Native American

(New Content posted (12/21/07)
VIDEO FILE: BROKEN TRUST/BROKEN TREATIES
An 17 minute interview with two Makah elders demonstrating in front of the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Portland Oregon in October of 2007.
Dottie Chamblin and Gail Adams address the issue of the billions of dollars owed the many Indigenous peoples of this land. With various treaties throughout the 19th century the government of the United States took land and resources from the Native peoples and promised reimbursement in the form of future money and health and education assistance. With their signature, the Natives became wards of the government, and reserved a small portion of their original lands as Reservations.

Very little of this has been forthcoming. Recently, a class action suit has been filed in the name of Eloise Cobell, and the government has made an offer of 126 billion dollars, which has been refused.
Dottie and Gail talk about the broken trust, and how upholding their part of the bargain has affected their people and culture. The interview also talks about the recent unauthorized "taking" of a whale by five Makah young men.

VIDEO: Broken Trust/Broken Treaties

(New Content posted (12/16/06)
VIDEO FILE:A RADICAL BLACKFOOT TEACHES THE ECONOMICS OF GLOBALIZATION
Jim M. Craven (Omahkohkiaayo i'poyi), Professor of Economics and Business Division Chair at Clark College/Vancouver, speaks at the Globalization of Homelessness and Poverty Community Lecture Series, Washington State University/Vancouver. January 27th, 2005.

VIDEO: A Radical Blackfoot

Quoting from the 2 hour video presentation: "I'm not committing any crimes but daring to say what I'm saying... counter views are welcome, counter arguments are welcome... whatever it ....its welcome."

Quoting from the website: A Radical Blackfoot
I am a member of the Blackfoot Nation and also hold U.S. and Canadian citizenships. I was kicked out of high school at sixteen years old and "served"--or "disserved" depending upon point of view--in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1966; in a certain way, this was a blessing and a real and significant factor in my getting a real education.
For revenge, I became a Professor of Economics and hopefully real educator. I was invited to become--which I never once sought in any way--a biographical subject in several Marquis "Who's Whos": "Who's Who in: The World; America; the West; Science and Engineering; Finance and Industry; and American Education." This is only noteworthy in that this might be seen as a delicious piece of humor and unintended infiltration/subversion of one of the sacred institutions of "The Establishment" by a radical, renegade and anti-Establishment Blackfoot who spent many years protesting many of those "fellow biographical subjects" in the various "Who's Whos."

(New Content posted (10/01/06)
AUDIO AND VIDEO FILES: Honoring Our Indigenous Women Activists
A program entitled, "Honoring Our Indigenous Women Activists," from a west coast speaking tour which took place early in the summer of 2006, This event featured speakers: Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone; Louise Benally, Dineh(Navajo),Black Mesa Indigenous Support; Julie Fischel, an attorney speaking for the Western Shoshone Defense Project.
After their presentations, the speakers took Q & A from the audience for about 1/2 hour.

VIDEO: Honoring Our Indigenous Women Activists

Links to audio files of this program, each of which is about 57 minutes in length.
AUDIO: Honoring our Indigenous Women Activists Tour 2006, RealPlayer
AUDIO: Honoring Our Indigenous Women Activists Tour 2006, MP3

Here are some audio files from these speakers at earlier events here in Portland.
The first file is Louise Benally, speaking here in Portland in late November of 2001 at an informal gathering in the basement of It's A Beautiful Pizza. Her file is about 18 minutes in length.
AUDIO: Louise Benally, RealPlayer
AUDIO: Louise Benally, MP3

This second file is of Carrie Dann and Julie Fishel speaking in Portland in May of 2006. Each speaks for about 13 minutes. Carrie begins her remarks in response to a video played during the first part of the evening. The U.S. government has been moving to steal the ancestral homeland of the Western Shoshone, using fabricated interpretations of the Treaty of Ruby Valley, signed in the late 1800's.
Following these remarks, Julie Fishel discusses the Western Shoshone appeal to the United Nations. They received the support of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination, who issued a decision of March 6, 2006, urging the U.S. to freeze, desist desist and stop actions being taken or threatened to be taken against Western Shoshone Peoples of the Western Shoshone Nation. In its decision, CERD stressed the “nature and urgency” of the Shoshone situation informing the U.S. that it goes “well beyond” the normal reporting process and warrants immediate attention under the Committee’s Early Warning and Urgent Action Procedure.
Carrie Dann and Julie Ann Fishel, each about 13 minutes in length.
AUDIO: Carrie Dann & Julie, RealPlayer
AUDIO: Carrie Dann & Julie, MP3

(New Content posted (11/12/06)
VIDEO FILE: John Trudell, Introducing Coherency Into the Reality of Energy.
Quoting from this 14 1/2 minute video: "I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing its understanding of being human."
"My goal is very simple. To communicate the human experience at a level that human beings can recognize and relate to. That may be a personal statement. It may be a political statement. But whatever it is, it all comes from the same point of reference: the experiences we share as peoples of this planet."

