FIRE AND SMOKE
Community Meeting
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
7:00-8:00p.m.
Hoopa Clean Air Facility
Neighborhood Facilities Building
Hwy 96
Hoopa, Ca 95546

FIRE BRIEFING • ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CURRENT FIRE/SMOKE SITUATION • ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH

Attendees:
·       Forest Service and Fire Personnel: Iron Complex, Lime Complex, Siskiyou
Complex, Ukonom Complex, Blue 2 Complex and Panther Fire
·       Hoopa Incident Management Organization
·       Tribal Council Representatives
·       K'imaw Medical Center

Learn how you can protect your family's health!
Refreshments will be served
Call (707)407-7390 for more information





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Marin's He'e Nalu O' club spreads Hawaiian spirit with Alcatraz event

<http://www.marinij.com/sports/ci_10046568>

The He'e Nalu O' Marin outrigger canoe club, based out of Larkspur, put on the
first Alcatraz Challenge in 1997 with the goal of drawing local crews and
perpetuating the Polynesian sport and culture in the area. In its first year,
the race drew about 20 boats from around Northern California.

Little did the event's founders know that the race would grow to attract as many
as 90 crews on Saturday when the Round the Rock Alcatraz Challenge shoves off
from San Francisco's Crissy Field at 8 a.m.

"I thought it was just going to be local," said He'e Nalu vice president Les
Scanlan, who lives in San Anselmo. "Every year more and more people are coming
up. It's a great race because it's challenging because of the conditions, but
can you imagine paddling toward the Golden Gate Bridge, then around Alcatraz,
toward the Bay Bridge and then along the waterfront? It's unbelievable."

Perhaps even more unbelievable than the scenery is that the event that
originally drew 20 crews strictly from Northern California is now
expecting participants from around the globe (not to mention a
proclamation from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom). Canada, New
Zealand, Samoa, Hawaii, Washington and Arizona send teams to the San
Francisco Bay for the Alcatraz Challenge.

"Last year was pretty big as well," said club president and Petaluma
resident Tracy Barreau. "But we certainly have more international crews this
year than ever before."

That's because this year's race just so happens to coincide with the
13th biennial International Va'a Federation World Sprints, held on Lake Natoma
in Rancho Cordova from Aug. 1-9. Several crews and individual paddlers competing
in the World Sprints are expected to partake in one of the 15 races in the
Alcatraz Challenge.

While the additions from the World Sprints surely helped augment this
year's expected turnout, Scanlan said that all the club's members
deserve credit for turning the race into the large-scale event it is
today.

"I'm the safety coordinator," Scanlan said. "Everyone's involved.
Everyone takes a piece of the pie and does something."

The race serves as He'e Nalu's major fundraiser each year, so the club
members are motivated to work together. But former club board member
Monica Jones, who said the money comes secondary to spreading the joy of
paddling and the "aloha spirit," which is why they chose to have it
coincide each year with the San Francisco Aloha Festival.

"Aloha spirit is the spirit of generosity, an opening of the heart to
your neighbor and the people in your community," said Jones, a Novato
resident. "It's practicing kindness and honesty and respect."

That aloha spirit has led to the formation of an ohana - Hawaiian for
family - within He'e Nalu. The family includes members from all walks of life,
from different backgrounds, cities and professions, but they are unified by
their love of paddling.

The ohana is not limited to those in He'e Nalu. The club's members are
dedicated to bringing as many people into the family as possible, hence the hard
work to see the Alcatraz Challenge continue to thrive and grow. Scanlan likened
paddlers to surfers in that they belong to a borderless tribe.

"If you show up some place in Brazil, or Italy, or the South Pacific and someone
says 'I paddle,' then it's just 'Welcome brother!' or 'Welcome sister!'" Scanlan
said.

Scanlan, a first-generation Samoan-American, and his wife, Katie (who
met Les in the outrigger club), had a son just last week. Fittingly,
they named him Nalu - Hawaiian for wave. With his newborn child
obviously in mind, He'e Nalu's vice president reiterated the club's
mission statement and its original reason for staging the Alcatraz
Challenge.

"Our goal has always been to perpetuate the culture and the sport,"
Scanlan said. "The most important thing is to pass it on to the next
generations."

With the race only growing larger and more prestigious with each passing year,
little Nalu should be rounding The Rock with plenty of ohana in the years to
come.



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Siyo Nigada,

www.bayareacherokee.org <http://www.bayareacherokee.org/>

Just a short note to let you know that the next Cherokee Society of the
Greater Bay Area Assembly (formerly called Council) Meeting will be on
Monday, August 4th at 6.30pm at Au Coquelet Cafe, 2000 University Ave.,
Berkeley . All welcome! Help plan CSGBA events. Please let us know if
you will be joining us!

There will be a flyer for August's General Meeting coming out next week,
but here is the basic information so that you can write it in your
calendar:

August General Meeting, Theme: Genealogy
Saturday August 23, 1-4.30pm. Please send any questions that you are
interested in having answered to our email and we will help you find
answers at the meeting. What are the best books, websites, and other
resources for researching your Cherokee roots? Genealogy experts will be
on hand. Bring your books and family trees to share! Berkeley Public
Library, 2090 Kittredge Street , Berkeley . Map
<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&dq=public+library,+kittredge\
+loc:+Berkeley,+CA&daddr=2090+Kittredge+St,+Berkeley,+CA+94704&geocode=1\
4706040475227948207,37.868433,-122.268099&ll=37.868433,-122.268099&iwsta\
te1=dir:to&iwloc=A&f=d> . Nearest BART is Downtown Berkeley . Please
RSVP with what dish you plan to bring - 510.464.4649 or email Cherokee
Society @ yahoo.com
<http://us.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cherokeesociety@yahoo.com>
.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Wado!





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Huichol Artist: Luciano Valdez
Exhibiting Yarn Paintings & Beadwork
Saturday, August 9 - 11:00 to 6:00
Sunday, August 10 - 11:00 to 5:00

Luciano is back from Mexico with box loads of new Huichol beadwork, yarn
paintings and beaded jewelry!

Huichol art is made by placing a thin layer of beeswax and tree resin over wood,
and then pressing either the yarn or the seed beads in to the mixture in
symbolic designs.

Each design has significance in the Huichol culture and most of the pieces are
created for either healing or protection.

Horned toads and scorpions offer protection, while the peyote cactus and shamans
offer healing.

The blue deer is a common image.  In ceremony, when windows to the spirit world
open up, it is the blue deer who is the messenger between the human beings and
the pantheon of elemental creation beings called "Grandmas and Grandpas".

Luciano and his community receive all of the proceeds of this show.  It is our
way of supporting Luciano and his community.

Please join us in celebrating this vibrant indigenous village!

Gathering Tribes
1573 Solano Ave.
Berkeley, Calif.
1(530) 528~9038
www.gatheringtribes.com

State wildlife officials have increased salmon and steelhead catch limits on the
Klamath and Trinity rivers for the fishing season that starts Aug. 15.

The action is possible because fish runs on those rivers are strong this year.
This makes up somewhat for a sharp decline in Central Valley salmon stocks,
which prompted all other waters of the state to be closed to salmon fishing. The
in-river catch allocation for fall-run Chinook on the Klamath River this year is
22,500 fish, more than double last year's allocation.

"It is excellent to have some good news on the salmon front," said Neil Manji,
fisheries branch chief at the California Department of Fish and Game.

The daily bag limit on both rivers will be three fall-run Chinook salmon per
angler, and no more than two may be adults over 22 inches long. The total
possession limit is nine Chinook, with no more than six over 22 inches. Last
year, the possession limit allowed only four adults. The season on the Klamath
runs from Aug. 15 to Dec. 31, and on the Trinity from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31.

For spring-run Chinook, the daily bag and possession limit is two salmon. The
season on the Klamath is from Jan. 1 to Aug. 14, and on the Trinity from Jan. 1
to Aug. 31.

The daily bag limit for steelhead is one hatchery steelhead on the Klamath and
two on the Trinity, with a possession limit of four fish. The season is
year-round.



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19th Annual Native American Women's Conference ~ "Native Women Breaking the
Silence"

August, 13, 14 & 15, 2008

Topics will include Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Re-entry, Practicing
Resilience, and Youth in Recovery.

The conference registration and healing village is from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
August 14 and 15 - start time is at 8:30 a.m.

Topics will include Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Re-entry, Practicing
Resilience, and Youth in Recovery.

Holiday Inn North East
5321 Date Avenue
Sacramento 95841
August 13th- 4:00 p.m.
Jennifer Parsons:  1(916) 929~9761, ext. 1508 or 1(800) 274~4288

More info T.B.A.

partial Calendar  please contact them for full details . . .


