs for the Reservation Indians, to put them on their feet again. Let� not succumb now. "The Cold iJind blows through the cracks in our home, and 9ur cupboards yield little more than the wind. :i "Children, be brave and stop shiver ing while there is hope': 11Grandmother, do not shed tears, nor pity our dependent state while there is hope. :i 11There is hope that the Cold Hind from the North will ease and soon will bring to us whispers of Spring, of Growth of Renewal, of Life, of Food • • • " I wonder what Louis Jalbert is eat ing ton:i_ght? • RESERVA TION NEHS 1 y<••\r (We are still hoping for news from t-'ril>� ;:\9 we p,< t-o press. Ed. Note.) �( ll ) YOUTH TOLD TO DEF INE OWN ILLS , THEN ACT Canada ' s Ind ians mu s t s t art recogn i z i ng their own prob lems in s t ead of ac cep t ing as d i f f i cu l t i e s wha tever whi te exper t s t e l l them has to be corr e c ted . Thi s i s the view of one of the organ izers of MANY , the Man itoba A s s o c iation of Nat ive Youth . The group was incorporated in Winnipeg. e ar l i er this fa l l and is the f ir s t one of its kind in Canada . November 9 weekend it he ld i t s f ir s t organizational confe�ence at the Winnipeg Yl-'ICA . Thirty de legates from Ind ian and Me t i s young pe ople ' s group s a cro s s the province at tended . "He have to define the thing s tha t are wrong with the Ind ian and Me t i s i n today ' s $ociety our s e lve s and then s t art working o n the prob lems , " Al lan Char trand , 22, MANY vice -pr e s ident said in an in terview wi th the Winnipeg Tribune . Why " There ' s no poin t b l aming the whi t e man for our troub l es a l l the t ime . no t b lame our s e lves too ? " To Mr . Char tr and , a former counse lor with the Ind ian and Me t i s Friend ship Cen ter , the l og i c a l way to ad j u s t cond i tion s and ad j u s t the Ind ian to cont emporary s o c ie ty i s : to r e s o lve our d i f f i cu l t ie s among our s e lve s and then t o con fron t the " But pre sent Ind ian organ i z a t ions whi te man and create a meaningfu l d ia l ogue . " However , dialogue are l arge ly ou tmoded for thi s purpo s e , Mr . Chartrand s aid . wi l l come and i t s re su l t s wi l l be po s i t ive . "For the time being I wou ld s ay we have to go into a kind of separ a t i sm from Canadian s o c i e ty . We mu s t find our s e lve s and make sure we ' re no t l o s ing our cu l tural iden t i ty . Once we have pre s erved i t , there ' s probab ly going to be a merger with the mains tream o f Canadian s o c i e ty . " " There are some , What about mi l i tan t Red Power advo cates among Ind ian s ? of cour s e . They s ay vio lence i s the only way of get ting yours e l f l i s tened to the se days . I don ' t think thi s i s nece s s ar ily so . " Ind ian re serve s in Canada o f tomorrow w i l l con t inue to ex i s t , Mr . Chartrand said , "un l e s s t he Ind ian s thems e lve s decide to do away wi th them . " (From the Ind ian Re cord , Winn ipeg , Canada , December 1 9 6 8 ) · • • • CALIFORNIA IND !ANS EMPLOYED O N LOCATION FOR NEW FILM Approxima t e ly 60 Ind ian men , , women and chi ldren from the Ind ian are as in Southern Ca l i fo rnia , were "on locat ion" for Universa l Stud i o in the Ma l ibu Moun tains for two days of sho o t ing various s cenes of the mo tion pic ture "Wi l l ie B oy . " Comparab le r a t e s (were paid ) for the Ind ian people based on Screen Ac tor s Gui ld and Screen Ex tra s Gui ld ranging from $ 1 12 per day for special talent to Arrangement s wer e made with the Ca li fornia Dept . of $ 29 . 1 5 per d ay minimum . We l f are to a l l ow we l fare r e c ip ien t s to use their fund s on hou se improvemen t s Re serva t ion s repre sen ted were Morongo , Soboba , w i thou t affe c t ing we l f are che cks . Torre s -Mar t ine z , Cahu i l l a and Pechanga . "Wi l l ie Boy" i s the s tudy of an Ind ian who e lud ed po s s e after po s s e acro s s Actre s s Susan Clark added her touch t o the t he ho t , wa ter le s s Mohave D e s er t . rea l i sm of the f i lm by learn i ng many word s in the almo s t -forgo t ten Cahui l la language . Her in s truc tor was Cather ine Saubel , a dir e c tor of Morongo Ind ian Reserva t ion ' s Malki Mu s eum . A Cahui l l a , she ' s a noted exper t on the tr ibe ' s h i s t ory , cul ture and l anguage Chan t s and song s heard in the ba ckground during Tb� mov l � i s s cheduled for re lease in the f i e s t a s cene s are sung by Indian s . 1969 . (From t he Ind ian Record , Washing ton , D . C . , D e cember 1 9 6 8 ) • • • �( 12 ) INDIANS SEEK EDU C ATION AND FREEDOJvI WATERVIIJ..E - Impro ved educ atio nal oppo rtunit i e s and t he r i ght to govern thems e lve s a r e the tv.o sai d Wedne sday . great est de s i re s of the Indi ans of Maine , vat ions partic ipated in a two-day sympo sium. on the Colle ge he r e . Faith Counci l at the sponso red by the Inter- co ll ege . · At a p ane l pro gram Wednesday evening , o u r dilemma, 1 1 Go rgotten Ame ri:c an " at Colby The pro gram was th e thi rd in a s e rie s Indian To wnship the Indi an s Indi an s from bo th the Pas s amaquoddy and the Penob s co t res e r- John Stevens , governor o f ( the ) ( Re s ervat io n ) at Pet er Dana Po int , to ld th e audi enc e , trying to " Th i s i s se ll o u r pro gram t o t h e bure au cr ats in Augu st a . 11 Seven rep r e s e ntatives of the two tri b e s were o n the pane l , and they were in agreement that the two mo st impo r t ant areas to help th e Indian impro ve hi s lot were improved e du cation and t h e o ppo rtunity fo r e du cation b eyond high s choo l leve l , and th e p rivi le ge to govern t hem se lve s . Othe r areas listed as h igh prio rity it ems we re exte nsion o f wate r and sewe rage line s to the re s e rvatio ns , improved medi c al and d ental c ar e and impro ved ho using. r e serv ati o n s was also d i s cu s se d , fir e s . Fire pro te ction on th e and t he ne e d fo r improving ways of battling Fo rmer Penob s co t R e s ervat io n Indian Island Go v . Erne st Go s lin told the audi e n c e tha t the re seems to be a co nstant e ffo rt "to integrate t he Ind i an with th e wh i te man . If you t ake us and throw us into your so ci ety, we will be lo st . We h av e a fe elin g of sai d . se curi ty on our re s erv ations ; it i s o ur way of life , " h e H e talk ed o f his e ffo rt s an d tho s e o f other Indian governors to obtain suppo rt from th e legi sl atur e s and from v arious o t he r agen c i e s con cerned with Indi an affa i rs . re sult s . Go slin s tated , "We g e t a lot of lip servi c e s , but f ew t an gible · Howeve r, we have progre s sed in s pite o f the white man . " Steven s stated tha t th e tri bal customs of the Indians are ve ry impo rt ant to us ; we want to pr e s e rve t hem. Wayne N ewell , a " and our culture ( Pa s s amaquoddy ) Ind i an currently \\Or king with t he Americ an Fri en ds Servi c e Comm i tt e e , this l an d , 11 stated th at over many ye ars the whi te man h a s inhabited th ey h ave tri ed to he lp the Indi an "but th ey have failed . it i s t im e the Indian h e lped him s e l f . " I think Edward H inckle y , c ommi s sio ner o f Indian Affair s for Maine, attended and part ic ipa t ed in t he two-day pro gram . Hinck ley expressed ple a sure over the " numb e r of Ind i an s who took part . " ( From th e Bangor Dail News , y 1/9/69 . Indi ans parti c ipati ng in the program in additio n to t ho s e mentio ne d inc lud e d Ple asan t Po int Governo r Euge ne Fran ci s , Pas samaquo ddy Legi slative Repre sent at iv e Albe rt Dana, Mrs . woo d Sapi el , Mr. J effrey Go slin and Mr . Raymond Spang Albert Dana, Mr . Lin (No rth ern Cheyenne ) . M r . Hinckley and Mr . Loui s Doyl e , Coo r d i nat or of the Dio c e s ean Divi sion of Indian Servi c e s , conduc t e d semina rs on " Ind ian Affair s from the Perspe c tive of the Maine Ind i an s , Hinckl ey and Spang pr esent ed a Tue sday evening Whi t e Bur e au c r at . " Mo r e th an 200 p eo ple attende d p ro gram on 11 The Indi ans 1 Burden : The Whi te Man . " various programs dur ing th e two d a y affai r ; t h e film " The Exi l e s " was also shown ., ) FORD FU ND GRAN TS The For d Foundation, through it s p re s id en t , M c George Bundy, report s 'grant s The mone y i s intended to strengthtotal ing $654, 500 to a s si st Amer i c an Indians . en multitribal o rgan i zations ; fo st e r coop eratio n among Indian le ad e r s , heighten awarene s s of cultural heri tage and encourage great e r utili z at ion o f o pportuni ti c � Re cei ving agenc i e s include t he National for e du c at io n and e co nomi c development . of Amer i can Ind i an s , the Uni v e r s ity of Alaska, the Alask a Federation of Congre ss Nativ e s , the C e nt e r fo r th e Art s of Ind i an Ame ri ca and the Citi zens Crus ade Agains t Pove rty . ( F rom t h e Indian League of t h e Ameri cas News le tter , De c ember 1968 ) �( 13) BLANCHE NICOLA BECOME S BRIDE OF KENTUCKY MAN OLD TOWN - S t . Ann ' s Church , Ind ian I s land , was the s e t ting for the January 1 0 wedding o f Mi s s B lanche Nicho l a , daughter of the Ralph An thony Ni co las , to Phi l l ip Raymond Lancas ter , son of Mr . and Mr s . Franc i s B . Lancas ter of Loui sv i l l e , Ky . Performing the ceremony was the Rev . Romeo S t . Pierre . Solo i s t was Yrl s s There s e Sappier and organ i s t Mr s . Raymond Chare t te . Mr . Ni co la gave h i s daugh ter · in marr iage . The br idge wore a whi te s a t in brocade gown and shou lder l eng th ve i l a t tached to a mat ching p i l lb ox . She carried whi te carna tions and red r o s ebud s . She wore a Mr s . Suzanne Loui s e Greenan of Bangor was ma id of honor . long b lue s a t in bro cade gown with ma tching bow headpie ce . She carr ied whi t e and p ink carna t ion s . Grayden L . Lo lar of O l d Town w a s b e s t man . , A reception was he ld at the Ind i an I s land Tr ib a l Hal l . As s i s t ing were Mrs . Wa le t ta Bear , Mr s . Avi s Cox , Mi s s Faye B i sulca and Mi s s Mi ldred Lo lar . Mr s . Lancas ter a t tended John Bap s t High School and graduated from Ayer High Scho o l . She at tende d Beal Busines s Co l lege and is emp loyed at Tr i -Northern Denta l Lab or ato�y . The groom gradu a t e d from Shawne High Schoo l , L�u i sv i l le , and served 4 year s in the Air For c e . (From t he Bangor Dai ly New s , 1 / 1 9 / 6 9 ) IND IAN TOHNSHIP WOMEN ' S CLUB F ORMED On W edne sd ay , De cember 4 , the �omen l s Club o f Ind ian Town ship wa s formed . The mee t ing was he ld at the s choo l at Pe ter Dana Po int . E l e c ted to offices were : Anna Harno i s , Pre s iden t ; Ele anor Mi tche l l , Vice Pre s ident ; Joan Dana , 8Pcrer �ry ; Irene Newe l l , Trea surer ; and Phi l omene Dana , Progr am Organ i zer . Member s pre sen t were : Fanny Newe l l , Gloria So ckab a s i n , Bernade t t e Lo la , Mary Lou Tomah , Chr i s t ine Sockaba s in , E l i zab e th Sopie l , Margery LaCo o te and Haz e l Sockaba s in . The mee t ing s w i l l b e he ld regu lar ly on the f ir s t Wedne sday o f every month � The nex t mee t ing , however , wi l l be he ld at the Calai s Federa l Build in g on Tue s day , D ecemb er 1 0 . (From The Wigwam , 1 2 / 6 / �8 ) MAS S . INDIANS PLIGHT S TIRS DOLAN IPSWICH Rep . John F . Do lan , R-Ipswich , has de c ided i t is t ime to end d i s cr imina t ion again s t the Ameri can Indian s and in a leg i s l ative package he c a l l s for e s t ab l i shme n t of a (Ma s s�chu se t t s ) s tate Ind ian Af fair s Bureau . Dolan s aid the main pur p o s e of the b i l l would be to s e t up an agency which wou ld b e t ter provide for the need s of impoverished Indians , many of whom are l iv ing f ar be l ow current pover ty leve l s . If h i s b i l l shou ld win support , D o lan said the bureau then could look into a l l of the o ld charters and tre a t ie s from Colonial t ime s on to d e t ermine whe ther t h e set t lers and the ir d e s cendan t s have truly l ived u p to the agreeme n ts over the year s . The· Ipswich le g i s lator has v i s i ted Gay Head and has seen f ir s t hand the l iv ing condi tions o f the rema ind e r o f the Ma s hpe� Tribe . He s aid he is con cerned a l s o with the tre at i e s which were s igned and sealed when Mas sachu s e t t s and Maine d ivided into two .s tat e s . He bel ieve s tha t even though there i s an Ind ian Af f air s Bure au nat iona l ly , much good could ar ise from a bureau on the s tate l eve l . The Ind ians have appear ed b e fore the leg i s lature asking f or recogni t ion and benef i t s which should have ac crued to them un d er t reatie s s igned in Colonial t ime s . Their cond i t ion has been cal lP.d d e g r a d ing , and for years they have been treated as s e cond - c l a s s c i t i z en s . · \. Cont inued on Page 14} - • • • = �( 14) ( Cont inued from Page 1 3 ) " A l l the law s , general and s p e c ia l , dea ling w i th the Ind ians i n this s t a t e should b e reviewed to d e termine whe t her or not the s ta te has l ived up t o i t s promi s e s , " D o lan d e c lared . " I t i s true there i s only a sma l l number o f Ind ians l e f t , bu t w e should treat them w i t h e qu a l i ty , " he added . (From the Sa lem , Ma s s . , News , 1 2 / 7 / 68 . In c orr e s pondence with Ma ine ' s Ind ian Affairs Commi s s ioner Ed;ard Hinc kley , Repre s en t a t ive D o l an wri t e s : " I hav e b een gre at ly surpr i sed a t the in t er e s t shown in thi s b i l l s ince I filed He a l s o informed Hinckley i t and tru s t tha t i t wi l l serve some us eful purpo s e . " that , in ac cord ance w i th prov i s io n s o f a Ma s sachu s e t t s Re s o lve o f 1 9 38 (Chapter 22) an inve s t igat ion by the S t a te Commi s ioner o