John Trudell

(New Content posted (08/04/06)
AUDIO & VIDEO FILES: BRING THE SALMON HOME
On August 2, 2006 Native tribes who depend upon the salmon runs of the Klamath River for both subsistence and ceremony held a Rally in Portland Oregon to demonstrate the necessity that the dams on this river be removed.

The Rally began at Holladay park, near Lloyd Center. Arriving a little late I missed speakers, but caught the tail end of one impassioned speech by an Indigenous man. "We're fish people, we're people of the Klamath River; we were honored when we were born. Now it's time for us to give something back and honor the resource, and more importantly, honor the children. I want to say something about the Klamath tribes of Oregon. These guys have not seen salmon since 1917, and that's a travesty."
"The Klamath tribe of Oregon have fought through their water battles, they've fought with the Federal government, and now they're fighting to get these dams removed. they're one of our strongest allies, along with the Karuk tribe and the Hoopa tribe, and we need to get these dams removed so that once again they can see a salmon in their home area."

Following these remarks, a man with a hand drum took the microphone and introduced a song which had came to him in a dream He described the dream where, when standing by a river a salmon jumped out of the water into his arms. The words, in English, "jumping out of the river like a fish into the heart of the dreamer. I am the fish spirits magic song" He then sang his song accompanying himself on his drum.
Following the song, the people gathered for a spirited march to the Convention center, where international hydropower corporations were holding their bi annual HydroVision Conference. The march spanned at least three blocks, with loud chants, drumming and the honking of many, many horns in support. Once at the Center, and after a long period of chanting, the Master of Ceremonies, Craig Tucker, campaign coordinator for the Karuk Tribe, introduced leaders from the many tribes being affected by the dams.

First to speak was Leaf Hillman, vice chairman and ceremonial leader of the Karuk tribe of California. As is customary with Indigenous peoples, Hillman first thanked those whose country this is, meaning the local Native peoples, not the government of the U.S. Then he gave a Blessing in his Native tongue, and translated it into English. "This right here is our country, this is where we were born and raised, just like our long ago people, our ancestors. May it continue to always be so."
This is the time. I've spent the last, too many years, 20 or so, talking about fish, talking about water, talking about people, the lives of our people, the future of our children. After many years, empty promises, -that's being gracious I think. LIES! We have a new leadership at PacifiCorp. We are a time in history with the relicensing the Klamath dams. This is a historic and unprecedented opportunity."
Hillman is referring to the fact that the 4 dams are coming up for 50 year relicencing by the Federal Energy Relicencing Commission. This is an opportunity for those who support Indigenous peoples, who support endangered species, who support subsistence living and religious freedom to assist these tribes in their desire to Bring the Salmon Home.

Hillman spoke a while longer and then Craig introduced the next speaker, Frankie Joe Meyers, a traditional fisherman from the Yurok tribe, who inhabit the mouth of the Klamath River. This speaker stated that he was asked to come to share his his feelings on what the salmon means to him. "I have a hard time answering because I don't know what it means to all the people; I only know what it means to me. And to me it's the connection to the way we once were, before we started having to fight for who we were. You know, we've been fighting for over 100 yers now for the salmon and for the river. It's been under attack since the 1900's, since they first started digging the ditches to divert the water.
Frankie Joe then speaks of the legends of the people, of how in ancient times the salmon offered to sustain the people. "And he has ever since. He sustained the people. He is what we eat, that's how it is. Now it's out turn to defend him.......we must never forget that salmon are more than just creatures of the water; they are people, just like me and you. They wouldn't give up on us, we shouldn't give up on them.