Saturday 2 august
CARNAVAL DEL SUR
Eddy Navia and Sukay with special guests
Flamenco with Benjamin Flores and Marina
with Luis Valverde and Pachamama Dance Group
High energy music and dance
performance at 8:30 PM $13.50
Free with Pachamama 3-course dinner special (Wednesday thru Sunday)

Wednesday 6 agosto
Independence Day of BOLIVIA
Eddy Navia & special guests Fito Reinoso!
special performance celebration and dance  8:30 PM $10


Saturday 9 august
CARNAVAL DEL SUR
Eddy Navia and Sukay with special guests
Flamenco with Luis Valverde and Pachamama Dance Group
High energy music and dance
performance at 8:30 PM $13.50


For Bookings of the Pachamama musical groups
or booking of your group for the Sunday afternoon world music series
contact Mark Gorney http://pachamamacarnaval.com/dev/booking.htm

T e   e s p e r a m o s !
Peña Pachamama
1630 Powell Street (between Union & Green in North Beach)
San Francisco, CA  94133
tel-415.646.0018


Cover charge for musical programs: $10 week-days and $13.50 (Friday &
Saturday) per person added to your dinner check or free with 3-course
dinner special  (choice of appetizer and choice of any entree,
dessert del dia, $39.95 anyday).

Reservations: 415 646-0018
(suggested parking: City garage on Vallejo at Powell Vallejo Street
Garage…just 2 blocks away-reasonably priced as well as the garage
along side of Peña Pachamama's. The Vallejo street garage closes at
10 PM weekdays and 2 AM Friday and Saturdays. You can find flat rate
$5-12 parking at O'Reilley's, and Bank of America around the corner,
also on Filbert Street).

MUNI lines to within three blocks: 12, 30, 39, 41, 45, and the
Powell-Mason Cable Car


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California History: The Mendocino Wars and the Trail of Tears


<http://mysierramountaintimes.com/?p=2286>



It was a predictable outcome for the native population in the territory
of California, soon to become a state. Across the eastern seaboard from
the earliest days of Atlantic coast settlement, native tribes and
nations faced an expanding population of newcomers to the American
shores. The expansion rolled over people whose ancestors migrated
themselves thousands of year's prior and spread out across the
Americas. The native peoples of California had no knowledge of what
their native kin was subjected to, of how their lands were appropriated,
of how atrocities would be carried out both by the white settlers and
those who fought back against the unstoppable tide of settlers.

Before the Gold Rush in California there was one era of the
relationships between the Europeans and Americans and the native
populations throughout California. That era is a subject unto itself,
left for another article of that period. The most sweeping event in
California's history was the almost overnight change brought by the
discovery of gold near Sutter's Mill. Not only did the Gold Rush
bring thousands seeking their fortune in the gold fields, but also
others, who realized the riches the land offered in farming, cattle,
timber, and commerce. On lands that supported generations of different
native populations with abundant game, fish, seeds, and other native
plants, came the settler intent on fulfilling "Manifest Destiny"
– to subdue the land and anything or anyone that stood in the way.

The influx of settlers onto Indian lands lead to legislation in 1850 as
California passed "An Act for the Government and Protection of
Indians". Among one of the act's provisions was the permission
of slavery of Indian children, or in polite terms, indenturement of
Indian children.

To further "protect" the Indians and offer security to the
settlers that were increasingly moving in, the US Government passed an
act in 1852 that allowed military posts created for the relocation of
Indians throughout the US and its territories. One such post was the
Nome Lacknee Military Post established in 1854, named for the tribe in
the area called the "Nome Lacka" in what today is Tehama County.
One person described how one group of Indians felt upon seeing the
reservation land for the first time: "…the poor Indians began to
show some sign that they had a regret in leaving the place of their
birth. The women in the wagons set up a peculiar plaintive cry used by
them at their funerals, while the men walked behind the wagons in
mournful silence" (San Francisco Evening Bulletin, Sept. 22, 1857).
By 1857 there were between 2,500-3,000 Indians at the post. The post is
later abandoned in 1862.

In 1858, there were an estimated 10,000 Indians in the state, of which
only 3,200 consented to live under the white man's direction. The
rest tried to continue their way of life, but increasingly ran into
conflict with settlers who built fences, and ran their cattle on areas
the Indians hunted. The Indians, some in retaliation, some for food,
began killing some of the cattle. This brought the fury of the settlers
upon the local tribes when they raided Rancherias, killing men, women
and children. Any Indian even suspected of taking their cattle was
killed.

California government sent a special committee to Mendocino in 1860 to
investigate what they called the "Mendocino War." At a ranch in
Round Valley they convened to hear the settler's story and take
depositions. One 38-year-old farmer of Long Valley recounted a raid at
an Indian village by him and others. "All the Indians fled when we
came, but one," he said. "We shot his head off." The same
settler retold the story of one December day in 1859 when a party of 40
men crossed the Eel River between Long and Round Valleys and attacked a
Rancheria at dawn, killing 20 of them, including bucks, squaws and
children and took two women and one child prisoner. "A week later we
found two wounded bucks and one old squaw, all of whom we killed."

In another deposition, one of the settlers said he never had any
problems with the Indians, never lost any cattle and he always treated
the Indians kindly. Another settler retold the incident when he and
others picked out 20 redmen, accused them of killing and started
shooting them. "Eight redmen were shot and five hung – the rest
managed to escape." When the committee asked one of the settlers if
many squaws were killed by the settlers, he replied, "I think one
squaw died from a bullet and all the squaws in one particular incident
were killed before they would not travel. The infants were put out of
their misery and one 10 year old girl was killed for being
stubborn," he said.

The committee's majority report said the white men were to blame for
the Indian troubles and that in four months in 1860; more Indians of
Mendocino County had been killed than in a century of Spanish and
Mexican rule. The chairman speaking in the minority opinion said the
Indians were a cowardly lot and proposed a system of peonage. The
Indians, under this proposal would be assigned as servants to the local
ranchers and laws would be passed to prevent any third party from
interfering between "master and servant." Nothing is known if
this investigation ever changed anything, and apparently no white
settlers were brought up on murder charges.

Conditions between the native populations and the white settlers grew
worse. Reprisals for Indians' deaths lead to children's deaths
at the hand of the Indians. The citizens of Chico petitioned Governor
Leland Stanford for men and means, and an Army to assist in
"quelling these Indian outrages." People from several northern
California tribes were brought to Chico and detained. Five Indian men
were hanged at Helltown, east of Chico, on suspicion of "committing
depredations upon property." Those Indians not surrendering to the
detention were ordered shot.

In September of 1863, Captain Starr of the California Volunteers as
commander, and 23 US cavalrymen were ordered to march 461 Indian people
100 miles from Camp Bidwell in Chico to Round Valley to a reservation
known as Nome Cult. Many were sick and old and could not continue the
trip during the ascent from the Sacramento Valley into the Coast Range.
About 150 were left behind at Mountain House between September 12 and
14. When news of this reached the commandant at Fort Wright in Round
Valley, he ordered wagons and food for those struggling up the mountain.
After 13 days, the Army was able to save "only a portion of
them". One of the men described the horrific scene: "…about 150
sick Indians were scattered along the trail for 50 miles…dying at
the rate of 2 or 3 a day. They had nothing to eat… and the wild hogs
were eating them up either before or after they were dead." Only
slightly more than half of the original 461 members survived the march,
which became known as the Koncow (Maidu) Trail of Tears.

By the late 1870's many Indians had escaped the reservation, but
were generally left alone. Their homelands were no longer theirs and war
with the whites had only brought more grief to their people. Compromise
and assimilation into the newcomer's society became the only way to
survive.



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Indian tribe moving forward with new financing for California casino

The American Indian tribe which plans to build a casino resort complex at the
old Point Molate Naval Base near San Jose, Calif. has found a new partner —
another tribe that runs a popular Cache Creek casino resort in Yolo County.

Funds from the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians will help the Guidiville
Band of Pomo Indians through a difficult federal approval process in its bid to
build an 1,100-room resort with a casino, theater,
convention center, retail, and other amenties on the land at the foot of the
Richmond-San Rafael bridge, said tribal spokesman Michael Derry.

Read the article here:

<http://onlinecasinocrawler.com/blog_indian-tribe-moving-forward-with-ne\
w-california-casino.php>

Camp honors Native Americans

<http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/news/ci_10032129>
The
Sacramento River Discovery Center began its last week of 2008 Summer
Camps at 8 a.m. Monday. The week-long camp, will honor the Native Americans that
inhabited the northern Sacramento Valley with activities involving the Native
Americans.

The Paskenta Band of the Nomlaki were most often those who visited the
lands of the Mendocino National Forest's Red Bluff Recreation Area,
before "white men" came to California.

The Nomlaki have been major financial supporters of the center for
several years, but this year, they will share some of the arts and
culture of their tribe with the group of 6- to 12-year-olds attending
the camp.

Some of the activities featured during the week will include: the
building of a teepee; arts and games of Native American children; how
plants and animals depend on each other to create a healthy ecosystem
and Native American foods will be highlighted one day.

The members of the tribe, including chairman Everett Freeman, will be on hand to
share some of the history and stories about how the Indians were true stewards
of the land.

The Nomlaki tribe's organization and eventual building of the Rolling
Hills Casino was started by the Freemans and financed by their making
and selling of Indian fry bread. The Freemans will be sharing the
results of that secret recipe with the campers, their parents and staff.
Summer Camp starts at 8 a.m. and finishes at noon Campers may be dropped
off at 7:45 a.m. and picked up by 12:15 p.m. Water, juice, and a light
snack are provided each day. Campers may bring their own snacks and
water if they wish.