f Con s erva t ion (Erne s t J. Dean ) was made r e la t ive to the " so - ca l l ed Poc a s s e t Branch o f the Wampanoag Tribe o f Ind i an s . " Dean submi t ted h i s repor t to the Ma s s achu s e t t s Senate in January , 1 9 39 . In it he reported on v i s i t s to tr iba l members in the F a l l River - Free t own area of the s ta t e , ind i c a t ed tha t they he ld " f e e l ing of l ong s tand ing , tha t they have been d i spo s s e s s e d of their former home s w i thout the ir con sent and w i t hout proper compen s a t ion , and , in some cas e s , none of any kind . " D ean con t ined : " Th e inve s t igat ion ind icated this fee l ing was , t o some ex te n t , jus t ified . " In an a t tached l eg i s l a t ive propo s a l , Dean submi t ted a dra f t o f a b i l l whi c h wou ld have e s tab l i shed a n Ind ian r e s erva t ion i n the Free town-Fal l River S ta t e Fore s t , a s s i s ted in the con s truc t ion of a t r ib a l museum and craft s shops , and a s s i s t ed in the cons truc tion of home s for about 1 2 tribal fami l ie s . It i s n o t b e l ieved that t h i s measure was ever enac t ed ; the New s le t ter ha s Reader s in ter no know ledge of a Re s ervat ion for any tribe in Mas s achu se t t s . e s t e d in the s e mat te r s - par t i cu l ar ly tho s e in Ma s s achuse t t s - are urged to expr e s s their o pin ions to Rep . D o lan , who may be addre s s ed a t the S ta t e Hous e i n Bo s t on , o r a t 39 E a s t S tr ee t , I p swich , Ma s s . - Ed . ) MORE ON THE MOHAWKS MAS SENA , N . Y . (AP) - Mohawk Ind ian s aga in con fron ted Canadian cus toms o f f ic i a l s Sunday , try ing to g e t free in ternat ional pa s sage guaran teed by the 1 7 94 Jay Treaty . The Mohawks again were turned down . As a re su l t they de c id e d t o s end ano ther d e legat ion to O t t awa to mee t w i th the Canadian Prime Mini s ter . The demon s trat ion c ame at the CaP.adian Cu s t oms House on the Internat ional The cus toms poin t ha s been Bridge that conne c t s the Uni te d S tat e s and Canada . the f o cu s of a c on t inuing serie s of move s by the Indi an s , who are try ing to for c e o f f i c ia l s t o s t o p l evying cus toms dut i e s on the S t . Reg i s Mohawks i There were two un suc ce s s fu l a t temp t s Sunday to take good s duty -free a cr o s s the In terna tional Br idge into Canada . The fir s t a t tempt was made b y Mohawk prince s s Kahn - t in e t a -horn , a high fashion mode l from t he Mon trea l are a . l· hen cu s t oms o f f i ce r s t old She c arr ied gro cer ie s and p er s onal p o s s e s s ion s . her she had t o pay duty on the good s , the princ e s s repor t e d that und er the Jay Treaty she was en t it l e d t o take the good s in to Canada wi thout paying duty . She was turned down . Later Sunday about 200 o f the Mohawks me t in the Looghous e on the S t . Re�i r The group inc luded Indian s from Montreal , Algonquin Indian s fro� Re s erva t ion . The group Maniwauki , Que . and Onondaga tr ibe smen from the Syracu s e are a . d e c ided t o send ano ther d e legation t o Ot tawa to try to mee t w i th Canadian Andr2.s Pr ime Min i s ter Trudeau and Rob er t Andra s , a min i s ter in the government . was repor ted Fr iday to have s aid the c u s t oms t ieup could spark an Ind ian rebe l l i on i n Canad a . In the s e cond of two demonstrat io n s Sunday , o ther Ind ian s purchased gro c e r i e s at a s tore in Roo s eve l l to\>m , near Mas sena , to t ake back into Canad a . Offi c i a l s s e i zed the gro c er i e s which were dragged to the cus toms poin t by a four -year - o ld boy w i th a s le d ( Cont inued on Page 1 5 ) • • • •. �( 15 ) ( Continue d from Page Last month , to ld b y a h i gh St . 14 ) Regi s Re s e rvation Chief Angu s Mit ch ell sai d he h ad b e e n Ind i an Affair s o ffi ci a l in th e C anadian government th �t a n agre e ment had been r e a c h e d that would allow the Ind ians free a c c e s s ac ro s s the bo rder . And ra s , in a s t a t ement Friday , toms duti es was " t he s ai d th e fu ro r over the spark that igni ted outbre aks a cro s s the co lle c t io n o f cu s 11 Two country . shot s were f i r ed i nt o the c us toms ho u s e aft e r the mid- De c embe r d emo n s t r atio n s and Canadi an government o ffi c ial s for a t im e re l axed the po li cy o n co ll e ct ing duty from Indi ans . The Trudeau go vernment h a s hel d, b a si c ally, that th e matt e r i s one to be wo rked out by the c us tom s and exci se o f fi c ers . 12 and ( From the Kenne b e c Jo urnal , 13 ) 1/6/69 . See De cember Newslet t er , P ag e s 10, TEENAGERS A TTEND N . H. CONFERENCE Over the Thank sgiv ing ho liday , 11 Maine Ind ian youth at tended a confe rence o f the Organ i ?.at ion of Nat ive Ameri can S tudent s on the Dkr tmouth Campu s at Hanov er , N . H . The teenagers o f each r e s erva t ion e le c t ed 3 repre sen tative s : Angi e Sockab a s in , Eugene S tan l ey and Mar tin Fran c i s wen t from Pleasant Po int ; G loria S teven s , S teven Newe l l and Thoma s Lo la repr e sented the V I T (Very Impor In add i t ion Ju s t in Lola and Mark tant Teenager s ) C lub of Ind ian Township . S tevens from Pe ter Dana Point a t tended . The o t her 3 s tuden t s were from Ind i.an I s land ( Titmny Love , Faye B i sulca and " Sparky" C lark ) . S tud en ts from a l l over the coun try and from many d i fferent tribes of Ind ian s and Eskimos came to the conference to d i s cu s s how togeth er they could he l p the ir peop l e . They fe l t that the ma j or prob lem they could try to face wa s the drop-ou t pro b l em : acro s s the coun try the �rop-out rate among Ind ians i s much higher than among any o ther group . Many s tuden ts fe l t tha t the cause o f mos t o f thi s prob lem was tha t educat ion for Ind ians has always tried to m�ke them into White s ; they said that they wan ted educat ion to re late t o Ind ian cu l ture as lt ex i s t s today . Among i t s o ther goa l s was to incr ease the number of Ind ian s tude n t s en r o l led in pr iva te c o l leges and high s cho o l s acro s s the coun try and to make. o ther programs more avai lab le to Ind ian youth . On Saturday, Novembe r 3 0 , Tim Love from Ind ian I s l and wa s e l ec ted to the Board o f D ir e c t or s to repr e s en t Maine Ind ian studen t s . (From The W igwam , ; 2/ 6 / 6 8) LEGISLATIVE NEWS F IRST DE PARMENTAL BUDGET. HEARING HELD On Wednesday , January 2 2nd , the Leg i s lat ive Appropriatio n s Commi t tee he ld a pub l i c hear ing on the D e p ar tment of Ind ian Affairs ' _ Par t I (Curren t Service s ) budge t reque s t s for 1 9 6 9 - 1 9 70 and 1 9 70 - 1 9 7 1. The Par t I reque s t s are for fund s to main tain the current l evel o f d epar tmental programs - no fund s for new programs or s erv ic e s c an b e reque s ted in the Par t I budge t . Tho s e for 1 9 6 7 F o l lowing are the f igur e s pre s en ted by the Departmen t . Tho se 68 repr e sent ac tu al expend i ture s f or the year end ing June 3 0 , 1 9 6 8. The figur e s for 1 9 6 8 - 6 9 repr e s en t the current budget for t he Depar tment . n the "Re que s t" c o lumn repre s en t Commission er Hinckley ' s b a s i c reque s t to the Leg i s lature ; tho se in the "Re connne nd a t ion" c o lumn repre sent the advice to the Leg i s lature by the S ta te Bureau o f the Budge t . " Personal Servi ce s " invo lve s s a l ar ie s of a l l S tate emp loye e s ; " Capi tal" are fund s for permanen t e quipment (d e sks, t ypewr i ter s , e tc . ) ; "Al l Other" is every thing e l se - a l l Re se rvation labor , Tr ibal employee s � vege s ; _ fo�d , } medicine t doctors � · � et vice s , ho s p i t a l care , r e � er va t ion uti l iti e s - every thing but s a l ar i e s and equipment ? (Con tinued on Page 1 6 ) �( 16 ) (Con t inue d from Page 1 5 ) AC TUAL REQUE S T 1 9 6 7 - 68 1 9 68 - 6 9 1 9 70 - 7 1 1 9 6 9 - 70 PERSONAL SERV I CE S ALL OTHER CAPITAL TOTAL RECOMMENDATIO 1 9 6 9 - 70 1 9 7 0 7 1 - 5 3 , 705 . 9 8 6 6 , 5 24 7 3 , 08 9 76 , 2 1 8 7 3 , 089 76 , 2 1 . . 2 30 , 78 7 . 0 1 204 , 6 26 233 , 33 7 233 , 3 3 7 2 1 4 , 44 7 214 , 44 7 9 6 5 . 68 948 . 94 8 22548 948 22548 2 8 5 , L} 5 8 6 7 2 7 2 , 0 98 30 7 , 3 74 3 1 2 , 103 288 , 484 293 , 213 • Fo l l owing i s t h e tex t o f Hin ckley ' s prepared s ta t ement t o the Commi t tee : 1 1 Concentr a t e on the ALL OTHER expend iture s . As the s t a t i s t i c s show , t hey ( in 1 9 6 7 -6 8 ) refr e s en t e d 8 1% of the D epar tment ' s budge t and 7 1% of them were for d ir e c t Hea l th and \1Te l fare s ervi ce s to ind igen t tribal members . " ' ·An ad d i t ion a l 19% o f the ALL OTHER expend i ture s for 1 9 6 7 - 6 8 were for e s s e n t i a l mun i c ipal s ervi c e s on the 3 Re serva t ions - Labor , Ut i l i t ie s and Re p a ir s . ' 1 1 E l ig ib i l i ty for s ervi ce s and the range o f e s sential service s pr ovided have no t changed materia l ly s ince the day s of Dep t . of Hea l th and He l fare admin i s trat ion of Ind ian affair s . Re serva t ion e c onomy and need s , hawever , plus dras t i c nat ionwide incre a s e s in the co s t of He a l th and He l fare goods and s ervice s , have r e s u l ted in a con t inu ing increase in expend i ture s needed to main t a in current s ervi ce s . " 1A supp l emen tal curren t servi ce s appropr iat ion of $ 50 , 000/ year was re que s ted 8 18 , 000 was provided for of the 1 03rd Legi s la ture for the current b ienn ium . 1 96 7 -6 8 and noth ing add i t iona l for 1 9 6 8 - 6 9 . Ac cord ing ly , a dra s t i c r educ t ion in s ervi c e s wa s imp leme n ted in Apr i l , 1 9 6 8 , and mo s t aspe c t s o f this reduc t ion whi ch ha s r e su l t e d in wor s ened human and phy s ica l cond i t ions on the 3 Re s erva t ion s - are s t i l l in e ff e c t . A sup p l emental emergency appropr iat ion o f $ 5 0 , 000 i s b eing r e que s t ed o f the 104th Leg i s la ture in . �n e f for t t o res tore the l eve l of curre n t serv i c e s previou s ly author i zed . " "As ide from this , i t i s e s sential that the "reque s ted" ALL OTHER amoun ts of $ 2 33 , 3 3 7 per year b e appropr ia t ed . The s e � igure s were ob tained by add ing the maximum permi t ted co s t in crea s e s to the 1 9 6 7-68 ALL OTHER f igure s . The se e s t imat e d cost incre a s e s - par t i cular l y in Hea l th and .r!e l fare categor i e s ar e cons iderab ly l e s s (4%-5%) than the pas t year ' s /exper ienc e s have ind icated ar e l ike ly ( 8%- 20%) . 1 1 . ; ' However , the appropr i a t ion of the 1 1 r e que s te d 1 1 amoun t s wou ld pu t the Depar tmen t ' s budge t in par t ial a l ignmen t with 1 9 6 7 - 6 8 s pend ing . Improved ac count ing procedur e s and c lo s er examina t ion (wi th the Tr ib e s ) of service pr ior i t i e s migh t make i t po s s ib l e to operate within- the , ;re que s ted" ALL OTHER amoun t s w i thout s er ious hard ship to the Ind ians - c o s t s do no t cont inue to if incr e a s e at the ir pr e se n t r a t e . 1 1 ; ;Even such a cau t ious pre d i c t ion as thi s canno t be made on the bas i s o f the 1 1 r e comme nd e d " ALL OTHER f igure s ! " In hi s oral t e s t imony , Hinckley summar i zed the above s t a temen t, exp l aining the impo r t ance of the A l l Other amoun t s , in tha t Per s onal Services increa s e s ar e d u e to s t a t e - approved p a y incre a s e s and t h a t t h e Cap i ta l inct�a 6e � ( from $ 9L:.8 to $ 2 , SL� 8 ) inc lud e s a $ 1 , 600 insuranc e p aymen t on a col lapsed trib a l bui l d ing tha t is alread y on hand . Re p·.. Lou i s Ja l b er t (D -Le·wi s to n ) led o f f the 1 1 que s t ioning' 1 o f Commi s s ioner Hinckley with a speech ( cont aining no que s t ions ) in whi ch he accused Hi�ckley When some of i l l e g a l a c t ions in s pend ing money wi thout legi s la t ive approva l . o f his s t at emen t s were rephr a s ed a s que s t ions , Hinckley denied ever having In re sponse to que s t ions from s pe n t s ta t e fund s that hadn ' t been au thor ized . (Cont inued on Page 1 7 ) - �( 1 7) (Cont inued from Page 1 6 ) Rep . John Mar t in (D -E ag le Lake ) Hi nckley expl ained that the rea son h e had not reduced s ervice s $ 50 , 000-wor th a t the end of the 1 s t quart e r of the current year , when he rea l i zed he had in suffic ien t fund s to ma in tain them , wa s tha t Governor Cur t i s had s aid h e d id no t w i sh thi s done . Hinckley answered a que s t ion from Re p . Herman Sahag ian (R-Be lgrade ) by exp l aining tha t under D ep t . o f Hea l t h and Ue l f a�e admin i s trat ion , Ind ian appropr i a t ions had a l s o been insuff i cien t dur ing e ach year but tha t trans fer s from o ther DH&l? approp riat ion s had concealed thi s fac t from the Leg is latur e s in the pas t , and tha t Ind ian appr opr iat ion incr e a s e s r e que s t ed by the D H&W had been only very sma l l in com par i son to tha t Depar tme n t ' s to t a l budge t reque s t s . He said the prob lem was no t ne�� - on ly newly v i s ib le in the sma l l , s ing le -appropr iat ion Dept . of Ind ian Affair s . I t · coul d b � · no ted tha t Rep . Ja lbert le f t the he ar ing af ter having de l ivered his own speech , so he wa s unab le to pro f i t from the e f f e c t ive support ive t e s t imony d e l ivered by a var ie t y of Indians and non-Ind ians al ike . Pa s s ama qu od dy Leg i s l a t ive Repre senta t ive Albert Dana exp lained how unantic ipa ted , and s er ious , med i ca l emergen c i e s could incre ase expend iture s , as we l l as dea ths o f Maine Ind :t an s out -o f - s ta te , Hi th fund s needed to pay the ir tran s po r t a t ion back to the re servat ions for bur i a l . Penob s c o t Leg i s la t ive Repre s entative