Craig then introduced the Vice Chairman of the Yurok Tribe, Thomas O'Rourke, who said that "the state of the Klamath River is in despair, th e waters are contaminated and polluted, our people can no longer swim in the riv3r without getting scabs on them, without getting sores on them. There's a new algae that blooms behind these dams, a blue green algae that at certain times of year it reaches very toxic levels that are poison to the people, but not only to the people, but to the animals and to the salmon."
Thomas came to speak for his people, and to speak for the salmon. In 2002, 70,000 salmon died in our river....these salmon can no longer speak for themselves, so we as a people that care, users of the salmon, users of the river, it's our turn to stand up and speak out for the fish."

Next to speak was Chuck Carpenter, cultural advisor, traditional fisherman of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. "We are here to honor our past as well as our present and our future of all these little young children running around here.........we are here carrying on something very sacred to us. It just isn't salmon, and it just isn't water. It is our livelihood, our culture, our heritage, our customs and our beliefs of the native people that we are. We stand up for our future generations."

After Chuck finished, Craig introduced Allan Foreman, Chairman of the Klamath Tribes of Oregon. The headwaters of the Klamath river is located in the homeland of the Klamath Tribe, which is the biggest tribe in the state of Oregon. "I come to you today as the leader of a sovereign nation and as an American. We're here today, not out of choice, but out of necessity. We're here because the right of Americans have been and are being violated. 146 years ago the U.S. government entered into a treaty with the Klamath Nation. The essence of that treaty stated that we the Klamath people would retain our right to hunt, fish, gather and trap within our homelands forever." "Exactly 90 years ago construction began on the first of several power generation dams on the Klamath River. This action was taken by the California-Oregon power company and endorsed by the Federal government. This action subsequently blocks all runs of salmon and steelhead from our homeland, which they had done since the beginning of time. Promises were made to remedy the situation by providing fish passage. This action never materialized. Today there are 4 dams and two smaller dams on the Klamath River and the tribes are still without their salmon."

Foreman spoke at length, about 12 minutes altogether, and was the final speaker for the afternoon.

A 36 minute video of this event, posted to Google.com.
Undam the Klamath, Bring the salmon Home

An 30 minute audio file of this event.

Bring the Salmon Home, RealPlayer
Bring the Salmon Home, MP3

(New Content Posted 06/10/06
AUDIO FILES: Honoring Our Indigenous Activists
Since Louise Benally and Carrie Dann will be here for a speaking engagement Sunday evening, June 11, 2006, here are some audio files of earlier presentations. They will be at St. Andrew Church at 806 NE Alberta Avenue at 7:00 pm for the first appearance in a speaking tour through Oregon and California.