The cost for each week of Summer Camp is $50 per camper. Information on this
summer camp is available from the Center, 527-1196 or
ccramer@.... Scholarships for in-need families are being
provided by Wells Fargo Foundation. The Summer Camps program is
supported by grants from the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians and P G & E
Foundation.



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3rd Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration
The National Hispanic University
14271 Story Road (Near White Road)
San Jose, Calif.   95127

Hello friends and families,
Please join us on Saturday September 20, 2008 at The National Hispanic
University on the east side of SanJose, California from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm for
our 3rd Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration.

We will have:
Arts and crafts booths
Food booths
A health fair
Music
Drumming
Non profit organizations
Language presentations
Dance presentations
Cultural activities
Crafts classes
Various games such as a horseshoe contest, cribbage contest, domino contest

A kids fun zone with games

Also come out and meet members of the Professional Lacrosse team San Francisco
Dragons who will put on demonstrations and teach you about the game of lacrosse.
This game is a very old game invented by the Seneca Indians in the early 1600's.

Tribal Sponsor:
The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area

Community Sponsors:
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley
American Indian Alliance
Northern California Apache Council
Washoe Native TANF
Native Voice TV
San Jose State University
Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters
Diabetes Community Advisory Committee (DCAC)
Center for Training and Careeers (CTC)
Evergreen Valley College
KKUP Radio station
First Nations Episopal Church

Vendors booths cost: $50 with a seller's permit number
Info. booths are free of charge

Event is open to the public - free admission

This is an alcohol and drug free event ! ! !

The commiitee is not responsible for lost or stolen items

Please visit our website at: www.americanindianheritage.org

For more information contact Vernon Medicine Cloud at 1(408) 445~3400 x208 or
email at
vmcloud@...
vmcloud @ ihcscv.org (take out spaces)

From:  esther lucero  ellelucero@...



Native American AIDS Project
1540 Market Street, Ste. 130
San Francisco, Calif.  94102
PH:  1(415) 431~6227
FAX:  1(415) 431~6257
http://www.naap-ca.org



JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION:  Office Manager
REPORTS TO: Executive Director
HOURS: 100% FTE (40 hrs/week)
SALARY: Negotiable


POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The Office Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the
Native American AIDS Project office, providing administrative support
to the Executive Director and program staff. The Office Manager will
also conduct some powwow outreach and event planning.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. General reception, including answering telephones, greeting clients and
guests, maintain correspondence, photocopies, faxing, supply ordering.
2. Assess and prioritize client needs, assist clients with phone calls, filling
out forms, referrals.
3. Prepare monthly reports.
4. Monthly general ledger data entry (using QuickBooks).
5. Assist Executive Director with grant applications, contract    preparation,
monitoring reports.
6. Event planning and coordination, including agency annual events such a
Thanksgiving  luncheon, Christmas Party, World AIDS Day Powwow, as  well as
day-long health education events.
7. Street outreach, primarily in the East Bay.
8. Powwow outreach throughout the Bay Area.
9. Work well under pressure, ability to meet multiple deadlines.
Demonstrate ability to work cooperatively with supervisor, coworkers and
clients.
10. Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Minimum of 5 years experience providing administrative assistant
duties.
2. Knowledge of Bay Area social services and HIV organizations, harm
reduction methodology.
3. Experience and interest in working as part of a team, yet able to
work independently with little supervision.
4. Experience with Microsoft Office and QuickBooks.
5. Experience with Native American community, HIV positive populations
and/or LGBT community preferred.
6. Excellent time management and organizational skills. Must be able to
multitask.
7. High school diploma or GED required, Bachelor’s degree preferred.



Esther Lucero
HIV Case Manager
Native American AIDS Project
1540 Market St. Suite 130
San Francisco, Calif.  94102
Tel. 1(415) 431.6227 fax. 1(415)431.6257
ellelucero @ hotmail.com (take out spaces)

The Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake have received approval from the federal
government to place land in trust, a decision tribal representatives say is a
crucial step in moving forward with plans to build a $35 million casino.

The US Department of the Interior's Office of the Secretary has issued a
“finding of no significant impact” – or FONSI – on the tribe's proposal to place
an 11.24-acre site on Highway 20 in trust, said the tribe's attorney, Robert
Rosette.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved the finding based, it said, on analysis
and recommended mitigation measures in a May 2007 draft environmental
assessment, as well as comments from the public, responses to those comments,
the tribe's request for a reduction in acreage and the development of a final
environmental assessment.

Rosette said the FONSI is an important legal entitlement that will allow the
200-member tribe to proceed with building a casino on its land next to the Upper
Lake County Park.

Tribal members were “elated” by the news that BIA was approving placing the land
in trust, said Rosette.



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Ishi: The Last of the Yahi  (Theater Rhinoceros, San Francisco; 112
seats; $35 top)
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937856.html?categoryid=33&cs=1
<http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937856.html?categoryid=33&cs=1>
A Theater Rhinoceros presentation of a play in two acts by John Fisher.
Directed by Fisher.

With: Kevin Clarke, Pamela Davis, Detroit George Dunwood, Jeanette
Harrison, Chris Libby, Jorge Martinez
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/686035/Jorge%20Martinez.htm\
l?dataSet=1> , Aaron Martinsen, Jean Franco
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/408442/Jean%20Franco.html?d\
ataSet=1>  Pilas, Linda Wang
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/2140254/Linda%20Wang.html?d\
ataSet=1> , Michael Vega, Matt Weimer
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dataSet=1> , Kirk Matthew White, Kathryn Wood.
    A playwright well before he became the artistic director of Theater
Rhino, the nation's longest-running gay theater, John Fisher has long
demonstrated a keen interest in historical and military subjects that's
atypical for gay venues. "Ishi: The Last of the Yahi" preems here sans
any gay content or interpretation. This tale of California's purported
"last wild Indian," who spent his final decades as virtual museum
exhibit, offers absorbing, imaginative analysis of thorny ethical
issues. The only major flaw is a hefty length that dissipates interest
after the strong first act.
Ishi, so named by his keepers because it's the Yana word for "man" (in
line with tribal custom, he never revealed his true name), descended
from hiding to the Northern California town of Oroville in 1911.
Cattlemen, farmers and bounty hunters had killed everyone else in his
tribe, which had numbered 400 before California's Gold Rush.
Alone and starving, Ishi surrendered to the conquering society. A
sheriff saved him from still-trigger-happy locals, and news of the "wild
man's" appearance quickly drew the attention of academics in San
Francisco.
Though Ishi was already past 50 when he surrendered, Fisher has him
played by the strapping young Michael Vega, who like several others here
has to participate in some notably vigorous flashback chase/fight scenes
that take place all over (even just outside) the Rhino mainstage house.
During the period when Ishi hasn't yet learned to express himself in
English, his laconic thoughts are heard over the P.A. system.
He's of more than just research value to ambitious Dr. Alfred L. Kroeber
(Kevin Clarke), who sees him as a "centerpiece" acquisition for the
museum he hopes wealthy Phoebe Apperton Hearst (Kathryn Wood) will fund.
Ishi winds up literally housed in the Museum of Anthropology at UC San
Francisco, eventually reduced to performing "shows" of exaggerated
native behaviors.
He seems oddly content with this fish-out-of-water life, though he
resists the efforts of Kroeber and colleagues to extract his full,
tragic story. They view it as a hot commodity, while he sees it as the
last remaining thing that is truly his own.
Stubborn and temperamental, well-meaning Kroeber doesn't always have
Ishi's best interests at heart-- nor those of his beloved wife Henrietta
(Jeannette Harrison), a brightly argumentative partner Kroeber relies
on. In their different ways, mild-mannered fellow anthropologist Thomas
Waterman (Aaron Martinsen) and caustic physician Saxton Pope (Matt
Weimer) have a keener eye for the real needs of Ishi.
Flashbacks limn successive versions of the tribe's brutal end.En route,
"Last of the Yahi" deftly reveals much about the slaughter of
California's myriad native societies (for some time the state government
offered $5 per severed Indian head), conflicting cultural values and the
marketing of knowledge.
Fluidly staged more or less in the round by Fisher himself, with
platforms displacing two usual audience berths and no formal set, the
show moves briskly through tactically and tonally diverse terrain.
But it grows less compelling after intermission, as equal emphasis on
the Kroebers' domestic strife -- while interesting in itself -- detracts
from the focus on Ishi. Some overly obvious final speechifying drawing
contemporary parallels could be modified and a few uninspired song
interludes excised.
Led by Vega, Clarke and Harrison, thesps (all multicast beyond those
previously mentioned) are fully committed, nimbly traversing a
seriocomic text that can shift from social satire and broad-stroke
caricature to naturalistic intimacy within a scene or three.
More than one option
     * (Person) John Fisher
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/45475/John%20Fisher.html?da\
taSet=1>
     * (Person) John Fisher
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/395963/John%20Fisher.html?d\
ataSet=1>   Actor, Director, Driver
     * (Person) John Fisher
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/1240845/John%20Fisher.html?\
dataSet=1>   Special Effects Technician, Special Effects Assistant
More than one option
     * (Person) Kevin Clarke
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/270440/Kevin%20Clarke.html?\
dataSet=1>   Art Department, Screenplay
     * (Person) Kevin Clarke
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/2225123/Kevin%20Clarke.html\
?dataSet=1>   Actor
More than one option
     * (Person) Pam Davis
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/315673/Pam%20Davis.html?dat\
aSet=1>
     * (Person) Pamela Davis
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/315674/Pamela%20Davis.html?\
dataSet=1>   Actor, Continuity, Script Supervisor
     * (Person) Pamela Davis
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/1221365/Pamela%20Davis.html\
?dataSet=1>   Actor
More than one option
     * (Person) Matthew White
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/1080005/Matthew%20White.htm\
l?dataSet=1>   Sound Editor, Dialogue Editor, Assistant
     * (Person) Matt White
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/1246375/Matt%20White.html?d\
ataSet=1>
     * (Person) Matthew White
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/1251347/Matthew%20White.htm\
l?dataSet=1>   Post-Production Assistant

Set, Ben Sherris; costumes, Robert Horek; lighting, Dave Robertson
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/876418/Dave%20Robertson.htm\
l?dataSet=1> ; music, sound, Don Seaver; fight choreographer, Ryan
Montgomery; production stage manager, Sarah Chase
<http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/1281302/Sarah%20Chase.html?\
dataSet=1> . Opened July 12, 2008. Reviewed July 27. Running time: 3
HOURS, 10 MIN.