John Ne l son te s t if ied to the progre s s that was b e ing made with the D epar tmen t by the trib e s and expre s sed the fee l ing tha t the Depar tment had never been suf fi cien t ly suppor t e d w i th appropr ia t ions to r e a l ly ge t moving . Pen ob s co t member Erne s t Go s lin d e l ivered a very e lo quen t speech abo u t the ady,an tages to the s t ate in the long run i f the Depar tme n t was permi t ted to a s s i s t Ind ians in f i n a l ly , after many year s , s t and ing on the ir own fee t . Penob s co t Counc i l memb er Vio let Francis se conded tfr . Go s l in ' s t e s t imony and Penob s c o t member Phy l l i s 1cGrane exp lained her persona l effort s to see that her 6 chi ld ren comp le t ed the ir high s choo l education and went on to c o l lege whi l e she her s e l f at temp t s to suppor t them and take cour s e s at the Univers i ty too . Mr . Jerry Her l ihy , speaking for the Re form Democra t s of Maine , t e s t ified (as a teache r ) about the impor tance o f ade quate food , fue l and hea l th care to s tuden t s - he poin ted out tha t if the Leg i s la ture cou ldn ' t a s s i s t in making the s e s ervices avai l ab le to Ind ians , they might as we l l no t appropr i a t e money for Indi an schoo l s , a s hungry , s i ck , co ld s tud en t s are not go ing to be at le to learn . Loui s Doy le , Coord inator of the D ivis ion of Ind ian Servi c e s of the Roman Catho l i c D ioce s e o f Por t land , remind ed the Commi t tee that they were talk ing of people - no t of highway surfac ing , or b ir thd ay par t i e s for the S tate and that he knew of cas e s of i l lne s s and even de ath caused by lack of funds for proper hea l th servi ce s on the reserva tions . He sugges ted tha t even the "re ques ted" Al l Other amoun t s ·wer e in suffic ien t , and promi s ed the Commi t te e s ta t i s t i c s to suppor t the n e e d f o r $ 70 , 000 add i t ion al i n Al l Other fund s . Othe r s pr e s ent ' ho ind icat e d their suppor t by s tand ing inc luded r e pre s entat ives o f the Bath You th Ac t ion Commi t tee , the Bath-Brun swick Commit tee for Racial Unders tand ing , the Social Ac t ion Commi t te e of the E run swick Uni tarian Chur ch , the Amer i can As soci a t ion of U nive r s i ty Tlomen , and the L e ague of Homen Vo t er s . In add i t ion , � s . Ca ther ine Car swe l l , former Democrat ic r e pre senta ir t ive fr�m Por t land , s uppor ted the Dtpar tmen t ' s re que s t , exp laining tha t she had bee n a member of the Leg i s lat ive Commi t tee which had rec�mmended the creat ion of a D e p t . of Ind ian Affair s to the 10 2nd Legi s la ture . Mo s t o f the Ind ian speaker s urged that Ind ian affair s or r e s pon s ib i l i ty Rep . Mar t in did � be tran s ferr e d b a ck to t he D ep t . of Hea l th and He l f are . sugge s t the po s s ib i li ty of legi sla t ion which wou ld permi t tha t depar tment to t r ans fer fund s to t he Dep t ! o f Ind ian Affair s . The theme t ha t the ba s ic need i s � con tinua l re l i e f programs , but rather a chance for Ind i an s to reach a point 'Hhere they can fu n c t on in<le pe1 den t ly , was s t r e s P etl . The Comm i t t ee ui l 1 cons ider thf' ma t t er in l a t e r eY.: P c u i v £> R e s s i uu s . �(18 ) # Following is th e t ext o f L . D . Rep . John Hartin e ffe ctive , of ( D--Eagle cour s e , Lake ) 259, an emergency bill int ro duc ed · by In o rd e r fo r it to be come on J anu ary 22nd . it h a s to be approved by the ent ire Legi sl a ture . AN AC T Provi ding Fund s fo r Indi an Affa i rs Eme rgency Pre amble . 90 unt i l wne r a s , Act s of the Legi sla ture do not b e come e ffe ct ive days a ft e r a d j nurnment unle ss ena cte d a s eme rgenci e s ; Whe r ea s , c e rt a in oblig ations and expen se s inc ident t and the operatio n o f th e Department o f Indian Affai rs wi l l b e cµme due and payable immediately ; and Whe re a s , the s ai d 90-day pe rio d will not t enninate until a fter the begin ning of the fourth qu a rt e r o f the current fi s cal ye ar ; and Whe re a s , in the judgment of the Le g i s lature the se fa ct s creat e an emergen cy within th e meaning of the Co nst itution of Maine and re oui r e the following legi sla ti o n as imm e dia tely ne c e s s ary fo r the pre servation of the publi c p e a ce , h e a lt h and s afety; now, there for e , Be i t ena cted by the Peo ple o f the Sta t e o f a ine , a s follows : Appropri at ion . There is app ropri ated from t he Unappropriated Surplus fo r of t h e Ge ne ral Fund to the Dep artment o f Indian Affair s the sum o f 30, 19 69 , the fi s c a l ye ar e ndi ng June $50, �00 to pr vide fo r c o ntinuation o f the current l ev e l of h ea lt h a nd w e lfare s e rvi c e s fo r the re s idents of the ti ons . 3 The bre akdown shall be as fo llows : DEPARTHENT OF IN DIAN AFFAIRS Ind i an Re serva 1968-69 $5 J, OOO All other Provi de s additional funds for current s e rv i c e s In vi ew of the emergency c i t ed in the preamble , Emerg ncy Clau s e . Act thi s sh a l l t ake e ffect when appro ved . CUR TI S RELUC TAi:JT TO ACT ON HINCKLEY RE S IGNA TION AUGU S TA - A l though Governor Kenne t h M . to a c t at Edward s ign s thi s C. Cur t i s expre s s ed r e luc t ance Thur s day t im� on an und a t e d re s i gnat ion by Ind ian A f f a i r s Commi s s ioner Hinckley , he may be for c e d t o d o s o b y a Le g i s la ture whi ch ha s o f d i s co n t e n t over a d e f i c i t in the shown Ind ian A f f a ir s D e partment for the s e c ond con s e c u t ive � iennium . Hinck ley , who has a s ked h i s d e p ar tmen t for an eme rgency appropr i a t ion of through the end of :ne n Thur s day mor n ing tha t if t hen tha t ' s the way i t ' s go t t he pr i ce of g e t t ing to be $ 50 , 000 to 30 , to ld the current f i s ca l year on June • • • the 11 $ 50 , 000 carry news ·1 1means my j ob , He conf irmed a rumor t h a t h i s ( o f f e r o f ) r e s ignat ion , und a ted , i s in the governor ' s hand s and has b een s in c e Hinckley submi t ted hi s bud g e t showing an QVerd r a f t co s t s . for thi s b iennium caus ed mai n ly by unan t ic ip a t e d he a l th and we l f are B o t h he and t he Governor hedge d when a s ked i f the unda t e d r e s ignat ion had b een d emanded by the governor . . Cur t i s me t w i t h newsmen a t an impromptu pre s s conference Thurs d ay noon a f t c "'.' an o r d e r was i n troduced in t h e S enate to c r e a t e a " commi t tee o f inquiry " to s tudy He s ai d Hinckley ' s r e s igna t ion was "no t part i c , u l ar ly a s ked for" and add e d ',! there i s n o move t o a c c e p t i t now . " the Ind i an A f fa i r s D epar tmen t . He s a i d he i s d i s p le a s e d w i t h the appare n t ly poor a c count ing sy s t em u s e d h y t h e sma l l Ind ian A f f a i r s Depar tment a n d acknow l e dg e d t h a t t h e inc ident " cas t s a re f l e c t ion o n my admin i s t r a t ion . However , I am no t ab out to r e p lace anyone Regard l e s s , Cur t i s is known to f e e l that they have a d e f i c i t • . , the commi s s i oner ' s r e s igna t i on may we l l b e the bargain i ng po i n t neede d by the j u s t b e c au s e governor i f the Leg i s la ture i s The governor s a i d he affairs � as " an eva lua t ion to make up the de f ic i t . suppo r t s ' the propo s e d inquiry in to the d e p ar tmen t s to d e t ermine whe t her he (Cont inued • on Page (Hinckley) 19) ha s done a proper �(19) (Con t inued from Page 1 8 ) j ob . 1 1 Bu t he s aid l ater in the I'\ews conference he though t Hinckley had nd one a good j ob . However , I ' m not sure tha t anyone e l s e could have done be t ter . I am very impatient to see more done on our Ind ian r e s erva t ion s . I am frus tra ted that we have no t done more . 1 • Cur t i s acknowledged tha t h e h a s re ce ived p e t i t ions o f suppor t f o r Hinck ley from about 100 of Maine ' s 1 200 Ind ians res id ino on the S t a te ' s three re s erva t ions . Hinckley , the f ir s t commi s s ioner of t e depar tment crea ted by the l0 2nd Le gi s l atur e , is popular with the Pa s s amaquoddies and the Penob s co t . Several Ind i an s t e s t i f ied emo t iona l ly in his beha l f at Hedne sday ' s appr opr ia. t ions hear ing . At tha t he aring , Hinckley t o ld the commi t tee t hat when India ns were under the j ur i sd i c t ion o f the Hea l th and We l fare Department , shortage s in var ious areas wer e cover ed through ' in trade partmental trans fers o f fund s , and never � e came apparent to the Leg i s lature . Hi s de par tmen t i s too sma l l to use tha t b o okke e p i ng maneuver to comb a t ris ing med i c a l co s t s , t h e you thfu l commi s s i oner said . H e s aid i t migh t no t be a bad id ea to au thor ize tran s fers from the Heal th and He l fare De par tment . to hi s depa-r t n:ent for med ical s ervice s . The order c a l l ing for a departme n t in quiry , spon s ored by S en . B enne t t D . Ka t z , R -Augus ta , would s e t up a committee of two s enators , tw o repre s ent at ive s and the two trib a l repre senta tive s . The order t akes no te that the Ind i an Af fair s D epar tment " i s exper i enc in g increas ing d i f f i cul ty� in performing dut i e s and exer c i s ing super v ls ion , large ly invo lving heal th and we l far e ser vice s It as a sma l l depar tmen t wi th a s ingl e appropr iation and a l imi ted s taff . i : au thor i z e s the s tudy group to spend $ 200 i n coming up wi th i t s re commenda t ion . and charge s it to r port b ack to thi s Leg i s lature . Ve teran Appropr iati on s Commi t tee memb er R ep . Lou is Jalb e r t , D -L�wis t on , r ebuked Hinckley at a pub l i c hear ing on his depar tmen t ' s budge t Wedne s d ay . Jalb ert said Hinckley ' s over § pending , coup led with a d e f i c i t he ran up two year s ago when he w as a l s o admon i shed by the appropriat ions comm i t te e , " come s qui t e c lo s e to de f iance . 1 1 But Gov . Cur t i s to ld newsmen he doesn ' t nece s s ar i ly cons ider the commi s s ioner ' s overd r a f t a : ; d e f i ance . " " There i s n o point i n b laming anyone · �Te j u s t have to s traighten o u t the s y s tem , " the chie f exe cut ive conc lud e d . A b i l l seeking an emergency $ 50 , 000 appropriation for the de partme n t has b een f i led by Rep . John L . Mar t in , D -Eag le Lake ( s e e Page' 18) , a member of t he Appropr i a t ions Commi t te e . Appropr iat ions cha irman Sen . Jo s e ph S ewa l l , R -Old Town , ha s s a i d t he commi t tee plan s t o amend the b i l l t o impo s e t ighter f inancial con tro l over t he depar tmen t . The pend ing inquiry is expe c ted t o produce a recommendat ion in thi s re spec t . (From the BangQ� D a i ly Ne��s , 1 / 24 / 69 . The As s o c ia ted Pre s s r e l e a s e o f January 24th ind icated that the cotmni t te o f in qu iry w a s charged to�f!c onsu l t w i t h the nec e s s ary s ta te and tribal o f f i c ia l s • 1 1 Bo th Hinckle y and Cur t i s s aid the s tudy i s a prop er s t ep t o take . Cur t i s s aid tha t he bad Hinckley ' s und a t ed r e s igna t ion , but the commi s s ioner d e s cr ibed the le t ter a s " an o f f er o f r e s i gnation . " The AP quo ted Hinckley as s ay ing , " i t was pu t to me (by a repre s en t a t ive of the governor ) tha t to ob t a in support for an appropria t io n of more fund s i t migh t b e ne ce s s ary to prove tha t some change s wer e b e ing made in adminis tra t ion oi the depar tment • • • " He r e p l i.ed , chc s aid , that while he d idn ' t b e l ie ve the d e f ic iency was h i s fau l t , the gover nor could have his r e s ignat i on a t any t ime Ear l ier i f tha t was n e ce s s ary to g � t the legi.s latur e t o pa s s the appropr i�tion . thi s month , he s aid , he was a s ked to pu t th i s s t a teme nt ' in wr it ing and d id so . Cur t i s t o ld h i s news o f e r en c e tha t " 'l'lie money tha t ' s ava i l ah l e in the Ind i an Af f a i "C c P�p�1 t.� n t', i. s s o sma l l tha t if y o t 1 m i � ei: P S t :i rua t e the we l fare · h n ... ( C.on t j t1 1e<l 011 Puge 20) �( 20 ) (Con t inued from Page 1 9 ) co s t s i t t s impo s s ib le t o f ind the fund s t o make u p for i t . " He s a id the ac coun ting s y s tem has been • :very poor " but added : " I don 1 t think there 1 s any que s t ion of the fac t thi s money wa s needed . I d on ' t think there ' s any mi s 11 hand l ing o f fund s An ar t i c le in the January 24 th Kennebec Journal , by S tan Eame s , quo ted Hin ckley a s s ay ing he wou ld have about $ 10 , 000 left when the f inal quar ter ro l l s around . "If we don ' t ge t the money , then I can s e e only one real i s t ic a l t erna t ive - c lo s e shop un t i l the new f i s ca l year come s . " Hinck l ey suppo sed that "I wou ld have t o take a l e ave o f ab sence and d o some thing . I don ' t know what , but I �·m no t and I haven ' t been looking for ano ther j ob . " The s tory a l s o re por t ed tha t Hinckley b e l ieve s tha t hou s ing and s an i t a tion are two area s in wh i ch his departme n t has he lped Maine ' s Ind ian s , who , he said , ' 1 have ac comodated the whi t e s wi thout ge t ting any accoIIDDo dat ion in r e turn . Tha t ' s t he only reason t hey ' re al ive today . " He commen ted tha t the American Fr iends Serv i ce Commi t te e bankro l l ed a hous ing off icer for 18 months for h i s de par tme n t b e fore the s ta t e b e came invo lved . 