Puyallup celebrate Native elders on new website

Watch Puyallup online video interviews:

http://www.NativeElders.org/

Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
Marilyn Wandry Suquamish Tribe
Chief Frank Nelson Musgamagw Tsawataineuk Tribe
Nancy Shippentower-GamesPuyallup Tribe
Billy Frank Jr Nisqually Tribe - Frank's Landing Band
Tom Jackson and How-ee-sha-ta Quileute Tribe

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PuyallupTribalNews.comNativeArtists.org

Read more about the Puyallup's new websites and how they reach out for respect:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/218578.html

Indigenous Peoples speak out on racism and oppression

By Brenda Norrell
Print edition, Navajo Times

TUCSON, Ariz. – Indigenous Peoples remembered the teachings of Indian spiritual leaders, as they spoke out on the right of passage in their ancestral territories, demanding respect for human rights for Native people in their borderzones, during the International Day of Indigenous Peoples celebration in August.

Jose Matus, Yaqui and director of the Indigenous Alliance without Borders, said Indigenous Peoples have a right to travel their ancestral lands without harassment and abuse by border agents.

“We have the right to cross the border without inspection. We have been here from time immemorial – Tohono O’odham, Akimel O’odham, Kickapoo, Kumeyaay and Yavapai. We all have that historic background,” Matus told dozens of Indigenous Peoples and news reporters.

Michelle Cook, Navajo, spoke of the struggle of Indigenous Peoples and an Anishinabe prophecy known as the teachings of the seven prophets, and the seven fires.

Read article:

http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2007/12/indigenous-peoples-speak-out-on-racism.html

This article appeared in the print edition of Navajo Times, following the Indigenous Peoples Day event in August. It is published here with permission. Photo 1: Jose Matus, Shannon Rivers and Julian Hernandez. Photo 2: Michelle Cook, Shannon Rivers, Julian Hernandez, Kat Rodriguez and Tupac Enrique. Photos Brenda Norrell

Mohawks 'Warrior's Hand Book'

Excerpts from the "Warrior's Hand Book"
by Karoniaktajeh

Warrior Society
"The Great Law has definite functions for the War Chief and his men (Warrior Society). They are charged with the protection, defense and welfare of the people. These duties may take many forms. Keeping the peace, teaching, public speaking, repossessing lost lands and human rights; and work of all useful kinds to promote the welfare of the people. Upholding the Great Law results in
Peace -- Righteousness -- Power
a noble work entrusted to the care of the Warrior Society."

Mohawk Ten Commandments
1. BE BRAVE AND FEARLESS as there can be no peace on earth for those who fear
2. BE STRONG. In this hard and cruel world, only the strong may know peace and happiness. To be weak is to invite aggression, oppression, tyranny, misery and woe.
3. FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS for only those who fight for it can achieve human rights and respect. There is a right and wrong way to fight. Always propose to fight in a clever way for he who fights in a clever way is equal to a thousand men ... (continues through 10.)

Some definitions:
Indian Reserve: land set aside for use by Indians and surrounded by thieves
Indian Treaties: paper tigers that eat up both the Indians and their land
Mock Chiefs: system of chiefs on Indian reservations devised by the colonizers from Europe, such as Canada's Band Council chiefs and the U.S. Tribal Council chiefs. The purpose of mock chiefs is to bury the system devised by Indians such as the traditional system.

Warrior's Hand Book is available from
Kahentinetha Horn
Kahentinetha2@yahoo.com
Mohawk Nation News
http://www.mohawknationnews.com/