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Summer Program for American Indian students

Written by Native American Times
<http://nativetimes.bizweb5.tulsaconnect.com/index2.php?option=com_conte\
nt&do_pdf=1&id=102>


Crescent City, CA  --The Del Norte Indian Education Center is currently offering
a Summer Program for American Indian students ages 8-14 here in Crescent City.

This program combines academics, cultural activities, Native language and field
trips and includes snacks and meals.  Students who are enrolled with the Center
are free to participate and enrollment is
open to all Native American students.

According to the staff of the Indian Education Center the summer program is
designed to be a place that students go that provides them a safe healthy
environment to both learn and have fun.  The program runs from 9 am to 5 pm
Monday through Thursday.  For more information call the Del Norte Indian
Education Center Director Bessie Shorty at 464-3512.  You can also drop by the
office at 1607 Fifth Street behind the Safeway shopping center. Information on
additional education services for American Indian students can be found at

<http://www.ncidc.org/educ/dniec.htm>








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Coming up this Week on N.A.C.


Call toll free to participate at 1-800-996-2848


Monday, August 4, 2008 – IHS Funding a Casualty of Abortion Debate?:
Bills to fund the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, in both the Senate and
House, have amendments attached that prevent Native women from having abortions
at any Indian Health Service facility. Since abortions are not offered at IHS
facilities anyhow, are these amendments simply playing politics with funding
that Native communities are depending on? Are politicians on Capitol Hill using
the abortion debate to hold up critical dollars that could be saving Native
lives? Guests include Charon Asetoyer (Comanche), Director/Native American
Women’s Health Education Resource Center.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 – Current Events:
A gathering of American Indians at Disney World in Orlando, Florida , called
“Celebration of Spirit” will feature prominent leaders, celebrities, and some
3,000 Native people from the U.S. and Canada. The Crow Nation of Montana will be
celebrating the 90th annual Crow Fair along the banks of the historic Little Big
Horn River. A workshop on the collection, use and care of historic photographs
will take place at the Cherokee Resort and Casino in Oklahoma. The Indigenous
Language Institute in Santa Fe will host a “DigiFest” of digital stories in
Native languages. What big event is happening in your community this month?

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 – Soboba Band Squaring Off with Sheriffs:
The Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians have posted security guards at their
reservation gates and are stopping all county sheriff deputies to check their
ID’s and to escort them onto the reservation. The tribe is making these efforts
after five tribal members have been shot and killed by county police since
December, three during a one week period in May. Sheriff officials say this move
is illegal and have asked that the Soboba Band’s casino be closed because they
feel patrons are at risk. Do the county sheriff’s have the right to openly
patrol the reservation? Guests TBA.

Thursday, August 7, 2008 – Alaska Native Youth & Elders Sharing Tradition:
For the past five years, the Alaska Native Heritage Center has been bringing
Anchorage-area Alaska Native high school students and Native elders together to
share traditionally-based activities. The program gives elders the opportunity
to share their culture with the next generation. While the students receive
academic credit and learn to be cultural hosts, guiding thousands of visitors
through the center’s museum, is the program reaching its goals? Guests include
Loren Anderson (Alutiiq), Cultural Ambassador/Alaska Native Heritage Center.

Friday, August 8, 2008 – Did the Cherokee Freedmen Win or Lose?:
Both the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the Cherokee Freedmen are claiming
victory after a federal appeals court judge handed down his decision. At the
center of the case is whether the tribe was within its rights to disenroll
tribal citizens known as Freedmen, descendants of former slaves. The judge ruled
that the tribe cannot be sued without its consent. But he also said tribal
officials cannot use sovereign immunity for alleged violations of the treaty.
What will be the impact of this ruling across Indian Country? Guests TBA.


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Yurok tribe announces board candidates

<http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_10084090>


The Yurok Election Board has announced the candidates running for tribal
council seats. The election is scheduled for Oct. 8 and only Yurok
Tribal members who are 18 years old by Oct. 8 can vote. Voters must
register by Aug. 22.

The candidates for the North District are incumbent Marjorie Donahue
Buckskin, Jack Mattz, Yvonne Miller, Hector Natt Sr. and John Oliphant.
In the Requa District, incumbent Ray Mattz will go up against Ron Bates,
David L. Gensaw Sr., Sam L. Gensaw II and David Severns.

The Weitchpec District candidates are incumbent Sid Nix and challenger
Frankie Joe Myers.

For more information on the election, call the Election Department at
482-1350, or visit: http://www.yuroktribe.org




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Intertribal Friendship House has a new website!

Please visit us at http://www.ifhurbanrez.org/ and view the many exciting
classes and events listed for the month of August.

If you would like to subscribe to our online newsletter please send an email to
ifhurbanrez@... ifhurbanrez @ gmail.com (take out spaces) with the
subscribe in the subject line.

To view our calendar, click on link below:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/saylooli/calendar.jpg

DQ Unity / M.E.C.H.A. Outreach Conference
September 26, 27 & 28, 2008

Continuing the Legacy to Unite Eagle & Condor

$20.00 Pre~Registration (Deadline: Sept 1st.)
$25.00 Onsite

Join the Movement in Uniting Indeginous and Chicano People
across the continent.  Stand together for the rights Education,
Culture, Unity, and Self Reliance.

ADDRESS:
D~Q University
33250 Country Road 31
Davis, Calif. 95616

For more information, please contact:  dqunity@...
Visit us at:  www.myspace.com/dqunity


Conseula Vargas: 1(916) 371~0370 or e~mail:  cvindigenous@...
Steven Payan:  1(530) 723~8145 or e~mail:  eyetileye@...

El Dorado County LAFCO defers action on Indian casino's water supply for now

<http://www.sacbee.com/eldorado/story/1118981.html>

The commission responsible for approving annexations in El Dorado County will
allow  citizens group its day in court before pursuing legal action over an El
Dorado Irrigation District decision to supply water to an Indian casino.

The El Dorado Local Agen- cy Formation Commission had on its agenda last week a
proposal to seek a state attorney general's opinion on the
validity of the Shingle Springs Rancheria's annexation to the irrigation
district 20 years ago and restrictions approved by LAFCO as part of the
annexation agreement.

Read the rest of the story here:
<http://www.sacbee.com/eldorado/story/1118981.html>

Hoopa Public Health Threat 2008
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
8/4/2008  1000 hours

CLEAN AIR FACILITY OPEN DAILY FROM 10a.m.-4p.m. at the Neighborhood
Facilities.
SECOND CLEAN AIR FACILITY OPEN TODAY AT SENIOR NUTRITION IN HOOPA from
10:00a.m.-3:30p.m. Weekdays
As of 10:00a.m. 8/4/08 Air quality is MODERATE as classified on the
Hoopa Tribe's Air Quality Action Plan. Air Quality conditions in the
Hoopa Valley may reach POOR-UNHEALTHY levels today, however northwest
winds are expected to pick up late this afternoon.
COMMUNITY FIRE/SMOKE MEETING TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2008 7-8P.M. AT THE
CLEAN AIR FACILITY IN HOOPA.

On a clear day, take the opportunity to open your windows, air out
your home, vacuum and dust. Cleaning inside helps reduce the amount of
particulate matter in your home.
Take precautions to relieve yourself and your family from the smoke.
Use common sense when participating in outdoor activity. Strenuous
physical activity should be limited during periods of heavy smoke. The
following recommendations currently apply:
• Sensitive people with heart or lung disease, older adults, small
children and infants should remain indoors as much as possible.
• If you have air conditioning and/or air filtration in your home and
car, it is recommended that you use it.
• Avoid strenuous physical activity outdoors if you are experiencing
dizziness, burning eyes, persistent coughing or fatigue. During
periods of heavy smoke, avoid all outdoor activity.
• Call your medical provider if you are experiencing symptoms of
respiratory illness.
• If you don't have an air filter and/or air conditioner, visit the
Clear Air Facility during open hours 10a.m.-4p.m. daily.