1 1 If i t hadn ' t b e e n f o r the Amer i can Friends S ervice Commi t tee , " the commi s s ioner s ad , " There wou ldn ' t be any hous ing or s an i t a t ion pro j e c t s we cou ld po int to . ' ' ) • • • NAME S I N THE NEHS At a D e c ember mee t ing of the Pleasant Point Hou s ing Au tho r i ty , the- fo l low ing o f f icers were e le c ted : Eugene Franc i s , Cha irman (re -e le c ted ) ; David Franci s ; V i c e Chairman ; Fred Franc i s , Secre t ary ( r e - e l e c t ed ) ; and F a ther Bernard li cknair , Treasurer (r e - e le c ted Y : Andrew Dana i s the 5 th member of ' t he Au thor i ty . At a January mee t ing of the Ind ian Town ship Hous ing Au thor i ty , the fo l low ing o f fi c e r s were e le c t e d : George S teven s , Jr . , Cha irman (re -e le c t ed ) ; Al len S ockab as in , Vice Chairman ; Phi lomene Dana , S ecre t ary ; Fa ther Co l eman O ' To o l e , Tre asurer . The 5 th member o f the Au thor i t y i s Albert Dana . Las t Augu s t , t he Penob s co t Hou s ing Author i ty e le c ted i t s o f f i cer s , a s fo l l ow s : Ma t thew Mi t che l l , Sr . , Chairman ; Ma t thew S app ier , Vice Chairman ; F a ther Romeo S t . Pierre , S e cre tary (e lec ted in January , replacing E l i zab e t h Gou l d , who r e s igned ) ; Irving Ranco , Treasur er (re-e l e c t ed ) . Th e new member of t he Au tho r i t y i s Ni ck Sapie l At Indian Town s hip , Ar chie LaCo o t e wa s r e cent ly named to rep lace B a s i l LaCoote (who r e s igned) as Tr ibal Counc i lmember . Pa t r i c i a Ni cho l a s is the Town ship ' s Tr ib a l Clerk ; John Nicho l a s i s t h e Tr ib a l Clerk at Pleasant Po in t ; He l en Go s l in i s the Penob s co t Tr i b a l Cl erk . The Pas samaquoddy Commun i ty A c t ion Program b o ard of d irectors re cen t ly hire d or _rehired t he f o l lowing s ta f f members for t he 1 9 6 9 CAP program : Ar chie LaCoo te , D ir e c tor ; Danie l Franc i s , Depu ty D ir e c tor ; Danie l Ba s se t t , Communi ty D eve l opmen t Superv i sor ; E lmer Lank , Vo lun teer F ire De par tme n t Organizer . Commun i ty D eve l opmen t Aides at Pleasant Po in t are John Nicho l a s , Be s s ie S tan ley and Linwood Sapie l . CD Aide s at Ind ian Township are Morris Brooks , E leanor Mi t che l l and M�ry E . Socoba s in . S e cre tary-Bookke eper is Margare t Bai l ey ; ;· Recept ion i s t - Typi s t i s Robe r t a Ri chard s . The r e spon s ib i l i t ie s formerly he ld b y the CAP Hous ing Coord ina tor have been as s igned to the D ir e ct or . At Pleasan t Po int , due to the r e s ignat ion of Frederick Moor e , Robe r t Newe l l wa s appo in te d t o t he Tr iba l Coun ci l . O ther name s in the Ind i an Township Women ' s Club ( se e Page 1 3 ) are � So ckab a s in , Member s hip cha irman ; Phyl l i s Lank_, Ho s p i tal i t y chairman ; and char t e r memb e r s Alice Dan a , D i a.n.a Leve sgue , E laine Lo l a , Luc i l le Lo la , Dorothy Moor e , Eunice Sockab a s in , Li l l ian S t eve n s , Maxine Tomah , Alyne Ward , Sara Mrs . Moore i s �n , S i s te r Co leman , S i s ter �ugenio and S i s ter Madonna . t he Pub l ic He a l th Nur s e f o r the Town s hip ; Mr s . 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Title A name given to the resource Penobscot Description An account of the resource The Penobscot people, who identify closely with the Penobscot River that is their home, have a reservation on Indian Island, near Old Town, Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, they were among the tribes that won federal recognition in the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. A Penobscot scholar, Joseph Nicolar, was one of the first regional Native people to publish a book: Life and Traditions of the Red Man (1890). Since then, many others have written about their language and culture, including the performing artist Molly Spotted Elk and poet Carol Dana. The Penobscots have a rigorous process for protecting their intellectual property, asking any scholars who are studying or writing about them to communicate with their Cultural Heritage and Preservation Office. Resources Penobscot Nation <a href="https://www.penobscotnation.org/" target="_blank">website</a> <a href="http://www.penobscotculture.com/" target="_blank">Penobscot National Cultural & Historic Preservation Department</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maine Indian Newsletter (Jan. 1969) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource ssipsis (Thompson, Eugenia) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Colby College Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969-01 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Julia Brush Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images courtesy of Colby College Library. In making these images available, we also consulted with ssipsis’ daughter, Pam Outdusis Cunningham. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-456 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/c10fb59ff1b1581d9f1861a96cccadff.pdf 6ef32e870f32dcc3d59ebe9e7ea0a23b PDF Text Text JULY I IDIAl S, GEOr.GIA·P�CIFIC OK 1968 WOODS PACT OODLAPD - Passamaquodd y Indians, lineal descendants of i!orth America's won the exclusive right to cut pulJn-7ood on a disputed-owne-1.: sbip section of Indian Tot'1Ilship lands Friday. �ut they assumed the burden of holding up the production end of the log in return. original '\'100dsmen, A far-reaching agreement, uhich becomes valid if approved oy the Tribal Councils at the Indian Township and Pleasant Point Reservations, was reached at a meeting betueeo representatives of the Passamaquoddy tribe and top officers of Georgia-Pacific Corporation at the paper company's Toodland mill. 11ie memorandum of understanding Has presented by :iaine Employment Security Commission Chairman James Schoenthaler and approved by Georgia-Pacific General i-;anager Eduard G. r ils n. A rough draft of the memorandum had ·-een tentatively approved oy the two i. al groups follot· ing an earlier meeting on July 8th • • • Formal acceptance of the agreement cy the two Tribal Councils will bring to an end a dispute over cutting operations conducted y a private contractor employecl Ly Georgia-Pacific, hich Legan June 4th. The agreement, t1orked out in detail at a July 12th meeting, stipulates that Georgia-Pacific will move the private contractor onto other company-owned lands and complete the harvest operations uith Indian labor. One Indian ,.10ods crew is currently employed by the paper company on Indian trust lands, ,,ithin Indian Township. Additional Indian cre\1s ill be assigned or.· in the disputed-ownership section of the Township as soon as they can be recruite' and trained. HESC officials will sponsor the recruitment among the more than 600 resi dents of the two reservations and raining sessions will be conducted by exper ienced woodsmen members of the tri" e. A conventional woods cret·7 in the ,type of operations nou Leing conducted ;..y the company consists of a &kidder operator and two or more cutters equipped uith power saws. Georgia-Pacific has agreed to ma�e equipment available \Tithout cost to uoods crews not already so equipped, during the train ing program. �asic recruitment for the training program, which aims at developing 3 additional all-Indian crews, will e the responsibility of the 2 Tribal Councils and the Passamaouoddy Community Action Program. i The Roman Catholic Diocese of Port and's Division of Indian Services has agreed to attempt to t10r out a cystem that will enable it to assist Indians in the purchase of heavy equipment in the event that tribal members undertake pulp wo DIS Coordinator cutting contracts on their oun behalf, for the company. Louis Doyle said that his agency uould maintain an active interest in the train ing program, and' felt that it would materially assist both tri'·al members and the company . His feelings ere strongly supported 1:.y G-P officials, wh<:> said their exper ith the one all-Indian woods creu now at work had been most satisfactory. company said it lould welcome Indian creus in the woods to relieve a critical ience (Continued on Page 2) �(2) (Continued from Page 1) labor shortage. �ut the company officials said a consistent supply of pulpwooa is essential to mill operations and they reserve' the right to sulstitute non Indian crews or crew mem1:.ers if production lagged below reasonahle limi.ts. Maine Governor I'enneth i. Curtis said the proposed settlement "indicates that all parties have shown flexibility and consideration of each other's points ·of view1' and that the· mutual accomodation has lfar reaching and favorable implic ations for the economic growth of the tribe and the Georgia Pacific Corporation.=• Intlian Tol-mship, some 18,000 acres of mostly forested land just north of Princeton has belonged to the tribe nearly 200 years, by treaty with Massachusetts and administration by Haine after 1820. In the past century-and-a-half, since liaine's statehood, however, the Haine legislature voted from time to time to dis pose of some of the land and over the years Georgia-Pacific acquired deeds to some 6500 acres. The Indian Affairs Department said about 3400 acres are harvested by year to-ye�r cutting of only mature trees. ·3100 disputed acres are under water and another 1000 acres are privately held by others. The t'ribe is claiming in cur rent litigation, introduced into Massachusetts Superior Court on March 8th, that the state had no right to dispose of this land,- and that it still belongs to the Indians. On the Lalance of the Township, harvesting is managed by the-state and carried out by Georgia-Pacific with all-Indian crews, by long-standing agreement. The company reim�urses the trite's trust fund for the timber so obtained. Com pany practice is to hire independent contractors to harvest the alienated lands to which it holds title. The dispute broke into the news about 2 weeks ago, after the Passamaquoddies had protested the co�pany contractor's cutting practices on 3 lots of the alien• ated lands the tribe says it otms. On June 26th, tribal spokesmen said the com pany had done nothing to correct the practices nor to hire Indian labor, as re quested earlier. They gave Georgia-�acific seven days to stop operations on the disputed lots completely, or to hire only all-Indian crews for the contract. Then, on July 4th, about 50 Indians stopped the cutting operations by non• violent demonstrations on the site, and additional work stoppages were brought · on two more ,d ays. The group uhich worked out the tentative final agreement included tndian Affairs Commissioner Eduard c. Hincl�ley, and Division of Indian Services Coordin ator Louis Doyle, in addition to I-Ir. Schoenthaler. Passamaquoddy Governors John Stevens and Joseph Mitchell, and Tribal member (and A.F .s c. fieldworker) Wayne lJewell and other company and �msc officials participated in the afternoon meeting on the 12th. At the outbreak of the dispute, Governor Curtis directed the Attorney Gen eral's office :1to proceed in any action 'tvhich can lead to a final court determin Tribal spokesmen on the ation of the legal ownership of the lots in question. 12th indicated that they did not wish the legal ownership question to be brought before Maine cour-ts by the Attorney General, for fear that it would interfere with the larger tribal claims case already introduced into court in Massachusetts. 'The t'ribe's eventual long-range goal relative to the forest resources of Indian To�mship is to equip itself to manage these itself, hiring or obtaining such technical help as may be necessary. Indian Commissioner Hinckley supports this goal, and has cited similar development-of forest resources by other Indian tribes throughout the country, as precedents •. 11 • . PEi!OESCOT I1ET PEI:Io:CSCOT when, on July 11th, 20 creH members· from the USS Penobscot, a Lavy ocean tug, Lt. Richard Culbertson, commander pf the met their namesal·es on Indian Island. Castine, explaineG that all Navy tugs are named for vessel, currently moored at A t-blood Oklahoma Cherokee is Hospital Nate on the American Indian tribes. Not-1 the question is - l-Yhere is the USS Passamaquoddy? ship. �- 3 E D I T 0 R I A L S TRE MAINE INDIAN NEWSLETTER EDITOR: ( Mrs. ) Eugenia T. Thompson ( P enobsco t ) News and stories may be submitted to the Newslett �r at any of the f oll ow i ng ad d ress es i Maine 42 Indian New slett e r Lib erty Street, Gardine�, for publication Morris Brooks Maine 04345 Indian Township Princeton, Mary Yarrual Pleasant Perry, On Human Carol Dana Poi.nt Reservation Maine Ma � e 04668 Indian 04667 Island Old To wn, Maine 04468 Rights. Human rights a.re e q u a l ri gh ts b eq u e ath ed to every new born the right to be born, the right to be tau ght, the ri2ht to be tended to, And ihen the ne1born became adult he has a ri ght to give birthand to safe guard that birth with food, clothing, shelter, comfort. He s a fegu ards his ne 11born · 1ith the knowledge that within his culture, he accepts or a d opts or abolishes aws, ordi nances, charters and declarations. Unfortunately wi +bin his culture, there <...re those �ho believe in dist rib uti ng these rights, forsaking the insi'lt, in st in ct , the voice . within to consider a part of hu.uanity those who do not love his neighb or as he loves his own self. I often meet and talk with those neighbo r s who often propose that to assimilate the IndiE.ns aud aboliwh the reserva the best thing would be t i ons. To partake of humanity, your group, one 111ust be If-you do not then it is your own fault. is a U1ea.1b�r. You as a men1ber of understand t h e rights and re�ponsi bilities of .Jewb�rship. wrong in your procedure or proposals, If you feel that so�ething t_hen you 1ilu0t exercise your h Uiilan ri ·ht to right che wrong. ·rhere are acceptable ways of makin.'