www.freiepresse.de - 17.05.07
Radebeul (ddp-lsc). Moses Little Bear geht zum Rhythmus der Trommeln in die Knie. Auf seinem Kopf thront der Schädel eines großen amerikanischen Timberwolfes. Suchend schaut Moses umher. Die Glocken an seiner farbenträchtigen Kleidung rasseln, Lederfransen und bunte Bänder umflattern seinen tanzenden Körper. Die Mokassins sacken mit jedem Schritt etwas tiefer in den hellen Sand der sächsischen Neustädter Heide. Der 36-jährige Indianer vom Stamm der Cherokee führt zusammen mit Jeremy Red Deer und Jim Standing Bear einen spirituellen Wolfstanz auf. Die Männer aus Oklahoma sind Gäste der am Freitag beginnenden Karl-May-Festtage in Radebeul, wo sie noch einmal vor Publikum ihre Tänze vorstellen werden.
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Donnerstag, 17. Mai 2007
Finding Justice for Native Women
www.utne.com - 17.05.07
Native American women face pervasive sexual violence and little help from the laws meant to protect them
An Amnesty International report released late last month revealed a stockpile of shocking statistics about the pervasive sexual violence confronting Native American women. According to the report, "Maze of Injustice," more than one in three Native American women will be raped at some point in their lives. What's more, Native American women are nearly three times more likely to be victims of rape and sexual assault than white women in the United States.
Writing for the Progressive, Rita Pyrillis, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe, notes that, sadly, these statistics aren't even a full accounting of the number of victims. Confronted with a "chronically understaffed and underfunded justice and law enforcement system and its confusing jurisdictional lines," victims of sexual violence lack for both protection and advocacy. "Not surprisingly, most Indian women never report sexual assaults," Pyrillis writes. "When they do, they risk further pain and humiliation only to watch the perpetrator usually go free."
Native American remains reburied in Black Hills
www.siouxcityjournal.com - 17.05.07
CUSTER, S.D. (AP) -- The bones of at least four Native Americans that have been in the hands of museums and collectors for decades were buried Monday in the Black Hills National Forest.
The remains were re-interred under provisions of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act at a spot chosen years ago by Lakota holy man Frank Fools Crow.
"We think they should no longer be moved around the country and exploited," said Donovin Sprague, of First Nations Heritage Association.
The mission of First Nations Heritage is to promote educational and cultural events that promote American Indian interests. This is the first repatriation of Indian remains to the sacred Black Hills that his nonprofit organization has handled, but Sprague said there are grave sites throughout the area.
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CUSTER, S.D. (AP) -- The bones of at least four Native Americans that have been in the hands of museums and collectors for decades were buried Monday in the Black Hills National Forest.
The remains were re-interred under provisions of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act at a spot chosen years ago by Lakota holy man Frank Fools Crow.
"We think they should no longer be moved around the country and exploited," said Donovin Sprague, of First Nations Heritage Association.
The mission of First Nations Heritage is to promote educational and cultural events that promote American Indian interests. This is the first repatriation of Indian remains to the sacred Black Hills that his nonprofit organization has handled, but Sprague said there are grave sites throughout the area.
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Indian farmers say they faced discrimination
www.greatfallstribune.com - 17.05.07
FORT BELKNAP — More than a dozen Native American farmers and ranchers testified Wednesday at a Fort Belknap tribal council hearing that they have faced discrimination from government loan and farm programs.
"It's been a long, hard road," said Ken "Gus" Helgeson.
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