K'ima:w Medical Center's hotline is staffed during business hours to
answer health related or air filter availability questions. The
K'ima:w hotline number is (530)625-4261 x283. Air quality updates are
available twice daily Monday through Friday by email, hotline or
posted on the large green information boards at various locations in
Hoopa. If you would like Hoopa Air Quality updates emailed to you
please email a brief request to hoopapio@.... For air quality
information call the Air Quality hotline at (530)625-4211 x320 or x321.

If you are experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness please contact
your medical provider or seek medical assistance. If you need to reach
an afterhours physician call Kimaw Medical Center directly, you will
be directed by recorded prompts. Serious risk of respiratory problems
may require medical evaluation for an air filter and will be decided
on a case by case basis, depending on the severity of your medical
condition. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911.

The CLEAN Air Facility at the Neighborhood Facilities is open to the
public from 10a.m.-4p.m. daily.
Food and water is not provided at the clean air facility, so please
pack a lunch and water depending on the duration of your visit to the
facility. Please keep in mind The Clean Air Facility is a public
facility that requires participants to be considerate and respectful
of others. All minors are required to be supervised by an adult while
visiting the Clean Air Facility.

The Hoopa Tribe Office of Emergency Services cautions that wildfires
will continue to threaten air quality in the weeks to come. Smoke
patterns fluctuate based on weather and fire behavior. Please take the
above precautions to protect yourself.

Large informational boards are located at:
Hoopa Wildland Fire Department
Hoopa Tribal Police Department
Hoopa Valley Tribal Office
Kimaw Medical Center
U.S. Post Office-Hoopa

Other locations:
Tribal Departments

_________________________________
Rod Mendes, Incident Commander

_________________________________
Millie Grant, Incident Commander

_________________________________
Allie Hostler, Public Information Officer
(707)407-7390

Divides between two groups could stall progress with U.S. government



It's "official:" D-Q University has returned to 2005.

The dilapidated tribal college now has two boards of trustees attempting to
satisfy the U.S. General Service Administration's requirements for the use of
the land out on County Road 31 west of Davis.

One board is led by Calvin Hedrick, and has two trustees that were placed on the
board in 2005. All were put there as a result of the 2005 court case that was
brought before Yolo County Judge David Rosenberg, who had to decide at the time
which of two boards was legitimate.

Rosenberg instead installed only Hedrick and the other two in his group to the
board, and told them to find more members.

Hedrick and his board members contends its term ended July 9; before that time,
it submitted to itself new letters of desire to be on the board, and elected
itself for a new three-year term. Its position is two of the members of the
other board - Susan Reece and Genevieve Seely - were not fully sworn onto the
Board of Trustees, and are illegitimate.

The other board, led by Margaret Hoaglen, responds by accusing Angelina Treppo
and Bernadine Whipple of missing too many meetings without an excuse. In a June
meeting, Hoaglen, with Reece and Seely as new board members, officially removed
Treppo and Whipple from the Board of Trustees.



Click the link below to read the rest of the article, use your back button to
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who have expressed an interest in receiving the material for research and
educational purposes. This is in accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. section 107.
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14th Annual Sacramento Pow Wow
August 15 16 & 17, 2008
O’Neil Park  (6th and Broadway)
Sacramento, Calif.

There will be handgames for the youth.. 5 California Dance Groups Friday
evening: (Franklin Dancers, Maidus, Grindstone, Pomos, and the Bear Dancers so
far...) the Contest Powwow starts on Saturday.

Friday, August 15th
Special California Night ~ 7 p.m.

Saturday, August 16th
10 a.m. ~ 11 p.m.
Grand Entry ~ 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Sunday, August 17th
10 a.m. ~ 6 p.m.
Grand Entry ~ 1 p.m.
Special Guest: Joe Morris, Navajo Code Talker

ALL DRUMS WELCOME
Northern Host DrumSouthern Host Drum
ECHO SKY SINGERS SOUTHERN EXPRESS
Master of Ceremonies: Tom Phillips, Sr. - Kiowa
Arena Director: Tom Phillips, Jr. - Kiowa
Tabulation (Open Book): Lana Hicks - Washoe/Paiute
Head Lady Dancer: Pepper Phillips-Singh, Kiowa
Head Man Dancer: Jude Cruz – Pueblo/Rosebud Sioux

Native American Arts and Crafts
Food
Contest Dancing
Gourd Dancing

PowWow Daily Admissions:
General: $4.00
Teens: $2.00
Children: $1.00
Under 5 free
Seniors: 55 & older FREE

For more information, 1(916) 421~0657 or Sacramento Powwow, P.O. Box 246052,
Sacramento, CA 95824
Host Hotel: La Quinta Inn, 200 Jibbom Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
1(916) 448~8100
$79.00 pw rate

Alyssa:
we need your help in spreading the word on this, especially before July
30th.  A Living Indian Museum System has been proposed for Alcatraz and
GGNRA.  We need your help in spreading the word and getting emails of
support from the community.  Your help is greatly appreciated.

Ranger Jose Rivera
Alcatraz Island
Golden Gate National Recration Area
Fort Mason, Building 201
San Francisco, CA  94123

Email:               jose_rivera@... <mailto:jose_rivera@...>
Voice:              415-561-4912
Fax:                 415-705-1050
URL:                http://www.nps.gov/alcatraz
<http://www.nps.gov/alcatraz>

The National Park Service cares for special
places saved by the American people so that
all may experience our heritage.

EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA

Support a Living Indian Museum on Alcatraz and GGNRA



The Golden Gate National Recreation Area [GGNRA] (that includes
Alcatraz, Crissy Field and Fort Baker) is in the process of developing a
General Plan, which is a vision of the park for the next generation.  A
Concept Paper has been submitted to GGNRA to propose a "Living Indian
Museum System through Civic Engagement."   In short, it is proposed that
a Living Indian Museum System be established at GGNRA which consists of
an "Alcatraz Island Intertribal Living Museum" and a California Indian
component.  The California Indian component will have two sites, one in
the Crissy Field/Presidio area dedicated to the Ohlone/Costanoan and a
second in Fort Baker to honor the Coastal Miwok people.  The key to the
development of the museum system and curriculum being, "Civic
Engagement" or public involvement.



July 30, 2008 is when the General Plan planners want to start to working
on the next phase of the project, so right now is the time! We need to
let the planners know how much the Indian community wants both an
Intertribal presence for Alcatraz and a California Indian presence for
GGNRA.  However they will continually accept input after that date.
Please spread the word to every & any one who would be interested in
supporting a Living Indian Museum System at the GGNRA.  Please send
emails of support to: goga_gmp@... <mailto:goga_gmp@...> .

**********

CONCEPT PAPER

Golden Gate National Recreation Area


Living Indian Museum System

Through

Civic Engagement


Jose Rivera, Ranger

Alcatraz Island/NPS


- Civic Engagement, a Native Perspective:


Ancient Greece is not the only place in which democracy was practiced
and refined.  What gave birth to the idea that the separate colonies
could unite for their mutual benefit?  One only has to look to their
back yard, the Americas.


The Irokwa (Iroquois) Confederacy originally united five nations
(tribes), later to incorporate a sixth to become known as the Six
Nations.  During the time of French encroachment, in 1742 an Irokwa
Sachem (chief) named Canassatego answered a request to meet with
Pennsylvanian officials, to discuss a "League of Friendship."  Later in
1744 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania Canassatego offered a bold new idea to
the colonialist,


Our wise forefathers established Union and Amity between the Five
Nations.  This made us formidable; this has given us great Weight and
Authority with our neighboring Nations.  We are a powerful Confederacy;
and by your observing the same methods, our wise forefathers have taken,
you will acquire such Strength and power.  Therefore what ever befalls
you, never fall out with one another.


This bold new idea was debated within the colonies, not only against
French encroachment, but against British tyranny was well.  Influence of
the Irokwa Great Law and their united confederacy was gaining popularity
among the colonialists.  The Irokwa influence was gaining so much ground
that the royal governor, George Clinton of New York, complained that the
democratic leaders of the colonies "…were ignorant, illiterate
people of republican principle who have no knowledge of the English
Constitution or love for their county."


Another Irokwa intellectual and leader was Tiyanoga, a Mohawk Sachem
that the British referred to as Hendrick.  Hendrick was at the Albany
Conference of 1754, in which he helped to frame the Articles of Union.
In fact, Hendrick and Canassatego are known as the forgotten Founding
Fathers of the United States.  It was at the Albany Conference of 1754
Hendrick shared with the assembled colonialists the structure of the
Irokwa Confederacy.  The Onondagas were the Fire Keepers (Executive
Branch) with the Seneca, Mohawk, Cayuga, and Oneida organized in the
Longhouse of the Elder Brothers (Senate), and the Longhouse of the
Younger Brothers (House of Representatives).  Sachems (chiefs) were
elected by the Clan Mothers (Electoral Votes).  The Unites State symbol
of the Eagle clutching Thirteen Arrows representing the Thirteen
Colonies, originally held five arrows then later six arrows for the
tribes of the Irokwa Confederacy.  The influences of the Irokwa
Confederacy upon the merging United States of America are too many go
into any depth in this paper.  However, the Irokwa influence is well
documented for any scholar to research.