� h u u1a ni ty nnrl.P.rct.. nd and adjust the wrongs. y People have suffered 1any wrongs, such as treaty tra mpl in g broken bequeaths, pr oL1ises promises, killing, burning scalping, hun ger, pr e j u d i c e , It polluting, un eL1ployru en t i ndef ; er c n c e. is r e c e ntly that history has righte d ii'any huli1<:.m mistakes. usi�g fu ll lileasure the proper and leg al pr oceedure. But we do n ot wish to enslave a nat ion , murder a man, plunder the L.:.nd or march in numbers. onl y wish to serve in ascertaining our human rights, a b ol i s hin g We inequ it ies and erasing the iniquities of American history. tie are now going to sewarage facilities, these r iehts to us. promise� that need live in adequate houses, etc., have plufilbing facilities, because our neig hbors have sought to bequeath We are going to live again - but we have a few more f ill ing - but we have been here lo n ger than you and I expect we'll be around for some time to come - p e rh aps long enough to witness t he fulfilment of these promises. END �4 L E T T R S E Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are sorry you have left this area but glad that you seem happy to be back where you once lived. The cup of coffee invitation may just be accepted by us it hath such a cheery and welcoming sound1 During the last part of 'June when sweetgrass begins to shine and were living back in Eastport, Mitchell Francis 98 years old �as taken to the Eastport hospital• Mitchell Francis Passamaquoddy, looked up into the faces of those who were his family. Recognizing them he we � sm led then looked towards a window and as if seeing things remembered wh ispered to those present, "I would like to walk in sweetgrass once more." j Soon after at nine O'clock that night, those who loved him. Mitchell Francis quietly left I went to the funeral at Pleasant Point. The only other wbitewen I saw were two undertakers. The priest rematked to the congregation that this funeral service would be the last in which their priest would wear black vestments. Henceforth the priest would be vested in purple for a funeral • • • The service beneath the colored glass windows topped, each one, by colored glass thunderbird, was soon over. black vestments for'the last time. I did not The priest took off the 00 to the burying ground. Instead I went to where I first met -dtchell Francis at the sea meadow where the sweetgrass is never still. wise Afterwards back.in Eastport I found none who were aware that a patriaFch had left the living. the excitement of weddings, ical events Mitchell Soon In the newspapers to ·follow with 4th of I I felt as thou&h in all the forked, passing of frustrated world was the only one who felt and knew this vrnnderful old after and , July announcehl.ents and histor I saw no notice or news-events or obituary of the Francis. of whi·teman births, quite by remarkable accident I took a Indian. girl with the Indian ancestry clear and sweet in her veins to pick her fifst sweetgrass near the ancient IndiFn village of Sebaik. (Pleasant She unhesitatinPly found and picked a Point ) It was her first visit. proud blood of /hen we had finished picking I said to her," there is a legend of a sweetgrass man blowing here ±n the sweet fragrant swag of sweetgrass. grass • • • Now there will be a legend of a sweet grass girl f ;i Instead of laughing she said what quietly, "I feel here in the sweetgraas I am supposed to feel in church." I felt that 1·iitchell Francis heard and understood. Sincerely, A.E .r:c Innis P.S. Steinet • • Very topical and hits • Stan do most good---realization by white Jmerica fresh new wind blowing in this land for the Indian • • • Am reading TfJ.E NE 1 INDTli.N • terrific punch where shoulrl that there is a (Letters continued on page 7) �� - - FIFTH ANNUAL INDIHN PENOBSCOT INDIANS PAGEANT "IN TH E BEGINNING, there was nothing and Ketch-in-wesk, the said, 'To fill this great void of darkness, I will create the sun, the moon, and the stars, to en j oy all that I 11 have done, I will create man.' Great Spirit, • • • • gain the public is invited Penobscot Indian. T he tribe is to beat the tom-tom to This will 27, DATE: July TIME: 2 PLACE: Indian P• Admission: 4 P• • • • • but very You • • • • creation of the first donning their feathers .::i.nd preparing l be presen�ed as in a the Passamaq uodd y n at ural background. e ach d a y . I1aine. .75. Ann's Follovling the PAGBANT the island. • to watch the al The proceeds will benefit St. on • • $1.00. Children: SUGGESTION: • for such tribes Old Town, Island, Adults • 28. and and • • Chiefs will be fe at ure d , since Indian A Council of visitin g aliseet. • the Green Corn Dan c e , i'fedding Dance and u1any Island was a central location and • • set t.he stage for specialty, dances, along with such group dances as others. • Ch urch on Indian Island. pay 1ill find the hand well construct ed. a visit to one of the Indian stores made goods are inexpeBsive Even if you purchase nothing you will enjoy the walk and will see many interesting arti fact s . Be Slire and talk to sor.ie of the Indians. friendly thP r.hi. 111.L· eo()(} t.j '· ill find theLl and interesting. Take You �u, h1·i nr: lrlPr t:h0 f o] ks, me. __ pj_ rtnd come yourself an d have a �f !lAf@�-6� c@ u ff AJ:G rt:�N U ' From Old Town , head right , Indian at the You can't miss it. DA/V'CE5 the S We'll 0 A/ G- 5 Indian Island north and Island bridge. just watch for sign. see you thereJ -in Penobscot. SIDRf £.S In centuries Indians held past, the Penobscot similar ceremonies followini all important events, f ooo turn such as the signing of treaties nith following a harvest, or good friends dropped in. the �':nglish, just when (The Passamaquod3y,for instance.) �7 Continued from page 4) (Letters, Dear Mr. and Virs. now Well, Thompson: busy season is nearly over and things have settled time to write you. I've forgotten who wanted the ash wood - Gov. Stevens or Gov. litchell. Could you plea.e tell me uhich on� and if he still needs it? If the tribe h2S so me available land, I think we could grow some trees maybe even enough to keep up viith the demand of making baskets, etc. . . .. down to normal, that our I've got • • • Yours truly, Mary, Jerry and Christopher Goodall (Editor's note: Jerry is the President of Goodall Tree Expert Co., Inc. 25 Gray R oad , Portland, Maine 04105. He is quite interesteJ in the Indians livin g in Maine, especially the Passafilaquoddy. Some time ago e talked to Jerry about the three Reservations and he helped put the Newsletter together one month. We told Jerry of the Indian's need for ash wood and asked if he thought they could start a program to raise some ash trees of their own for future needs. We realize there may be a problem of obtaining land for the program if the Pas.sawaquod .. y are interested in setting one up, sonce it seems that every one except the Indians themselves have leases to the land. (Some of these le&ses are said to be 999 year leases which later sorue how turned into warranty Deeds, but t�at is another story.) de will be talking to the Indian Governors further about this . ) · Dear Eugenia: We have a Neighborhood Youth Corp here at the Point, (Peter Dana Point) but we are in dire need of tools to work with. Our Commissioner of India n Affairs has refused to help us. I asked him for rakes and a lawn mower, but he told me that the money.for the tools is not av.ai lable. We are trying to beautify the two Reservations, but are-hampered by the lack of working materials and other expenses such as money for There tran spo rtation and if we get a lawn mow·er we will need gas for it. are no appropriations for this. I would like to know of any men's or Women's organizations that could help me with my problem. Besides rakes and a lawn mower other materiE can be used. If there is any way in which you can help I would appreciate hearing f rom you. The program ends August 9th. Sincerely yours, Morris Brooks Passaraaquoddy Tribal Councili.;1an Peter Dana Point Princeton, �mine x x x x x x x x x FR011 ·run PAGES OF HISTORY: Wounded Knee .Nassacre By Black Elk dry gulch, and what we saw was terrible.. Dead women and children and little babies were scattered 'vVe followed down the a nd wounded all al0ng ( Indian) here they w The so ldie r s h;::Hl them in there. (Continued on page 7) had been trying to run away. fo1 l nwc<l A.1.o.ng the briillch, AS t.hey ran, and murdered �8 (Wounded Knee Massacre, continued from page 7) Sometimes they were in heaps because they had hudJled together, and some were scattered all along . Sometiaes bunches of them had been killed and torn to pieces where the wagon guns hit them. I saw a little baby trying to suck its mother, but she was bloody and dead. When we drove the soldiers bnck, they dug themselves in, and we were not enough people to drive them out froru there. In the evening they marched off up Wounded Knee Creek, and then we saw all that they h�d done there, Men and women and children were heaped and scattered all over the flat at the bottom of the little hill 1here the soldiers had their wagon guns, and westward up the dry gulch all the way to the high ridge, the dead woman and children and babies were scattered This is the way it was: The women. and children ran into the gulch and up the vest, dropping all the time, for the soldiers shot them as they ran. There were only about a hundred warriors and there were nearly five hundred soldiers. The Warriors rushed to where they had piled their guns and knives (previously) . They fought s�ldiers with only their hands until they got their guns. It was a good winter day when all this happened . The sun was shining. But after the soldiers Llarched auay from their dirty work, a heavy snow began to fall. The wind came up in the night . There was a big blizza�d, amd it grew very cold . The snow drifted deep in the crooked gulch ctnd it !1as orie long grave of butchered women and children and babies, nho had never done any harm and were only trying to run away . (From Rosebud Sioux Herald, July 1, 1968, p. 6) · • . • • • • • • • • • • • L'II:: YOU -G."!CY THAT - Frank Allen offered1 to buy an acre of land from· any of the five mem bers of the Indian Claims Commission for $1.10? He had already been turned down Ly President .J0hnson 't·1hen he made the same offer for a pa:-t of the LBJ� Banch. Allen, a Stillaguamish Indian from '.-J.ashington State, 't1ho is a leader in the Poor- Pe opi e '·s Campaign, does not think the rejections are fair.. After all, he argues , $ 1. 10 an acre is the recent offer the U. S. Government made to his tribe for the 58,600 acres it took from them in the 19th Century! - Red Sox r ookie outf"ieldei Joe Lahoud is part Penotscot Indian and hunts every year ·with friends in Piscataquis County, where his grandmother still resides?.. · - Henry- Socl·a1eson III, 17-year old son of Mrs. Clarice �omer Sockabeson, and� senior at John �apst, Horkshop in the HuT!lanities, is a student this summer at· the 6-ueek Grove Farm in Rumford, He.? The �mrkshop is in its 7th year� with pro g r aas in literature, music, history and drama. MacNichol named Assistant Chief Atto�ney PINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE, INC. The Board of Directors of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, In.c. at its regular quarterly meeting in Augusta last Wednesday, unanifilously aprroved the apiointment of Alexander A. MacNichol of Cape Elizabeth as Assist�nt Chief Attorney for the organization . Pending the .selection of a permanent replacement for Charles w. Tenney who resigned as Chief Attorney in April to accept a post at Northeastern University in Boston, the Board Pine also approved selection of MacNichol Ra Acting Chief Attorney. (Continued on page 9) �9 (MacNichol, Continued from page . 8) Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. i s Maine's OEO-funded, st�te.1ide legal services program serving l�w income indivi duals. It has area offices in eight cities throughout the state. In other action, the Pine Tree Board also approved unanimously the appointment of Donald F. Fontaine as Law Student Coordinator. His duties will include not only supervising the work of a contingent of University of Maine law st u dents, but also the coordination of all test case and law reform matters by the organizat ion. Pine Tree lawyers currently are working on cases challenging the ADC maximum budget and maxiLlum grant limitat ions of the State Department of Health and ,/elf are; the imprisonment of an individual for the "crime ii of chronic alcoholisru; the ref usal of the Federal Social Security Administration to grant �idow's benefits to a common lu.w wife and the "holder in due course" defense in con tracts for consumer goods. In the realm of law reform, Pine Tree is �ons id e ri n g the problems of divorce legislation, body executions agniast Judgment d e b t ors, housing code enforcement, and the juvenile courts. 