(New Content posted 09/26/05)
AUDIO FILE: Event Introducing the Campaign to Undam the Klamath.
author: quill
I went to the Klamath River Tribes film screening and presentation tonight. Many powerful still photos opened up the showing, allowing us to see some of the beauty of the Klamath River, and to understand a little about the way of life the Klamath River tribes are struggling to both restore and preserve. At issue is the 50 year dam relicensing application due in March of 2006, for the complex of dams along the rivers in the Klamath Basin, where there are currently 6 dams sited. There are already no salmon in the upper Klamath at all, because most of these dams have either no fish ladders, or inadequate ones. Salmon currently are being blocked from 350 miles of spawning habitat as a result of these dams. After the 'bucket brigades' by Klamath basin farmers, encouraged by Gale Norton, over 100,000 fish died on the Klamath directly resulting from lowered water levels.
When this licensing re-application process began, after Pacificorp announced their intention to apply for relicensure for another 50 year term, the public was invited to give input. The tribes offered their input and were invited to help Pacificorp develop a workable solution to meet the water needs along the Klamath. The tribes have worked for well over 3 years with members of each of the four affected tribal nations devoting several hours a week, using quality fishery biologist science, to address the issues of fish passage and water quality. But when Pacificorp came out with their final draft application, there was no mention of environmental impact, water quality, or fish passage provisions.
This is seen as an extreme betrayal of the effort the tribes have put forth to work out a solution with Pacificorp. The tribes then took their struggle to the parent company, Scottish Power, by traveling to Scotland. There they protested in front of Scottish Power during an annual shareholders meeting, where they educated shareholders, and were able to finally meet with the CEO, Ian Russell, who directed the board members to meet with the tribes and find a solution. Because Russell told them last year to keep in touch about how things were progressing, tribal members went back to Scotland this year to report to Russell that things are not progressing well, and that over 100,000 fish have just died, due to poor water quality and warming water temperatures.
This year when they went to Scotland, they were told that Scottish Power will be selling Pacificorp to a company called Mid-America, owned by Warren Buffet. The tribes maintain that since the sale will take at least 1 1/2 years to complete, Scottish Power still has time and a responsibility to work on solutions. The sale has yet to be approved by the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Pacificorp dams on the Klamath River provide less than 2 percent of Pacificorp's total operating power; A study by the California Energy Commission found that already-operational power plants could easily replace any energy lost from decommissioning the Klamath River dams. It is much harder to put monetary value on culturally significant resources, but this is clearly a human rights issue. The health Kiruk people has suffered greatly with the loss of fish and other water-dependent plants from their diets; A recent study showed that the diabetes rate is 2 times the national average and that cardiovascular disease is 3 times the national average. 90% of the Kiruk people are living below poverty level.
Water Quality is now one of the main issues that the Klamath Tribes are working on calling attention to. Pacificorp was refusing access to information about the algae that collects above the dams. So independent water testing was done by the tribes this year. It was discovered a few months ago that in the summer with the heat and fertilizer runoff, there are huge algae blooms. When the air cools, the algae decomposes, lowering oxygen levels in the water behind the Copco and Iron Gate dams. In the Copco and Iron Gate reservoirs, one type of algae present is toxic to the liver, called microcystis aeruginosa. This algae was found in levels that exceeded 100 times the World Health Organization standards.
The Klamath Tribes in the upper basin have filed suit against Pacificorp for losses of historical fish runs. That case has still not been heard in court, and now that this company is being bought, it's hard to know what will become of that lawsuit.
The sale of Pacificorp and the relicensing of the Klamath River dams are both still under consideration by the FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) and by the PUC (Public Utility Commission). Cascadians need to put pressure on these agencies, along with our legislators and governor. We need our legislature to take a more active role in the management of the Klamath basin. Fisheries and recreational and cultural values need to take as big a role in decision-making as agriculture. The loss of anadromous fish and all other plant and animal life that depends on the healthy functioning of this ancient ecosystem impacts all Oregonians. We have to speak out to preserve these rivers, and in doing so, preserving the way of life of indigenous peoples. To not do so is to condone genocide. We need to contact our legislators about this gross human rights violation and argue against the relicensure of these dams, and to argue for dam removal.
The groups working on this campaign to remove the dams on the Klamath Basin and raise awareness of the destruction of the native culture and economic and food base being caused by these dams, along with the ecosystem balance being destroyed, include: The Klamath Salmon Media Collaborative, The Klamath Forest Alliance, The Mid Klamath Action Network and others that I didn't write down unfortunately. To get a copy of the dvd's that were shown, or their first newsletter, The Black Oak, packed with amazing articles that will inform, inspire, and anger you about the issues surrounding these native issues along the Klamath Basin, you can email klamathmedia@hotmail.com
Karuk Homepage