Tribal governments are based on citizen participation.  The U.S.
Founding Fathers saw democracy as a side issue, they were mainly focused
upon establishing a "Republic."  In the Republic, citizens are the
government, "government of the people, for the people."  Thus, the need
for a well informed and educated voting constituency, which is the
original goal of the U.S. public school system.  An important class was
"Civics," in which one learned of their civic responsibilities, such as
paying taxes or serving jury duty to name a couple.  Citizen
participation in their government is the basis of our democratic
republic, thus the basis of "Civic Engagement."  NPS through Civic
Engagement is encouraging the public to return to the original spirit
this country was based on, citizen participation.  To participate with
their government through the National Parks Service, for the benefit of
our future generations.


- The Living Indian Museum:


The Living Indian Museum celebrates "Living Indian Cultures" and
embraces the culture as a whole, not just the "artifacts."  Through
Civic Engagement the Golden Gate National Recreation Area would work
directly with Tribal and Community Museums to enable them to "Tell Their
Own Story." The Living Indian Museum concept is an enlighten museum
approach that accomplishes many positive things: address and counter
'institutional paternalism,' contributes to 'Indian cultural
preservation' by empowering the Native communities to tell their own
story, while providing the visiting public with a superior first hand
educational experience.


- Telling Their Own Story:


The GGNRA through Civic Engagement would enable Native communities to
"Tell Their Own Story" by providing them with a space and expertise,
thus creating a Living Museum. GGNRA could suggest a thematic
architecture, but ultimately it is up to the Tribe to determine what
subject matter and techniques they need to tell their story.  Suggested
themes could be: 1) Our Ancestors: Pre-Contact, 2) The Dark Cloud:
Contact with Europe, 3) Survival and Adaptation, 4) We Are Still Here:
The Living Culture.  Tribes may choose any combination of themes, or
select a single theme.  The Tribe could use any combination of
techniques to share their story such as storytellers, living history
demonstrations, hands on replicas, interpretive panels, real artifacts,
audio-visuals or computers.


- A Living Indian Museum System:


There needs to be more than one Living Indian Museum at the GGNRA due to
the diverse nature of the Native Bay Area, California and American
Indian cultures; plus the profound significance Alcatraz Island has in
the Indian world.   The Living Indian Museum system would consist of two
facilities (Alcatraz & California Indian Living Museum), with one
facility containing two sites.  Each site would have multiple gallery
areas to accommodate more than one exhibit at any one time. With the
multiple gallery concept, it provides a chance for many Native
communities to "Tell Their Own Story."


One facility, the Alcatraz Island Intertribal Living Museum would have a
broader cultural brush stroke, analogues to the National Museum of the
American Indian.  The California Indian facility would have two sites.
One site would be located in the Crissy Field area dedicated to the
South Bay Costanoan/Ohlone people, and provide public transportation
access to cultural programming.  The second site would be at Fort Baker
dedicated to the North Bay Coastal Miwok people.  These three Living
Indian Museums would meet many of the needs the California Indian people
and the general American Indian community has been asking for in a
"community orientated museum."  Civic Engagement is the key to the
Living Indian Museum's success; and a long-term relationship with the
Native communities is vital.


Each Living Indian Museum (Alcatraz, Crissy Field, Fort Baker) would
have slightly different goals, but with the same mission – celebrate
and understand the living American Indian cultures.  There are various
'multiple-museum systems' models to draw upon such as the Museum of New
Mexico, which is in fact a consortium of museums.  There is the National
Museum of the American Indian with its four-museum concept: the main
gallery on the National Mall, the Storage & Conservation facility, the
Heye collection in New York and a Traveling museum.


There is no need for GGNRA to develop a collection for the Living Indian
Museums because there are many collections at hand.  Examples are, the
GGNRA Living Indian Museum system can become an affiliate to the
Smithsonian and the National Museum of the American Indian, Tribal and
Community Indian Museums, the Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC
Berkeley, and a large portion of the California State Indian collections
is not from California.  Therefore, if the Tribal exhibit needs an
artifact, there are many of places for the Living Museum/GGNRA to draw
from.


The Alcatraz Island Intertribal Living Museum (AIILM).  Two of the most
significant legacies of the Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island are:
the acknowledgement that Native Cultures are still alive, and a sense of
Hemispherical Intertribal Unity.


Civic Engagement for the AIILM would be on a national and international
level, working with Tribal Museums through out the United States, Canada
and Latin America.  Due to the broad geographic area the AIILM will be
dealing with, operational control must remain with the Alcatraz Island
curatorial staff.


Through Civic Engagement an appropriate museum location site can be
determined in cooperation.  The selection committee would determined if
an existing building should be renovated, or start a new facility from
scratch.


One recommendation is to place for the AIILM on the ground level of the
New Industries building that faces the Golden Gate.  There are two large
rooms in the New Industries building that could accommodate the AIILM.
The first room should be a transition room and the second room the
actual gallery area.  The gallery area (interior of second room) needs
to be encapsulated to provide a museum quality environment to control
light, temperature and humidity.  The impressive view of the Golden Gate
needs to be maintained for dramatic effect, with sealed UV filtered
glass and if need be inner partitions.


The first room could have interpretive panels explaining the Living
Indian Museum concept and program.  Most importantly, the first room
would be an environmental transition space.  If the first room is not
enough of an environmental buffer to maintain the environmental controls
in the gallery room, then it is recommended that a rotating glass door
be used to maintain the environmental seal in the gallery room.


Another recommendation would be to refurbish what is now called the
"Chapel" next to the Electric Shop.  The main consideration for this
building is to create a handicap access.


If it is determined that a new facility is needed, a recommended site
would be at the edge of the Parade Grounds facing San Francisco.  Site
location, size and other details would be negotiated through Civic
Engagement.


The California Indian Living Museum (CILM).  The CILM is a 'two-sites'
facility to highlight the diverse Bay Area cultures.  Each CILM site
would have multiple gallery areas.  The main gallery area at each site
would be dedicated to the local people Miwok, or Costanoan/Ohlone
people.  A second gallery area would be dedicated to all California
Indian people on a rotating basis.  A third gallery area would be open
for traveling exhibits, or other American Indian tribal people to use.


There is about thirty years worth of testimony, reports and community
meetings with the California Indian community by California State Parks,
dealing with the need for a new California Indian Museum.  A consistent
and repeated theme statewide from the California Indian community is a
distain for a large tourist style museum that attempts to "interpret"
the diverse California cultures in one facility.  The Native people do
not want a museum that treats Indian culture like artifacts; dead and
extinct.  The State Parks Native American Task Force in 1977 envisioned
the, "… State Indian Museum would not be a single entity but would,
in a sense, constitute a hub of a wheel with at least six radiating
spokes [Regional Indian Museums] (State Parks, 1977: 6)."  The GGNRA can
become the "hub" of a new California Indian Museum cultural wheel.


The CILM is a way for the GGNRA to meet the stated needs of the
California Indian community, contribute directly to cultural
preservation and provide the park visitor with a unique view of
California Indian culture.  The CILM is a unique and fresh museum
approach, and will not conflict or duplicate the work presently being
done by California State Parks, but it would complement it.  Perhaps
through Civic Engagement, GGNRA and California State Parks could work
together with the California Indian community to create a comprehensive
California Indian Museum System.


The California Indian community has consistently advocated a "Regional
Indian Museum" approach.  The Regional Indian Museum approach makes the
institution more accessible and alive to the diverse California Indian
communities statewide.  The 1977 Native American Task Force recommended,



"Our current plan is to interpret Indian history throughout time with
major emphasis on the ethno historical period.  We are dealing with six
cultural areas and possibly subdivisions of these.  These cultural areas
are, specifically: the Northwestern cultural area, Northeastern cultural
area, Central Valley cultural area, Southern cultural area and the
Colorado River cultural area (State Parks, 1977: 1)."


There is no need for the NPS and the GGNRA to create any "Regional
Indian Museums," only organize the California Indian Tribal and
Community Museums into a consortium through Civic Engagement.  The
Tribal Museums in effect becomes the GGNRA's Regional Indian Museum
system.  Thirty years ago the Indian community was reliant upon the
State of California's resources to develop a new State Indian Museum.
At the present time the situation has reversed, many California Tribes
now have the resources to develop their own Tribal Museums.  A
consortium of California Tribal and Community museums would be the "real
grass-roots" California Indian Museum.


Crissy Field Site:


Located at the Northern tip of the South Bay, the Crissy Field site
would honor and highlight the Costanoan/Ohlone people.  This site would
build upon the outstanding work and foundation the Crissy Field staff
has already accomplished through Civic Engagement.  Since Crissy Field
already has on-going interpretive programs for the community, and has
public transportation access it would be ideal for the CILM's education
and outreach center.  Educational programs could be created that are
appropriate for the site.


Fort Baker Site:


Located at the Southern tip of the North Bay, the Fort Baker site would
honor and be dedicated to the Coastal Miwok people.  Civic Engagement
with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (who are federally
recognized) would be essential.  There are several recommendations for a
Fort Baker location.




1) Take over one of the Officer's Houses surrounding the Parade Grounds.
2) Take over some rooms in the Administration Building also on the
Parade Grounds.