1' • JacNich ol, a 1964 graduA.te of the University of Maine School of Law, joined Pine Tree Legal �ssistance as a Staff Attorney in the Port land Area Office in Lay, 1967 . In January this year, he was appointed Seni or Attorney for the Portland Bffice and Acting Assistant Chief Attorney. Prior to joining the Pine Tree staff, MacNichol practiced lGw in ,"'outh Portland. He is a native of Eastpor�, r�aine. Mr. Font aine is a 1967 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to law School, he served for two years with the Peace Corps in Ghana. Fontaine has served with Pine Tree Legal Assistcnce as a Staff Attorney in Portland since the summer of 1967. He is a native of Portland here he resides with his bride of one month. Outgoing Chief Attorney Tenney asked the Board of Directors to ermit him additional time in which to file his final report to them. He indicated, however, that he would devote considerable attention in the report to such matt�rs as the nature and extent of service actually provided by Pine Tree lawyers, relations between the organization and the bar of the state, and possibilities for formal restructuring of Tenney, who joined the unit which is now uniforB throughout the state. ine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. as its first Chief Attorney in June, 1967, leaves the state to become Dean of Northeastern University's College of Criminal �lstice, a new venture designed to provide formal acadP.mic t oin 'ng for law enforcement officers. Poor ·People's Campaign By James Scarboro (The Coalition of American Indian Citizens) WASilINGTON, D.C. - Four Indians who have been active in the Poor People's Campaign were among ·the nearly �olice on Monday, June 24, 300 persons arrested by WashinGton while marching on the nation's capital building to protest their eviction from Resurrection City. The four, all members of the Coalition of American Indian Citizens, 1ere jailed on a charge of unlawful assembly. sou�ht arrest to dramatize eviction from The marchers consciously their Washington "home" and to inaugurate what leaders call the second phase of the Poor People's Campaign1 the phase of civil disobedience. This practice, which becawe popular du r i n 1 the Civil Rights Hovement' invol VGA the 1 ·'l.��fnl rH �oborH Pnce of laws to draw attention to injusti�es. (Continued on page 10) �- �10 (Poor People, Continued from page 9) The Indians arrested we re: Mel Thom (Paiute) , Schurz, N�vada; Victor Charlo (Flathead) , Arlee, Montana; .Hiss Tillie �valker (r.-1andan-Hidats Denver, Colorado; and Miss Frieda ll/agnor (Pomo), Oakland, California . The Poor People's Campaign has included people. from many rices (Negro, Indian, Jviexican-American, Puerto Rican and ,/hite) and from time to time has had as many as 150 Indian participants from tribes and reservation throughout the country, representing sometimes harmonious and sometimes diverse interests. The Indians have sought to ma.ke the country aware . that Indian people are the poorest in the nation and those with perhaps the least opportunity to live as they would choose to live . Because the presence of the Indians in the campaign has not been approved by the National Congress of American Indians, the participants have made it clear that they represent only themsleves and others of like mind. But they have also made clear, notably to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, their belief that neither tribal councils nor the National Congress of American Indians has done a conscientious job of representing Indian people. While supporting the objectives of the Poor People's Campaign, the Indians here have also worked on their own to make govern�ent agencies awar of their particular problems. They have demonstrated at the Bureau of Indi Affairs, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior and the Supreme Court and have presented detailed demands to governfilent officials. Though the Indians have not been optimistic about the results of their campaign, they plan to have a represe ntative in :1ashington this summer to follow up on the many defilands and requests made during the two filonths at Resurrection City. They also plan to tell the story of their work here to other Indians throughout the country in the hope of mustering support for what they believe should be the common cause of all Indian people. To partly accom plish this purpose the Coalition of American Indian Citizens envisions pub lishing a booklet describing the Washington campaign and how it might be carried on in Indian communities. The Coalition and presumably other groups of Indians also·intend to maintain their alliance with the Poor Pe Indians People's Campaign and with whatever organization may replace it. have discovered that such united action is more likely to make ."fashingto n officials take notice of t�eir problems . .. Demands which the Coalition has made to the Dureau of Indian Affairs include: just compensation for land taken by the United States, the creation of jobs and public worksprojects, conventions with tribes to re affirm treaty obligations and to clarify ambiguities, , an end to racism in federal agencies serving Indian peoples ahd the operation of schools by Indian communities rather than by tribes . • . x x x x Remarks of Senator Fannin regarding the National Congress of American Indians not supporting the Poor People 1 s Hnrch . " • • • the National Congress of American Indians, one of the most outstanding organizations interested in the affairs of Indians, has voiced its opposition to the Poor March in Washington and has courageously pointed out that without definite realistic and achievable goals there can be little hope of success. " Reprinted statement by the National Congress of American Indian< (114 C .R. 98, S 6925-6926, June l0, , 1968) June 3, 1968. . (Reprinted from American Indian Law Newsletter, The U. of New Mexico, June 26, 1968, P• 5) �- 11 - REMNANTS OF NORRIDGE\"JOCK Until his death in 1724, Fathe� Sebastian Rale lived and worked among the Norridgewock Indians whose main village was in the preJent Norridgewock Madison area. The village boarded the Kennebec River and thus were sometifiles called Cannabas Indians. They travelled along the river, spending their summers nearer the coast and their winters back at the Main village. The setting of the village was at one of the most scenic points along but all this was to come to an end because the English wanted the land. And �hen the English wanted Indian land they always ended up getting it. After negotiating several treaties and fighting in several the river, "-1ars", the English finally reGorted to the only sure way they knew for peace and maintaining it thereafter; this was to send in an army and massacre all of the inhabitants. Thus on Augu0t 23, 17 24 while the Indians were in church having Mass, the English swept down, creating burning the whole village and nearly every inhabitant. The remnants of the villagers who escaped went toindian Island to live with the Penobscot tribe mostly, ¥rhile the remainder went to Canada to live, just as the 1a1enock and Annasagunticook were to do just 20 to 25 years later. This summer if you perchance find yourself in Portland, to stop at the IIaine Historical Society at 485 Haine besure Congress Street where on exhibit through Labor Day you will find many old relics of the Kennebec area. Included Father Rasle's strong box, his prayer book.and the bell which �ent to his mission. Valley published in England in 1755. The exhibit 10 to 5 Also there is a map of the Kennebec is free and the Historical Society museum weekdays and from THEN A PLEA.SANT DRIVE - 10 to noon on Saturday. is opened from · Then to top the day off why not take a drive to The directions are see the area where the Indian village once stood. easy: First go to Norridgewock, then going north, turn right, on the Madison Road (Routes 8 and 201A) Then go about three miles and take a tarr road on your left. (There is no sign to guide you so if you miss the turn, just keep going until you come to the next tarred left which veers off very sharply about 4 miles further down the road; no sign here either.) After taking this turn you will come to an old Catholic Cemetary at the very back of which is a monument depicting the place where the mission once stood. Less than a hundred yards further down the road you will cowe to another stone monumentwith the following inscription: Site of Norridge Old Point monument Indian Village destroyed by English in 1724. wock beyond commemorates the death of Father Rasles and Indians in massacre. There are several logging roads nearby leading to the river bank, Although the river cannot also a beautiful pine grove picnic area. be seen through the brush it is only a few feet into the woods. and It is best to visit the site on a beautiful day as then you will be able to a:lmost sense how it was for the tribe to live in such a beautiful area. However, it might not be to your best interest to take a swim in the same or anything like that since the river.has not been kept con�ition as he trjbc oncP kept itJ �.. ..... ·· - - . - - . -- . - ....... - 12 TOTEMS T he figures or em�lems connected with the signatures of the Indians in the language of the Algonquins, Totems; �nd are the dis tinguishing marks or signs of the clans or tribes into which the various nations are divided. They are not the personal emplelils of the chiefs, are called, although in signing treaties they employ then as their sign manual. Each tribe or clan had its eLlblem, consisting of the figure of some bird, beast, or reptile, and is distinguished by the name of the animal which it has assumed as a device, as Wolf, Hawk, Tor�oise. To different totems, _says Parkman in his "Conspiracy of Pontiac, degrees of rank and dignity; and those of the Bear, the Wolf are among the first in honor. Each man is prowd of his badge, respect. The use of th� the northern tribes; totem Mr. jealously 11 attach different the Tortoise, asserting its claim to prevailed among the southern, Parkman says and that Mr. as well as Gallatin informed him, that he was told by the chief of a Choctaw deputation at �ashington, that in their tribe w�re eight totemic clans, divided into t10 classes of four each. lr. Parkman stay of the says again, in the work above cited, which gave the structure its eiastic strength; confederacy of by shocks from Iroquois must irrespective clans; page Iroquois polity was the system of totemshi,p. 9, "But the main It was this and but fur this, a mere jealous and warlike tribes uust soon have been rent asunder without, or discord �rem within. have formed an individual nation; of their separation into tribes, and the members of each clan, At sowe for the early whole period the people, consisted of eight totefilic to what nation soever they belonged, were mutually bound to one another by those close ties of fraternity which mark this singular institution. Thus the five nations of the confederacy were bound together by an eight-fold band; remnants cling TOO LONG and to this hour their slender to one another with invincible tenacity." PM OVERPROTECTED: Sectors of Canada's Indian population hcve been overprotected for Pririle Hinister Trudeau suggested to a riinnipeg meeting, May 24. Speaking to some 1,000 dinnipeg business11en during his caLlpaign tour, too long, Nr. Trudeau said required a that steps toward full integration of the nation's ilnecessary stage of protection, 11 Indians but he also added that "in many cases this stage has gone on for too long." Mr. Trudeau dropped the suggestion during a question-and-answer session with the local branch of the Canadian Club that swept briefly over many of the key issues in the current election campaign. in He said the long-term aim of the government concerning the should be geared to integration but not assiLlilation. Indians Canada This involves,maintaining the autonomy and self-government of the many bands for as long as is necessary to preserve Indian values and then making sure that those values are integrated into society at large. Although the prime minister made no specific rec01.u:.1endations, he in may be time-at least in certain instances-to attempt to phase programs of government protect.ion in order to promote n10re dicated it out many extensive policies of integration. ( Indian Record (Canada) June-July x REMINDER Maine The 04345. 1968) x x Newsletter's new a�dress is 42 Liberty Street, stop in if you are in the area. No phone yet. Gardiner, �JOIDJ <(OLLIER Is VISION by D Arey McNickle John Collier, fprmer U. s. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in the little Roly Cross Hospital at Taos, N.M., died on May 8 at the age of 84. silences one of the civilized voices of a savage age. His death The fact that his long and productive life ended at Taos carries its own poignancy, for at Taos some forty-six years ago John Collier found his purpose. The Taos Indians ·who sang by his bedside at the end were acknowledging that dis covery, thus completing the cycle. As Commissioner, during the years 1933-45, years of depression and war, Collier quite certainly rescued American Indians from the doom prepared for them by generations of stupidity and venality fostered by government policies and practices. Indians will thus have the most immediate sense of loss in Collier's passing. Less immediate and less apparent is the loss of a social critic of uncommon gifts. For Collier, insight into Indian life gave access to "stupendous facts within tiny dimensions11 about the con9ition of man in modern society. That was what first commanded his attention at Taos Pueblo in 1922, as he watched a ceremonial dance. Later he described how "a whole race of men, before my eyes, passed into ecstasy through a willed discipline� splendid and fierce, yet struc an objectively impassioned discipline which was a thousand years old.' tural, tJatching the dancers, neither read nor tn-ite, he realized: "These were unsentimental men who could poor men who lived by hard work, men who were told every day in all kinds of unsympathetic ways that all they believed in and cared for had to die, gods.11 and who never answered back. For these men were at one with their As he reflected on these and similar scenes in the years that carried him deeper into tribal affairs, it was borne in on Collier that Indians had retained something that had disappeared from the lives of industrialized Westerners. Urbanization had uprooted populations, destroyed neighborhoods, impoverished the relationship between generations, expanded enormously �uch escape devices as commercialized recreation, and favored the lowest con:mon denominators in entertainment and mass communication. wildered, In all of this, confronting ultimate destruction. urbanized man stood