Save the Salmon, RealMedia
Save the Salmon, MP3

AUDIO FILE: TWO SPEAKERS AT THE FREE LEONARD PELTIER RALLY IN TACOMA WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 7, 2003.
The Free Leonard Peltier Rally was held at the Courhouse steps after a march from Portland Park, about 2 1/2 miles from the downtown section of Tacoma Washington. Leonard Peltier is a Native American political prisoner, who has been in jail for 28 years, in the death of two F.B.I. agents who were killed on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in 1975.
Free Leonard Peltier
Russ Redner, long time activist for Native American sovereignty and treaty rights issues, first addresses divisions within the Native Community driven by a recent trial in Rapid City S.D. Here a federal jury convicted Arlo Looking Cloud in the 1975 execution-style slaying of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, thought by some at the time to be a government informant against the American Indian Movement.This is a long story, and here are a few links for those who are interested.
First Nations Issues of Consequence.
Black Mesa Indigenous Support
News From Indian Country
The rally took place after a 2 1/2 mile march from Portland Park to the downtown section of Tacoma. This is short video, 2 1/2 minutes, of the walk and a clip of Redner speaking to the gathering.
DSL/CABLE Stream
56K Stream
Redner says that Native peoples are pointing the fingers at one another and playing the game of the colonial masters. "I am here to say that as a long time activist that we can no longer play these colonial games. We have to begin to trust each other, because what we are after has nothing to do with the colonial system. It has to do with out liberation; it has to do with the pledges of our ancestors; it has to do with righting the many wrongs that has been purpitrated against us by a system, and by all the people who claim allegience to this system. In that regard we have to begin to think in terms of being de-colonized."
"We are a free people; we have always been a free people. Our lands right now are no different than what's going on in the Middle East. We are occupied! Just because we are occupied does not mean that we have to give up; it does not mean that we have to stop resisting."
He then speaks of being in Mexico when the Zapatistas Liberation Army marched into Mexico City, and gives a description of their matriarchial organization. "The Comondantes who are the leaders of that movement, which is a global movement...are the grandmothers. There are 12 Commondantes, representing 12 districts, twelve fires. And they are the ones who determine the leadership, the leaders such as Marcos and others are accountable to the clan mother system. And the clan mother system represents the nation." He says that he brings this up in regards to the death of Anne Mae Aquash. For, "whatever side you choose to support, Anna Mae Aquash was a native woman. It is a shameful day when we lose sight of the focus of the greater struggle and begin to act in a colonial manner, and take the lives of our own mothers."
Redners words are specifically directed to the Native Community, yet speak deeply to all resistance against all oppresion, everywhere. We all have much to learn from those who walk the Red Road, as they have been at war with this colonial war machine for five centuries; they have suffered the genocide, the attempted stripping away of their language, their religion, their ceremonies, all that which makes them who they are. Throughout Turtle Island, their traditional culture has survived and is growing stronger. They are in resistance to the "suicide culture," as David Korten calls it, which today has more subtle methods, colonizing our food and seeking to dominate the planet through control of trade, patents and information.
This audio file continues for a total of about 30 minutes.
Russ Redner
Kelly White, well known Canadian First Nation woman, was one of a number of speakers at She spoke strong for her people, for all people in resistance to oppression. She ennumerates many of these people and their struggles, punctuating her English with words from her native Canadian tongue. "For all the relations who support our campaign, and the global community for demanding justice for the murdered and the missing women in our communities and the hearts of our cities and the unnatural tentacles of the so called free world. In the spirit of total resistance of Leonard Peltier and all that he has given us; in the spirit of Anna May Aquash and the strength that she has given us and will forever....."
During the majority of her talk she plays her hand drum, and accompanied by the rhythmic clapping of the people, journeys them along to a fresh perception of justice and revolution.
Audio file about 12 minutes in length.
Kelly White