3) If a new site needs to be built, there are two recommendations for
its footprint.




a) An area that is presently fenced off, in between the Discovery Museum
and the Coast Guard Station, and between the Parade Grounds and the
shoreline Parking Lot.




b) Another site could be on the footprint of a non-historical warehouse
building in between the Discovery Museum and the Administration
building, above the Parking Lot to the rear of the Jail House (across
the street from the Discovery Museum).


For the last 30 years the California Indian people, through California
State Parks, have consistently referred to a basic criteria that they
would like to see in a new cultural facility(ties).  One major point
being, the Regional Indian Museum approach.  The following points make
Fort Baker the best choice for the northern site of the CILM.


     * The California Indian community has consistently stated they would
like a new cultural facility near or on the water.  Fort Baker with
Horseshoe Cove would be ideal for aquatic educational programs and a
"Grand Vista."     * The museum should be located so there is access to
a naturalistic area for educational programs on how the California
Indians utilized their natural resources.  Fort Baker sits next to the
Marin Headlands, a perfect place for California Indian educational
programs.  The Marin Headlands would provide a more naturalistic
educational experience Crissy Field could not.     * Fort Baker was the
site of a former Coastal Miwok village, thus able to convey a sense of
continuity.     * The Fort Baker Parade Grounds would be ideal for
cultural special events.     * Park Partners: the new CILM would become
a member of the GGNRA Park Partners program and able to form working
partnerships with other members.  The CILM would not only have its own
educational programs, but also work with the Marin Headlands Institute
(and Crissy Field) to improve their programs and conduct mutual
programs.  The Bay Area Discovery Museum is always looking for ways to
form community partnerships to diversify their audience.  The Discovery
Museum has a new state-of-the-art auditorium and other educational
facilities that are rarely used that could be utilized by the CILM.
* If the CILM were based out of Fort Baker, Marin County, it would be
eligible for funding from the Marin Community Foundation and provide an
outside source of funding for educational programs and special events.


- Phase 1: Data Base Collection:


In order to successfully outreach to the American Indian community
through Civic Engagement, a data base of Tribal and Community Indian
Museums is needed.    The following progression is recommended:


     1. California Tribal Museums     2. California Indian Community
Museums     3. Tribal Museums Nationally     4. Community Indian Museums
Nationally     5. Tribal Museums in Canada     6. Community Indian
Museums in Canada     7. Tribal Museums in Latin America     8.
Community Indian Museums in Latin America


- Phase 2: Letters of Support from Tribal Governments and Tribal
Museums.


Through Civic Engagement GGNRA/NPS would go to tribal governments and
tribal museums to ask for their support of the Living Indian Museum
concept.  This can be done through Letters of Support.  This is how the
National Museum of the American Indian started, and it would be wise to
ask for their support and help as well.  After gaining enough support
within the Native communities for the Living Indian Museum system, then
we gather the interested parties for the next phase.


- Phase 3: Public Meetings.


It is recommended that public meetings within the Native communities be
set up to galvanize support for the Living Indian Museum concept.  The
intent of the public meetings is to form a support base leading to a
consortium of Tribal Museums and Community Indian Museums.  The public
meetings would first focus on California Indian communities, and then
Indian communities nationally.  Finally if possible a few selected
Indian communities in Canada & Latin America, to once again follow the
precedent established by the National Museum of the American Indian in
Washington D.C. After the public meetings, then Conferences would
bringing together the Native community and museum professionals to form
a Museum Consortium.


     * Phase 4: Conferences

The conferences would lay the basic groundwork for the consortium.  It
would be up to the consortium to determine a selection process for the
rotating exhibits, time periods, parameters, educational programs, and
determine locations for the new facilities.


     * Phase 5: Develop a General Plan.

Once Native community support is secured and a direction set by the
Museum Consortium, then a General Plan needs to be developed.  The
General Plan would set the basic precepts for the Living Indian Museum
System, locations of sites and other necessary logistics needed to
create the Living Indian Museum system at GGNRA.  The General Plan would
also be a guide for its development and maintenance.


- Phase 6: Development Plan.


With community support from Tribal Governments and Tribal Museums, with
a General Plan in hand then a Development Plan needs to be created.  The
Development Plan would set a course on fund raising, professional
support, and other logistics.  The last step is to implement the
Development Plan.


- Final Thoughts:


This proposal is the ideal, in terms of its development.  It would be
ideal if each spoke of the Living Indian Museum System (Alcatraz, Crissy
Field, Fort Baker) be developed at the same time, each with the
necessary resources and staff.  However, the beauty of this proposal and
a Regional Indian Museum approach is, they can work in tandem as well as
independently.  Each Museum spoke may have its own evolution.  One spoke
may have a faster building period, another may excel in community
outreach, while another in naturalistic interpretive programs.  Each
site in its own organic evolutionary development.


If the Civic Engagement efforts are successful, the California Indian
and general American Indian community will feel that this is "their
museum."  Per the basic precepts of Civic Engagement it is vital that
the Indian Community be full-fledged partners from the inception.


"Ishi looked upon us as sophisticated children, smart but not wise.  In
we know many things, but much of it is false.  But, he knew nature which
was always true."  A.L. Kroeber, describing Ishi's thoughts.




Bibliography





1977 Native American Task Force Recommendations, California Department
of Parks and Recreation.  Recommendations that resulted from an
Intertribal Conference at D.Q. University, submitted to the Director of
California State Parks, Herbert Rhodes.  January, 1977.


1991 California Indian Museum Study, California Department of Parks




and Recreation.  Commissioned by and submitted to the State Legislature
under Statues AB 1580, to study the feasibility of establishing a new
California Indian Museum.  October, 1991.


2003 Comments on the 1991 California Indian Study, California




Department of Parks and Recreation.  Special report by Dr. Bruce
Bernstein, Assistant Director of Cultural Resources National Museum of
the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.  January, 2003.





2003 Director Order 74A, National Parks Service.  Director Order on
Civic Engagement & Public Involvement.  Director Fran P. Mainellla,
November, 14, 2003.



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Trail to Livermore peak opposed by American Indians 07/30/2008
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American Indians are appealing to two park agencies to cancel plans for
a trail to the top of an East Bay landmark — Brushy Peak near
Livermore — because it's a sacred place to them.

The area around the domed-shaped 1,700-feet-tall peak covered by oak
trees has fascinated people for centuries. American Indians worshipped
and traded there. Bohemian Club members in the early 1900s organized
nature and bird-watching outings there. Cattle ranchers organized
wedding and social events there.

The owners — the East Bay Regional Park District and Livermore Area
Recreation and Park District — are preparing this summer to build a
footpath to the peak in the heart of the 2,000-acre Brushy Peak Regional
Park.

"Brushy Peak is one of the last undisturbed sacred sites in the Bay Area
that hasn't been developed with a road or trail," said Jakii Kehl, an
Ohlone from Stanislaus County. "Why disturb it? The park district has
nearly 100,000 acres of land. People can hike elsewhere."

Bushy Peak and Mount Diablo are integral to several American Indian
versions of creation stories. In these stories, the world is covered
with water except at one rocky high spot where a condor roosts and
begins a chain of events that leads to the creation of other animals and
humans.

Ohlone and Miwok Indians plan to explain their request to a regional
board committee meeting at 12:45 p.m. today at the park district
headquarters in Oakland.

A narrow footpath to the summit was approved by the East Bay Regional
Park Board in 2002 as part of the land-use plan for the Brushy Peak
Preserve, a $5 million joint project by the two park agencies



But it's taken years for the East Bay Park district to obtain permits
from federal wildlife regulators to build the summit trail — as well
as a loop trail at a lower elevation through the preserve.

Park officials were making plans to start construction when complaints
by American Indians persuaded the park board to revisit the trail plan.

For their part, East Bay and Livermore park district managers said they
believe the plan for a narrow path open only to people on foot — not
bikes or horses — would provide public access to a publicly owned
place, while showing respect to the Indians' reverence for the site.

Because the peak is such a prominent and steep place, curious people are
bound to go to the top, said Brian Wiese, the park district's chief of
planning and stewardship.

Park planners figured it is better to steer visitors onto a single
narrow trail, rather than try to ban access and have visitors cut
cross-country to create unauthorized paths to the summit, Wiese said.

The park district also agreed to put up trail signs saying "contemporary
Native peoples still regard Brushy Peak as a special place and prefer
that it not be visited."

Kehl dismissed the signs as inadequate.

"Mount Diablo is a sacred place, too, but it's already been damaged by a
road and building at the top," Kehl said. "We shouldn't damage Brushy
Peak." While the Livermore park district owns the actual top of Brushy
Peak, managers at both agencies agree any decision about the trail
should be a joint decision.



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supervisors were wise to strike an agreement with a local Indian tribe to limit
it to a single casino in Marin and Sonoma counties.

It is a practical measure designed to place some limits on one tribe's federal
right to build a casino in what U.S. officials have confirmed to be its
historical tribal territory.

Rather than risk federal authorities giving the tribe even broader rights, Marin
supervisors struck a deal with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. The
county agreed that it will not join a lawsuit challenging the tribe's right to
build a giant casino and hotel complex in Rohnert Park.

Local supervisors are worried, with some justification, that if the tribe fails
in its bid to open a casino in Rohnert Park, it might go shopping for a site in
Marin.