be That Indian societies coul<l survive in an environment so hostile to simple folk values could only astonish a mind as sophisticated as his. In spite of oppression, contumely, appropriation of their wealth, even threats of extermin ation through wars and pestilence, they had remained viable, keeping their lang uages, their religions, their kinship systems and their self-views and world views. observed: They had been adaptive and assimilative, yet faithful to the past. He beauty in the human relationship, happiness and amplitude of personality are not dependent on complexity of mater ial culture or on that 'security' which in the world today has come to be a "Intensity of life, form in life, controlling objective • • • • It is.hard for us, citizens of an age of giant external power, to conceive that the human psychic and social values • • • • were not created by ourselves.;: (To be continued next month; from The Nation, 6/3/68) CHURCHES FORM DENTAL CLINIC FOR INDIANS CALAIS - The Division of Indian S�rvices of the Diocese of Portland has announced the establishment of a dental clinic at Calais Regional Hospital. The clinic, sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and the Diocese (with the assistance of the Maine Dental Health D�vision and Dental Association) will treat dental problems among Passamaquoddy Indian children. Louis L. Doyle, co-ordinator of the Division of Indian Services, stated (Con�inueo on Page 14) �( 14 ) ( Con ... inued from Page 13) c l in i c wi l l g iv e f ir s t prior i ty to the treatmen t o f t h e d e n t a l pro� l ems of Indian chi ldren and w i l l a l s o tr e a t Ind ian adu l t s if t ime permi ts . i ::·!e hope the c l in i c wi l l lead even tua l ly to incr eased cien t a l fac i l i t ie s f o r a l l peop l e i n t h e Ca l a i s ar e a , · 1 D oy l e s a id , : .bu t in the b e g inn ing � e can t h a t the offer s erv i c e s on ly Ska l ing dur ing its ty the 0 ta t e D e n t a l to Ind ians • Thomas The c l inic wi l l b e dir e c ted by Dr . . : in i t i a l phas e s , ( a s s i s t e d by two Den tal He a l th D iv i s ion . ) (o;'rom the ' angor Dai ly l ..e-os , 7 / 1 / 68 ) Hygien i s t s as s igned C UP. TIS IJAL:ZS HUI JAP RIGHTS TASK F OI:C3 (AP) AUGUS TA . - Gov . R i g h t s Nonday with D r . Kenne th N . J. S t an ley Cur t i s appo in t e d a Tas k Force on Human Evan s o f r anger as chairman . ' ' Of imme d i a t e concern to me , : : Cur t i s s a i d in a s ta t emen t , t he po s s iL i l i ty o f d i s cr imina t ion in r e a l e s t a t e tran s ac t i on s . : i t a sk f o r c e make : . c and idly r epor t on to spe c i f i c r e c ommend a t ions for the the fu l l enj oymen t of 10th . he l d in Augu s t a on Ju ly leg i s lative and t io n s to in the the task f or ce , s tate • • • admin i s t r a t ive ad opt ion . 1 1 l aws and pr ac t i c e s affe c t ing a l l 1-laine The f ir s t me e t ing wi l l oe the ir c iv i l r igh t s . of var ious r a c i a l and r e l ig ious minor ity The governor named r e pr e s en ta t ives group s He a sked the of r igh t s guaran teed in Maine and ex tent The t a s k for ce wi l l a l s o evalua t e I-Jaine pe o p l e in 1 = 1 s to e l iminate the three inc lud ing the governor s o f Ind i an r e s erva • (From t he F angor D a i ly l1e\·1 s , 6 / 26 / 6 8 ) F TC RULE S UID IAP CRAF T HUS T B E GENUINE AB TICLE HAS HD!G TON (AP) The F e deral - Trade Commi s s ion came to the de fen s e Thur s d a y o f t h e Amer i c an Indi an and h i s cr a f t smanship . The commi s s i on s a i d i t has un cover ed impor ted and mach ine -made cur io s . � souven ir s and nove l t i e s which have b e en pa s s ed o ff a s genuine Ame r i can Indian hand icr af t s . i s sued a t rade r egu l a. t i on It 1 1a j or provi s ion in hopes it to is the regu l a t ion l imit t·ri. 1 1 such s t op the prac t i ce . terms as 1 1 Indian made , . . 1 1 Ind i an 1 : and = 1Ame r i c an Indian ' · o n ly t o tomahawks , t o t em p o l e s , arrows , tom- toms and o ther ar t i c l e s hand cra f ted by Indi an s l iving in the Un i t ed S ta te s . Por t l and Pr e s s - He r a ld , (From the L:. / 1 9 / 6 B ) FAS HIONADLE F IDDLIUIEADS It t ab l e s , f idd lehe ad is s t ra ight ye�r Brun sw i ck , and and nm1 , s ea s on up Hor th , f idd l eh e ad s even have f id d l eh e ad fan s made it to in the S t . John River in l!e't·1 the ceremon i e s on a b arge tha t l1as tho s e in a t tend an c e 't·1er e de s cendan t s o f Among fidd leheads f ir s t harve s t ed spor t s , • • • thr e e centur i e s but ag o . the Mal e c i t e Ind i an s , who The F i dd l ehe ad F e s t iva l Ind i an dan c ing and the crown ing of s toryt e l l ing , d l ehe ad prince s s , f i d d l ehead s l ike o ther b ig - t ime vege the se cond It uas he ld for the o ther we ekend on Savage I s land pas s eci o f f as a f erry . f e a tured jus t fe s t iva l . the ir o"t<m 1 9 6 0 fid the the highligh t was a d inner of roas t b e e f and , of cour se , • F id d l e head s , cur l e d up frond s of gra c e fu l s p irals r e s emb l ing the o s tr i ch f ern . the head s o f vio l in s , · The e ar l ie s t of are the s pr ing gr.e en s , they They tas t e l ike as paragus wi th mu shrooms . A favor i t e d i s h is to s erve them wi th poached egg and h o t but t ered toa s t , but NcCain ' s Foods Ltd . , o f F lorencevi l l e there are many way s to s erve f i d d l ehe� s . grow in Haine and par t s o f Canad a . P.E . , pacl-ag e s i a l ty s to r e s 1 10 , 000 pound s o f fro zen f i dd l eheads a year a n d l e t s U . f igh t over them • (From Spor t s • • I l lus t r a t ed , 6/ 1 0 / 68 ) S. spec• �(15 ) � GOVER I' OE S ATTEtID Hill�J:1 LIGHTS TA SK ' FO itCE i'.iE!; TI UG ( S e e s tor.y on Page 14) AUGU� TA Pa s s ama quoddy Governor s Jo s eph lii t che l l ( Pl e a s an t Po in t ) and ( Ind ian Town ship ) and Penob s c o t Governor John Hi t che l l a t tend e d t he f ir s t me e t ing of the Ta sk Force on Human Right s , appo in ted by Gov . Kenn e t h M . Cur t i s , he l d in Augus t a o n Ju l y 1 0 t h . At t h i s me e t ing , a sub c ommi t tee on Ind ian Affair s was s e l e c t ed , cons i s t ing John S t evens the 3 Tr i b a l Governo r s ; Dr . J e an D . Andrews , po l i t i c a l s c ience pro fe s s or a t the Un iver s i t y o f Maine i n Augu s t a , and a member o f the F l a ck fo o t Indian Trib e ; Hr . G e r a l d Talbo t , o f Por t land , 3rd V i ce -Pres ident df the iJew Eng land Reg iona l Con fer ence of the NAAC P ; Mr . Orv i l l e S . Po l and , an a t torney from B lue Hi l l ; and of • Edward Hurre l l , of Augus t a , a memb e r o f the l'-"' .iaine S t a t e Advi sory Commi t te e t o the Uni t e d S t a t e s Cormni s s ion on Civ i l Right s . The Ind ian sub c ommi t te e p l an s a me e t ing f or July 20th at the home of Governor John Mi t che l l , on Ind i an I s l and . In add i t ion , Governor S t even s was a l s o named to s erve on the Task Force ' s pub l ic r e l a t io n s sub commi t t ee , and Gov . John �li t c he l l i s a memb er of the sub commi t t e e on Job Oppo r tun i t i e s . TE PE E C l 1Y I J ERECTED BY DI SGRUNTLED IND IAr!S - Ano ther �-!ashing ton had i t s Re surre c t ion Ci ty today s e t up b y Ind ian s who say they wan t the ir l and b a ck b e cau s e whi t e men haven ' t l ived up to the ir tre a t ie s . OLYMPIA . T Ta s h . a t e pe e and (AP) ten_t encampme n t The camp , e s t ab l i s hed on a corner of t he s t a t e cap i t o l ground s , is r e ferred to b y t nd i an l e ad er Jan t Mc cloud as "Re surre c t ion C i ty I I . 1 = Some o f its l e ad er s a l s o were ac t ive capital . in the l if e o f the f ir s t Re surr e c t ion C i t y � n t he na tion ' s ir camp s t ar t e d , ¥ s . Mc c loud announ c e d the Ind i an s wer e r e S he said the whi t e man c l aiming a good p ar t o f the s t a t e - inc lud ing O l ymp i a . Tlhen the had broken the Me d i c ine Creek Treaty of S he r e ferred to a U . S . 1 8 54 . Supreme Cour t rul ing that the treaty d idn ' t g ive t.or t hwe s t Ind i an s the righ t to f i sh commer c i a l ly for s a lmon off t ions in vio l a t ion of s t a t e cons erva t ion laws . 111 e curr en t n igh t t ime popu l a t ion of the camp , the ir r e s erva con s i s t ing of three 20- foo t At i n terva l s , the canva s t e p e e s and f our t e n t s , is 29 , dr s . Hc C l oud s a id . camp ' s c o s tumed and b e aded med i c ine man , S€mu Huau te , who d e s cr ib e s hims e l f as Chuma s h Ind i an an d in t e r t r ib a l me d i c in e man from Ca l i fornia , l e c ture s cur iou s from Olymp i a on Ind i an lore and cus toms . The c amp is o f f i c i a l ly ignored by the a s tate . The s e t t l emen t is a l s o to pr o t e s t r ig h t s ac t iv i s t D i ck Gr e gory . a the j a i l ing of Negro come d ian and c ivi l Gregory i s in j a i l j u s t acro s s the s tre e t s erving 90-day s e n t en c e in conne c t ion w i t h an Ind ian f i s hing demon s t ra t ion more than Hr s . � cC l oud was invo lved in the o r ig inal demon s tr a t ion t o o . two y e ar s ago . To a que s t ion of how l ong the Ind ians p lan to s t ay , Mr s . Nc C l oud has a s tand ard an swer f or a l l comer s : "As l ong as the sun shines and the rain f a l. l s and t h e moun t ains s t and . ' (From the Por t l and Even ing Expr e s s , 6 / 28 / 68 ) SI!:l-�TE SUBCONMITTEE S TAFFZP.S V I S I T NAir!E AUGUS TA - John Gray and Adr ian Parme t er , s ta f f memb e r s of t he U . S . Senate Spe c i a l Subcommi t te e on Ind i an Education , v i s i t ed Augus ta on Ju ly 1 7 t h and t h e Pas s amaquoddy �e s erva t ion s or. J u l y 1 8 th a s p ar t o f a nat ion•wide explor a t ion o f Inv i ted i.:.y Gov . Kenne th prob l ems , pr ograms and pro gr e s s in Ind i an e ucat ion . Cur t i s at the r e o ue s t o f b o th Pas s amaquoddy J:'rica l Counc i l s , the· s ta f f er s me t Thur s d ay a f te rno �n i n the Governor ' s o f f ice with repr e s e n t a t ive s o f the S tate (Con t inued on Page 1 6 ) �(16) (Continued from Page 1 5 ) D e partments o f Education and Indian A f fairs , the Diocesan D ivision of Indian Services and the S isters of Mercy , be fore continuing their trip to the Pleasant Pleasant Point and Ind ian Township Reservation s . ( The Penobscot Tribal Coun cil had earlier votec! not to b e come involved with the Sub committee ' s · " · � ·: ·. �: �. .:. :. . Governor Curtis told the group that 1 1Maine and the Federal government must ac celerate their work together to correct the ine quities which often limit the educational oppor tunities of many of our Naine Indians • 1 1 Outlined at the meeting was the need for new classrooms , comprehensive guidance servi ces , ho t lun e� and breakfast fac ilitie s , ade quate school playgrounds and expanded adult education programs at virtually all of the state ' s Indian reservations . In d iscussing some of the cultural and language factors that a f fect Indian education in Maine , as elsewhere , the Governor commented : · 1 1 It is very d i f f icult to live in two d i f ferent worlds . The only solution as I see it is to allow our Indian citizens the freedom to d o what they want, by making as many oppor tuni ties a�Tailable to them as possib le , so they may live in whatever way they wish . 1 1 Underlining many of the Governor ' s comments about the Reservations particularly those of the Passamaquoddy Tribe - was his emphasis on the impor t ance of e conomic d evelopment programs , not only for the Reservations but also for Washington County as a whole . Grey and Parmeter agreed that education could not be separated from such other areas of development and the like . concern as heath , employment , e conomic The Governor also announced at the meeting that an Indian Education Advisory Committee is being formed by the Maine Education Council to assist in drawing up reconunend ations to the Governor concerning the establishment of a long -range vocational and edu cational guidance program at the state ' s Indian reservations. n The time is long past when states ancl the Federal government can afford to shirk their responsib ilities in providing quality educ ation for the American Indian , 1 1 said the Governor . : 1 In this respect we are now not only attempting to achieve e quality of opportunity for Maine Indians relative to that of the rest of the state , but equality of results . " A frequent theme during the meeting in Augusta was the fact that many federally -assisted programs that are available to Indian tribes under Fe deral j urisdiction are not nou available to Maine Indians, whose jurisdiction rests with the state . Furthermore , a number of Federal programs designed to benefit communities and units of loca l government in general are also not applicable to the reservations in Maine without amendments of existing state and Federal laws , because of historical complexities and the unique political status o f the reser vations . The Governor cite d , as one example of this problem , the several amend ments re quired in the Maine Indian Housing Act before the tribes could become eligible for sewage and water grant programs routinely available to communities throughout the country . The Governor praised earlier actions by the University of Maine and the Board of Education for the state in making scholarship programs available at various institutions of higher education . "Hore such programs are needed , " he said . He also conunended such programs as Head S tart , the Studen t Action Corps Penobscot tutor ing program , and activities of the Diocese (University of �Iaine ) in the fields of education and child health . D ID YOU KNO�·J THAT po sted t�e highest score ever record ed in