AUDIO FILE: KLAMATH BASIN WATER AND TRIBAL RIGHTS
The 9th annual Environmental Justice Conference, organized by the Coalition Against Environmental Racism, was held in Eugene Oregon over the week end of January 23-25, 2004.
Saturday afternoon I attended a panel entitled Klamath Basin Water and Tribal Rights. This is an audio report of the two speakers from that panel.
The first speaker was Don Gentry, of the Klamath Tribe.After playing a song on his flute and saying a prayer in his language, he spoke of the history of his people and the area which they share with two other tribes, those to the south and those to the east.
He laid a little foundation for what the next speaker had to say, focusing on "the living and thriving community of Native Americans where we are at. And, despite everything that has happened to us with the loss of our reservation over time, parts of our lifestyle and culture are still there, the hunting, fishing, gathering lifestyle that allowed us to survive, even Mt. Mazama blowing and creating Crater Lake. Those parts of our culture are still alive are valued today. We are still linked to our natural resources."
He speaks of the establishment of his reservation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs management of it, and the loss of that Reservation which is now managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Yet, "we still hunt, fish, we gather; we still have legends we try to teach our people. And we're trying to bring forth, with everything that's coming against us, the things that are important and will allow us to survive into the future."
He then goes into a history of his people, "how the treaty was established and the reservation was formed, and how the land has changed until we're in the postion that we are in now. And give folks an understanding of why we have treaty rights even."
Many non Indians question why Native people's have these special rights, and this is especially the case when there is a battle over natural resources, such as whaling with the Macah, fishing rights in Washington state, or the recent struggle over access to water here in the Klamath basin. "I feel that it's important for people to understand where we are coming from and the o nly thing we ask as a tribal people is that you consider our rights, so to speak. I believe the Creator placed us where we are at. Our legends have us created there. We've been in that basin according to archeological evidence for 14 thousand years."
Don speaks eloquently and with passion for his people, and for a way of life they are struggling to maintain and prosper. He continues to speak for about a total of 20 minutes, setting the stage for the next speaker who will give a history of water usage in the area. Though the tribes reserved first rights of the water to themselves and the needs of their culture, the government slowly permitted developing needs to compete or eclipse the aboriginal rights of the Klamath tribe.
Don Gentry, Real Player
Don Gentry, MP3
The second to speak was Bud Allman, an attorney for the tribe. He says that he wants "to deal with two matters having to do with land and water issues in the Klamath Basin from the standpoint of the Klamath tribes....First of all I want to deal with overappropriation of the water resource." According to Allman, "there have been committments made to Indian people's that have been overwhelmed by subsequent committments to other people and all of them add up to more committments of water than Nature gives us...."
"The second thing I want to talk about is the experience in the Klamath Basin with disparaging resource related communities, particularly the Indian community and the really unfortunate precipitation of violence that occurred there two years ago."
The goal of the treaty of 1864 was two fold: it wanted to open the area for settlement, but also to preserve the self sufficiency of the Indians people of the area. "This included a promise to continued access to fish and wildlife resources on which they depended, and a promise of enough water to support those resources....These were reservations made by the Indian people with the assent and the guarantee of the United States of rights that the tribal people always had." This promise was to the Klamath in the north and the Karuk, Hoopa and Yurok tribes, which were the Federally recognized tribes on the California end of the river.
Over the course of the next century or so, other demands were made of the precious water resource, "to anybody who would do that hard work of homesteading in an arid land." No attempt was made to reconcile these new demands with the treaty promises given to the native peoples of the area. "On top of that, the states of Oregon and California undertook their own water permitting systems in addition to the water permitting system that the U.S. had developed....these systems continue today unreconciled with the earlier committments of water that had been made to Native people......nor is their a system reconciling the state and federal water permiting system in the Klamath irrigation project."
Two more demands were soon made of the water. The next was a hydroelectric system on the Klamath River, consisting of six dams, which, although these are not consumers of water, they have a great impact on the water quality and the timing of the flows, affecting the fisheries. And, "the construction of the dams completely extirpated the anadromous fish from the upper Klamath Basin....which at one time were the third largest run of anadromous fish on the west coast." Again, this demand was added to existing demands with no attempt to reconcile them.
"And finally, the wildlife refuges. The Klamath Basin hosts about 80% of the birds on the Pacific flyway in the course of a year.....here again is another committment that has been made to keep these Refuges lively as refuges, that has not been reconciled with the other committments of water in the Basin."
From here Bud talks about the second point of his presentation, the process of demonizing the "sucker fish," and from there the people whose subsistance lifestyle depended upon them. A process that soon led to violence and discrimination and the endictment of some local people on hate crime charges.
This file is about 30 minutes in length.
Bud Ullman, Real Player
Bud Ullman, MP3

AUDIO AND VIDEO FILES: WINONA LA DUKE AT OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Winona La Duke, speaking at the University of Oregon in Corvallis in January 2002. The talk was entitled, "Indigenous Thinking On Sustainability."
Here is the presentation, posted to Google.com.
Winona La Duke

Also, a 10 minute clip from this presentation, i which she speaks of the need for sustainable energy development and how Indigenous peoples, especially in the midwest, are in a position to provide a significant amount of this energy from the wind.
Sustainable Energy, Real Player
Sustainable Energy, MP3

AUDIO FILE: TREVINO BRINGS PLENTY
Trevino Brings Plenty, Native American Spoken Word Artist, performing at a benefit for the Native American Youth Asociation on Tuesday, August 12, 2003.
Audio is a little rough, but worth the listen.
This file is about 9 minutes in length.
Trevino Brings Plenty

Mt. Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center
This is the website of a group in northern California seeking to protect the Mt. Shasta area. One of their main concerns is a geothermal installation being propsed for the Medicine Lake Highlands, 30 miles east the mountain.
A video project is currently under way. This website contains information about that work in progress, as well as a great video clip, which includes video footage of the Medicine Lake area and interviews with the local indigenous peoples. One can watch the video as a slide show (28.8 modem, stream it with a 56K modem or both a high and low DSL/CABLE modem.
Medicne Lake Video

Indigenous Environmental Network

Native American Web Sites

Freedom For Leonard Peltier Website

People's Path (Leonard Peltier Information)

American Indian Movement

Black Mesa Indigenous Support

Honor The Earth

Cyndi's List
(Native American Geneology Sites of the Internet)

My Two Beads Worth
(Native American Indian/First Nations/Indigenous People's News Online)

Native American Nations
(Information on Individual Native Nations)

John Trudell
(Native American Spoken Word Artist)