If the tribe can ignore local zoning restrictions, Marin has a lot of land that
could be on its shopping list.



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COMMUNITY FIRE/SMOKE MEETING TODAY 7-8P.M. AT THE CLEAN AIR FACILITY IN HOOPA
(Neighborhood Facilities).


Hoopa Public Health Threat 2008
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
8/5/2008 0930 hours

CLEAN AIR FACILITY OPEN WEEKDAYS FROM 10a.m.-3p.m. at the Neighborhood
Facilities.

SECOND CLEAN AIR FACILITY OPEN TODAY AT SENIOR NUTRITION IN HOOPA from
10:00a.m.-3:30p.m. Weekdays

As of 9:30a.m. 8/5/08 air quality is GOOD as classified on the Hoopa Tribe’s Air
Quality Action Plan, however smoke is moving in at the south end of the valley.
Expect MODERATE-POOR air quality conditions mid day today. The weather forecast
calls for a high of 91 degrees today and thunderstorms tonight.

Take precautions to relieve yourself and your family from the smoke. Use common
sense when participating in outdoor activity. Strenuous physical activity should
be limited during periods of heavy smoke. The following recommendations
currently apply:
   · Sensitive people with heart or lung disease, older adults, small children
and infants should remain indoors as much as possible.
   · If you have air conditioning and/or air filtration in your home and car, it
is recommended that you use it.
   · Avoid strenuous physical activity outdoors if you are experiencing
dizziness, burning eyes, persistent coughing or fatigue. During periods of heavy
smoke, avoid all outdoor activity.
   · Call your medical provider if you are experiencing symptoms of respiratory
illness.
   · If you don’t have an air filter and/or air conditioner, visit the Clear Air
Facility during open hours 10a.m.-3p.m. on weekdays.

On a clear day, take the opportunity to open your windows, air out your home,
vacuum and dust. Cleaning inside helps reduce the amount of particulate matter
in your home.

K’ima:w Medical Center’s hotline is staffed during business hours to answer
health related or air filter availability questions. The K’ima:w hotline number
is1 (530) 625~4261 x283. Air quality updates are available twice daily Monday
through Friday by email, hotline or posted on the large green information boards
at various locations in Hoopa. If you would like Hoopa Air Quality updates
emailed to you please email a brief request to hoopapio@.... For air
quality information call the Air Quality hotline at 1(530) 625~4211 x320 or
x321.

If you are experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness please contact your
medical provider or seek medical assistance. If you need to reach an afterhours
physician call Kimaw Medical Center directly, you will be directed by recorded
prompts. Serious risk of respiratory problems may require medical evaluation for
an air filter and will be decided on a case by case basis, depending on the
severity of your medical condition. If you are experiencing a medical emergency,
call 911.

The CLEAN Air Facility at the Neighborhood Facilities is open to the public from
10a.m.-3p.m. weekdays.

Food and water is not provided at the clean air facility, so please pack a lunch
and water depending on the duration of your visit to the facility. Please keep
in mind The Clean Air Facility is a public facility that requires participants
to be considerate and respectful of others. All minors are required to be
supervised by an adult while visiting the Clean Air Facility.

The Hoopa Tribe Office of Emergency Services cautions that wildfires will
continue to threaten air quality in the weeks to come. Smoke patterns fluctuate
based on weather and fire behavior. Please take the above precautions to protect
yourself.

Large informational boards are located at:
Hoopa Wildland Fire Department
Hoopa Tribal Police Department
Hoopa Valley Tribal Office
Kimaw Medical Center
U.S. Post Office-Hoopa
Other locations:
Tribal Departments
_________________________________
Rod Mendes, Incident Commander
_________________________________
Millie Grant, Incident Commander
_________________________________
Allie Hostler, Public Information Officer
1(707) 407~7390

FIRE AND SMOKE Public Health Threat 2008 Community Meeting
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
7:00pm ~ 8:00p.m.

Clean Air Facility/Neighborhood Facilities Building

Agenda:
7:00pm ~ 7:05pm
Opening Prayer:   Billy Carpenter, Sgt at Arms
7:05pm ~ 7:10pm
Welcoming: Lyle Marshall, Agency Administrator
7:10pm ~ 7:15pm
IMO Information:  Rod Mendes and Mike Hostler
7:15pm ~ 7:45pm
Fire Information:  Wildfire Personnel
· Area Command
· Six Rivers and Shasta Trinity
· Lime Complex
· Iron Complex
· Siskiyou/Ukonom/Blue 2/Panther/Bear Wallow Complexes
7:45pm ~ 8:00pm
Health Information:  K'ima:w Medical Staff

Allie Hostler, Hoopa Valley Tribe OES Public Information Officer
1(707) 407~7390

S.L. council considers cultural resource center

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SHASTA LAKE -- The City Council is scheduled to consider today
appropriating $1 million in state Community Development Block Grant
funds to construct a Native American cultural resource center.

The cultural resource center, which would benefit the Toyon Wintu Center
Inc., would house such programs as the California Indian Manpower
Consortium and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, program manager
Jessaca Lugo wrote in a report to City Manager Carol Martin. The
cultural center also would have a multipurpose meeting room and a Wintu
artifact display-museum.

The City Council also is being asked to approve a $100,000 acquisition
of two parcels fronting Meade and Locust streets for the cultural
center.

The council meets at 7 p.m. at John Beaudet Senior Community Center at
1525 Median Ave.



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Grandpa Ross passed away peacefully on August 2, 2008, at the age of 87. He was
born on October 15, 1920, in Temple, Texas. He was a resident of Eureka,
California. He was a U.S. Naval Veteran of World War II. He was recognized as a
50+ member of the Carpenter’s Union.

Sherwood Ross was born in Texas and joined the U.S. Navy when he was 18 years
old. He remained in the Navy until he was Honorably Discharged after 12+ years
of service. His service included being part of the crew of the USS Lexington
aircraft carrier that went down in the Battle of the Corral Sea in May 1942. It
was the first of six battles between opposing carriers in the Battle of the
Pacific. One of his proudest moments serving in the U.S. Navy was being invited
to be on the USS Missouri when General MacArthur accepted the formal surrender
of Japan in September 1945.

He worked for many years in San Francisco as a carpenter. He helped construct
many of the buildings that are part of the San Francisco skyline. When he wasn’t
working he was either fishing on his boat “Lana” on the San Francisco Bay or at
Kepel on the Yurok Reservation. When he retired, he and grandma moved to Kepel
full-time. He enjoyed working on the house, fishing, hunting, and working in his
garden. Weather and health issues made it necessary to reside in Hoopa, CA. Many
people may remember his red station wagon going back and forth on the bridge
with a long line of cars behind it. He later moved to Eureka to reside with his
granddaughter Allyson. His battle with Alzheimer’s made it necessary for him to
be under constant care which he received at the Granada Healthcare Facility.

Grandpa Ross is survived by his dog, Elvis; his step-daughter, Marilyn McCovey
and husband Allen; brothers-in-law, Ray Bewley and Ed Koch Sr.; sisters-in-law,
Brownie Koch, Jane Toeller and Ginger Ross; grandchildren, Lana McCovey, Kathy
“Kats” McCovey, Allyson McCovey, Rodney “Rowds” Robbins and wife Verla, John E.
“John-John” Robbins Jr., Ronnie Robbins and wife Phyllis, Richard Robbins
Theresia Erickson, Frank Erickson Jr. and wife Michelle, George “Punkin” Robbins
III and wife Margo, Lance “Tyke” Robbins and wife Minnie, Jeannette Robbins,
Maria Robbins, Faron Robbins, Erica Robbins, Lynette Hicks and husband Cory,
Valisha Dickey, Lydia “Oogy” Robbins, and Kepel Robbins; great grandchildren,
Theresia, Tannyce, Freedom, Sunshine, Patrick, Jade, Son Son, Merk, Chrissy,
Rena, Star, Grizzly, Merci, Dolly, Aurelia, Cecelia, Brennan, Mardi, Rocky,
Samantha, Julia, Brendan, Brett, Trace, Presley, Alex, Travis, Tristen,
Georgiana, Theresia, Lucas, Myriah, and Stormy.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Theresia; parents, Denver and
Clara Ross; brothers, Derwood, Joe and Jack Ross; sister, Audrey Bewley;
step-sons, Frank Erickson Sr., John E. “Rocky” Robbins Sr., and George “Dickie”
Robbins Jr.; and grandson, Robert “Robbie” Robbins.

Honorary bearers are Allen McCovey, Ed Koch Sr., Ed Koch Jr., Dicky Myers, Joe
Benzinelli, Long Gone McCovey, John Davis, Kenny Lucas, Axel Erickson, Merv
George Sr., Merv George Jr., Rowds Robbins, John Robbins Jr., Ronnie Robbins,
George Robbins III, Tyke Robbins, Faron Robbins, and Kepel Robbins.

A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday August 7, 2008, at the American
Legion Hall in Hoopa, CA, at 11:00 a.m. with a reception immediately following.
Interment will follow at the Kepel Family Cemetery at a later time.

The Family would like to give a special thank you to Granada Healthcare for
their special care and support.

Care is under the direction of Paul’s Chapel, 1070 H Street, Arcata, California.



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