basic training combat proficiency tests in Co . E , 4th Bn . , 3rd Brigade at He ran the mile in 5 : 34 in full combat uniform and boots . F t . Lewis, Wash . ? Great-grand father Richard Wooden Legs was on the winning side at the B attle of Pvt . John Wooden Legs , Little Bighorn , of Lame Deer , Mont . , against General Custer . conunands a battalion at Ft . Lewis . A great-grand -nephew of General Custer Pvt . Hooden Legs has never met him ! �{ 1 7) 1 1 THE ALIENATED As thi s C l ark b e ing wr itten is 7 th ) ( Ju l y state permi s s ion to cu t timb er on Indian l and s , the so - c a l l e d wh i c h has b e en g iven Ind i an s the lots : • " a l i enated c l aim by way of a 1 7 94 treaty with Nas sachu s e tts . howeve r , No matter uhat the re su l ts ar e , n o matter who s e r e forms , there is no way o f fore t e l l ing the the confrontation at Pr inceton b e �ieen the Ind i an s and the company of r e s u l ts LOTS 1 1 b y Hi l l iam M . it is pas t time for no ma t te r wh i c h l eg i s l ator s grumb l e about b e ing d i s turb e d in the ir Ind ian s at Pr i n c e ton The have a pre tty good c as e have a good for c l aiming , case of fairne s s The as a min imum , por t ion s of 5 , 000 10 , 000 . or The but the who l e of Washington County , It s hou l d have some b e ar ing , on the however , The shou l d be the i r s ·, to manage and to harve s t . in any way they s e e i t b e ing s iphoned o f f to be u s e d ' 1 f or the i r mm good . i : shou ld be l and the irs to d ivide Suppo sed l y the management and harve sting o f Ind ian land i s no·w deal . They they Ac tual l y , g iv in g them comp l e te contr o l of the acr e s they admitte d l y own . l and s at Pr i n c e ton from the r evenue s curta i l e d , s leep . at l e as t 1 0 , 000 acr e s of timb e r l and . mm c l aiming anothe r for futi l e to tal � about that. it i s some drasti c fee l ings are hur t , n o matte r who s e pr o f i ts are f i t , w i thout a three -·way State o f �Lai ne prov id e s the for e s ter s to p l an and activate a long theor e t i c al ly , aims at cont inuity o f harve s t . rang e pro gr am wh i c h , compan ie s buy the '-mod and gui� cut t ing prac t i re s . a nd the s tumpage . The Ind ians Pr ivate supp l y the nut even i f they were not , F inanc ia l ly , the Ind ian s are abus ed . 1ho le arr angement i s archai c . The patching up of �he pr e s en t quarr e l , shou ld not b e a s ignal the Ind i an s tr iumph , B e c au s e , l ab or the if even for perpetuation o f the o ld program . at Pr i n c e ton , we have the near e s t th ing imaginab l e to a d iv in e ly He have c ir cumstan c e s that can be created s ituation . arranged to g ive a who le The oppor tun ity i s group of people a look at new hor i z on s . even the most l e thar g i c bur e aucrat s hould b e j o l te d by i ts so exc iting that spark . It is a lmo s t l ike hav ing a chance to tur n ove r a l imi t le s s c o a l mine to an Appal achian com mun i ty of 10 p e o p l e and s ay , it. B le s s you , the r evenue is your industry ; we wi l l train you to run i . Here i s your s • 1: l au n ch the s e programs where w e tr ain p e op l e for j ob s and then f ind j ob s them . l e l l , o n the Ind i an s ' timb er land s the re i s a who le range o f j ob s He for re d y to b e f i l led • Ind i an has a s hare • • • • work to b e done for an Ind i an cooper ative i n whi ch e ach • • • work in wh i ch there is pr ide o f po s s e s s ion and knowl edge that the land '7i l l be i n b e tter shape f or s on s to come . How could the r e po s s ib ly be anything more wor thy of a state suc s i d i zed educationa l pro gr am , s tate l o an s for machinery , s tate provid ed guidan c e but NO T COH'IROL? A man d o e s n ' t need to be a graduate for e s ter to know the e s sential s o f mark ing a t r ac t f or proper cour s e in fore s t management . be managing the ir s t ate He n e e d n o t be a high s cho o l graduate cutting . to ab s orb a l l the fundamenta l s he wou ld have to l e ar n in a short to be ab l e • • • • or mm In 3 or 4 y e ar s , land s as w e l l as any the Ind i an s at Prin c e ton c ou ld other owner s of timb er tr acts in th i s in th i s "t-1ho le coun try . To pa s s up thi s chance to he lp and encourag e p e o p l e to he lp thems e lve s i s an a f front to every s tated goal i s a p la c e to open u p a future . be done for s o of the O f f i c e of Economic Oppor tun ity . Th i s Thi s i s a s i tuation i n wh i ch s o much cou ld l i ttle that the te l e grams should b e pour ing into Augu sta . lb e i n j us t i ce that has b e e n go ing on for s o l ong has cu lminated i n a cr i s · s . Ue n e e d a swe e p ing change , a l e g i s l a ted revo l Le t u s no t have a patching j ob . ution , a b r and new p l an . Summer g o e s swi f tly . How doe s the c l o ser than we think . from y our d i s tr ic t s tand on g iv ing thi s r e al he lp to the Maine Ind i an s ? E le c tion s are cand idate (From the Por tland Pre s s - He r ald , 7 / 8/ 6 8 ) �( 18) AD S AND AMERICAN UIDIAES Ano ther minor i ty group - the Ame r i can Indian - is pro t e s t ing d i s tor t ion trad i t ions and h i s tory in TV comme r c i al s . John Be l indo , exe cu t ive d ir e c tor of the Nat iona l Congre s s of Amer i c an Ind ians and h ims e l f a Kiowa - Nava j o , showed up as a wi tne s s b e fore the New York Ci ty Commi s s ion on Human R i gh t s during hearings on a l leged d i s cr imina t ion again s t mino r i ty groups of i t s chara c t e r , in commun i c a t ions and adver t i s ing . shou l d be heard , as we l l as tha t of He remind ed them that the He gre and the Ind ian viewpoint the Puer t o Ri can . 1 1 The enhan ceme n t and per p e tu a t i on of s tereo type mo t i fs of the Indian as s avage or t r eacherou s , unre l iab l e or chi l d l ike , produ c e s impeding e ff e 5 t s on emp l oyab i l i ty of the Indian or h i s oppor tun i t i e s for educat ion to a drunke n , s ta t e of emp l oy ab i l i ty . I t a l s o l end s i t s e l f to the generat ion of s e l f -r igh t j u s t i f i c a t ion s on t h e par t o f t h e non- Ind ian i n app l i c a t ion o commerc ial ac t iv i t i e s whi ch have d ir e c t soc i a l and e conomi c impa c t on the Ind ian . 1 1 f e ou s 1968) Ju l y , (From Changing Time s , MOHEGAN MUSEUN Pe o p l e from some 1 7 countr i e s have found the ir way to the Mohegan Museum on Conn e c t i cu t S ta t e nou te 3 2 , abou t 9 mi l e s nor th of New London , Conn . , accord to a r e ce n t ing �· 3 - co lumn f e a ture ar t i c l e in the trave l s e c t ion of The New York The mus eum i s oper at e d b y Har o l d Tan t a quidgeon and h i s s i s t er , _G l ad y s Tan t qu idgeon , uho a r e d e s ce ndan t s of the Mohegans i l lu s trious TOO !ATE TO CLAS S IFY - S l sees The He ighborhood You th Cor p s program at Ind ian youth wor king v i s ion of Danie l Franc i s , t ion o f Mor r i s Broo!�s . I s land , tribal at and at r e cr e a t iona l ar e a s . - Mi l l town , Pa s s amaquodd y l and thi s sunnner the Plea sant Po in t Re s erva tion under the Penob s c o t young people ar e simi lar ly employed a t Indian Pro j e c t s inc lude expanding and b e au t i fy ing general r e s erva t ion c le an -up s and N. E . , by Pa s s ama quoddy Ind i an s super the Ind ian Totm ship Re s erva t ion under the d irec und er V I S TA superv i s ion . ceme t e r ie s , Mi s s Chi e f Unca s . on Ju ly 14th wa s the ho s t from Plea s an t Po in t . the deve lopmen t of b e t ter to co lorfu l ceremon i a l dance s - Owen Lo l ar and Jeffrey G o s l in , o f the Penob s c o t Tribe , repeated _ the ir e ar l ier f ir s t s eme s ter succe s s e s at E . Maine Voc a t iona l - Te chnical In s t i tu t e by appear ing on the Dean ' s l i s t f o r t h e se cond s eme s t er , - Rob e r t Jone s , is now a c o ord ina t or s cho o l s for is - 7th . for of Educ a t ion in a program to p lan mode l the D e p t . the Ind ian Re s ervat ion s and unorganized terr i tor i e s o f the s t a t e . Pro f e s s ional proud of ending June former s choo l super in t end ent in the Sherman Mi l l s ar ea , the fact s inge r , tha t he 26 -year o ld Hayne Newton , is % Ind i an a nat ive of Nor f o l k , Va1 , - par t Cherokee and par t Powa t an . - A vac a t ion s cl)ool: invo lving ch i l dren from Prince ton , Wa i t e , Grand Lake Ind ian Tmvnship Pe t e r Dana Po int wa s conc luded on June 2 8 th . _ Chap l a in C o l eman 0 1 Too l e and S i s t e r Nary Vin c e n t o f the S i s t er s of Mercy to ok par t in the program , whi c h wa s condu c t e d with the Congregat ion a l chur che s of S t r e am and 3 non - Ind ian commun i t ie s . the that s o on , the Border Hi s tor i ca l So c ie ty , in E a s tpor t , l e arned the Ma ine Mu s eum Commi s s ion wi l l v i s i t Hashing ton Coun ty in conn e c t ion _ l1i t h Ind ian Ve ter ans ,a t P l e a s an t Po in t . - V I S TA Trainee s l o c a t e d on the 3 Re s erva t ions for a 4 -week t r i a l exper - The June me e t ing of the d ir e c tor of P l e a s an t Poin t ; · Kim Cler c and Eob Lowe At the Ind ian To�m ship . end of the 4 we eks , the 3 Tr i b a l Coun c i l s wi l l be a sked to de c ide if they wish the vo lun t e er s to s tay for a fu l l y e ar of s ervi c e . - 19 Pa s s amaquoddy· young people e n j oy e d a one -'We ek home s t ay program in ience ar e : Bi l l and D o t t ie r...u per t , At t l eb or o , Mas s . , at Ind i an I s land ; and Greg Bue s ing- late in Jun e , for at and r.ruce B evy at the s e cond y e ar in a row . �MAINE INDIAN NEW SLE TTER 42 LIBER TY S TREET GARD INER , � .AINE 04345 DON 1 T DELAY ! TO GE T LOCAL AND LONG D I S TANCE INDIAN NEWS , Th e fo l lowing sub s cr i p t ion r a t e s are chaTged for a 1 2 -month sub script ion to THE MAINE I ND IAN NEWSLE TTER Indian - FREE - $ 2 . 00/year - $ 5 . 00/year Non - Ind ian (Re gular ) " ( Con tr ibu t ing ) " ( Suppor t in g ) " (Life t ime ) -$ 10 . 00/year - $ 50 . 00/year If you are a NON - I ND IAN , wherever you l ive , f i l l out and s end in the sub scrip t ion s l ip pr i a t e amoun t . (be low ) WITH the appr o Your sub s cr i p t i on w i l l b e g in with the next ava ilab le is sue a f t e r your sub s cr ip t ion s l ip is r e c e ived . DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR EACH MON TH ! If you are an INDIAN , wherever you l ive , f i l l out and send in the sub s cr i p t ion s l ip (b e l ow ) , ide n t i fy ing your · Tr ib e and enc l o s ing N O money . The addr e s s l abe l s ind i ca t e the s tatus " o f your sub s cr ip t ion . "F-I me ans " "Fre e - Indian . The abbreviat ion o f a month ( JAN) i s the time - next year your sub s cr ipt ion fee wi l l again be due . - You wi l l NOT ge t an ind ividual e;-sO"b'e-a"ler t ! exp ir atIOO not'ic (Com p l imentary and Exchange-sUb'Seript ions do not r e quire renewal . ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - � - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I wou ld ADDRESS l ike t o rece ive monthly regular i s sue s o f the Maine Indian New s l e t ter : DA TE__ __ __ __ _ __ __ __ __ IND IAN NON-INDIAN ��----�� ( S tree t or P . O . B ox ) S ta t e ( C i ty Sub s cr ip t ion r a t e s : Z I P Code ) Ind i an -0- ; S end t h i s s l ip , w i t h your Non - Indian - $ 2 $·1 0 TRIBE�----�--- AMOUNT ENCLOSED_ _ _ (Regu l ar ) ; { Suppor t ing ) ; sub s cr i p t ion charge , $ 50 $5 if app l icab l e , MAINE INDIAN NEWSLETTER 42 Liberty S tree t , Gardiner , Maine (Con tr ibu t ing ) ; (Li fe t ime -) to : 04345 -- - - ��- - ------ - - - --------- - ------------------ - - - -------- - ----- - - - - ---------�- - -- ---- - D on ' t forge t your Z I P Code ! �MAINE 42 I ND IAN NEW SLE TTER BULK RATE U.S. Lib er ty G ard iner , 3. €¢ S tr e e t Maine POS TAGE PAID · Freepor t , Maine 04345 Permit No . ADDR E S S CORREC TION REQUE S TE D L ib r ar y C o lb y Co l l e ge o lb y C o l l e ge C 0 4 90 1 ine W at er v i l l e , Ma AN 33 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Penobscot Description An account of the resource The Penobscot people, who identify closely with the Penobscot River that is their home, have a reservation on Indian Island, near Old Town, Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, they were among the tribes that won federal recognition in the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. A Penobscot scholar, Joseph Nicolar, was one of the first regional Native people to publish a book: Life and Traditions of the Red Man (1890). Since then, many others have written about their language and culture, including the performing artist Molly Spotted Elk and poet Carol Dana. The Penobscots have a rigorous process for protecting their intellectual property, asking any scholars who are studying or writing about them to communicate with their Cultural Heritage and Preservation Office. Resources Penobscot Nation <a href="https://www.penobscotnation.org/" target="_blank">website</a> <a href="http://www.penobscotculture.com/" target="_blank">Penobscot National Cultural & Historic Preservation Department</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maine Indian Newsletter (July 1968) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource ssipsis (Thompson, Eugenia) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Colby College Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1968-07 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Julia Brush Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images courtesy of Colby College Library. In making these images available, we also consulted with ssipsis’ daughter, Pam Outdusis Cunningham. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-459