Manataka American Indian
Council Volume XIII Issue 02 February 2009
LEGENDS OF OLD:
Emergence
to the Fifth World
Hopi Prophesy and Legend
"The end of all Hopi ceremonialism will come when a Kachina removes his mask
during a dance in the plaza before uninitiated children. For a while there
will be no more ceremonies, no more faith. Then Oraibi will be rejuvenated with
its faith and ceremonies, marking the start of a new cycle of Hopi life.
"World War III will be started by those peoples who first revealed the light
(the divine wisdom or intelligence) in the other old countries (India, China,
Islamic Nations, Africa). The United States will be destroyed, land and people,
by atomic bombs and radioactivity. Only the Hopis and their homeland will be
preserved as an oasis to which refugees will flee. Bomb shelters are a
fallacy. "It is only materialistic people who seek to make shelters. Those who
are at peace in their hearts already are in the great shelter of life. There is
no shelter for evil. Those who take no part in the making of world division by
ideology are ready to resume life in another world, be they Black, White, Red,
or Yellow race. They are all one, brothers.
"The war will be 'a spiritual conflict with material matters. Material matters
will be destroyed by spiritual beings who will remain to create one world and
one nation under one power, that of the Creator.'
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FEATURE STORY
Census
2010
WHY
THE 2010 CENSUS IS IMPORTANT TO ALL AMERICAN INDIANS
Should I Identify
as Native American in the 2010 Census?
It is absolutely critical that all
“non-enrolled” Native Americans, and those people that can
prove lineal descent from a Native American ancestor,
self-identify as “Native American in Combination with One or
More Races” when completing their 2010 Census
questionnaires! Get the message out – pass this along to
your family members and other Indian friends.
Results of the 2000 Census
For the
first time ever, the 2000 Census measured “Native Americans
in Combination with One or More Races,” That number totaled
4,119,301. The number of Americans that reported themselves
“Native Alone” was 2,475,956 (these are considered
predominantly enrolled members of a federally recognized
tribe. The difference between these two numbers equals
1,643,345. This
is significant because this 1,643,345 represents the number
of persons that self-identified as “mixed-blood”
It must be
pointed out that the 2000 Census was “flawed” - in that it
did not provide a method to distinguish what percentage of
the 1,643,345 were enrolled members of a federally
recognized Indian tribe that chose to identify using this
category only. However, it is generally accepted that the
vast majority of these (perhaps exceeding 90%) are
“non-enrolled” members of a federally recognized Indian
tribe.
Many of them
are likely to be direct lineal descendents of an “enrolled”
member that do not qualify under tribal membership policies
that impose a “Content of Degree of Indian Blood” (CDIB)
requirement, yet they feel strongly tied to their Indian
ancestral heritage. (Example: The great-grandchildren of a
‘full-blood’ Indian will not meet a 25% CDIB).
The 2010
Census will correct this flaw to obtain accurate measures.
This is due to the importance these numbers have related to
funding formulas directly linked to the federally recognized
tribes.
Reasons for Self-Identifying
as Mixed Blood Indian in 2010
There are
several reasons why “non-enrolled” Native Americans, and
those people that can prove lineal descent from a Native
American ancestor, should self-identify as Mixed Blood
Indians:
The 2010 Census can accurately
enumerate the number of mixed blood Indians in
America that still feel strongly linked to their
Native American ancestry.
It can be used as an indicator
that identifies “unmet need” for the Native American
population that is “not served” or “underserved.”
How will this benefit Mixed
Blood Indians in the United States?
The Census
is the single most important event in America that drives
all Federal “Formula” and “Need-Based” funding decisions
for the next 10-year period. Mixed bloods must not
miss this opportunity to document the need! Various
American Indian organizations will use these Census 2010
figures over the next 10 years to apply for charitable
services and grant programs to meet the needs of
non-enrolled Mixed blood Indians. While most federal dollars
are earmarked only for use by ‘federally recognized’ tribes
– there remains millions of dollars that are “set-aside” to
serve Native American Indians that live off reservations.
These funding opportunities are made available to
“organizations that serve Native Americans.”
Housing, housing assistance, and homeless programs.
Education and education assistance projects.
Economic
assistance and employment assistance programs.
Scholarly cultural and heritage research about the Metis
Nation.
Health
and wellness, substance abuse, and social justice
funding.
Financial literacy,
entrepreneurship, and business financing loans.
IT ALL BEGINS WITH THE
2010 CENSUS
Identify as Native
American in Combination with One or More Races
Get the word out
quickly – pass this website link along
SOUNDS OF MANATAKA
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR...
Manataka receives dozens of letters each week. Space does not allow us to
publish all letters but we make a concerted effort to print letters that are representative of a majority. Let us know if there is a
topic you feel needs to be addressed.
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Where did my America go?
Dear
Manataka,
Remember when this economic crisis hit, and Congress
let Bear Sterns go under and pushed a bunch of forced marriages
between banks, etc.?
Then they bailed out AIG. At
the time, I thought: "That's strange.
What does an insurance company have to do with this crisis?"
I think I
just found
the answer.
Among other things, AIG insures the pension trust of the
United State Congress!
No
wonder they got bailed out right away!
No wonder they got
bailed out right away!
To hell with the people, let's protect
our future, said all our Senators and Congressmen.
Nice to see where their
loyalties lie!
"I'm from the
government and I'm here to help you!"
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Support for Black Mesa Sacred
Ground
Dear
Manataka Friends,
I know I said this already, but I'll say it again.
Thank you for posting that Black Mesa Indigenous Support
link. Very important link.
I hope other readers see it also ... I hope they go to the
site. It has information even for those of us who live
nowhere near the direct action sites, or are unable to
travel - useful stuff all around. Very informative for
cultural background and history also.
~ Kim Summermoon
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Yeah, a political apology
Hi Manataka,
Several days ago, a
majority of the US House of
Representatives approved a resolution
apologizing for slavery. The Senate has
not yet moved on such a measure, and
probably has no intention to do so.
That it comes today, some
143 years after slavery was prohibited
in the Constitution (notice I said
'prohibited', and not stopped, for
historians and scholars have uncovered
that the trade continued long
thereafter, as an underground one, kind
of like drugs today), gives us some idea
of how deeply slavery still resides in
American consciousness, and how empty
such an apology is in light of all that
has intervened in the century and a half
since the cessation of the Civil War.
It's like robbing
someone, growing fat and rich on stolen
wealth, and then passing that person on
the street, who is now homeless,
destitute and starving -- and tossing
him a nickel. (Except, of course, in the
case of the US House resolution, there
isn't even a nickel!).
As the great Black
historian, J. A. Rogers taught us
(especially in his Africa's Gift to
America {1961} ) the wealth of
America was founded on African slavery.
One need look no further than the
brilliant young W.E.B. DuBois, who
published his doctoral thesis, The
Suppression of the African Slave Trade
to the United States of America:
1638-1870 (1896). For, citing
contemporary sources, DuBois quoted the
following: "The number of persons
engaged in the slave - trade, and the
amount of capital embarked on it, exceed
our powers of calculation. The city of
New York has been until of late {1862}
the principal port of the world for this
infamous trade..." [p. 179].
Centuries of slavery, the
intentional destruction of families,
tribes, and nations; ripping people
asunder from their religions, their
clans, their spouses, children, lands
and all that they knew and loved -- for
centuries -- to build and enrich a
nation of strangers -- who enforced
the practices of slavery for a hundred
years after it's supposed abolition;
only to consign the grandchildren of
these people to the bitter half-lives of
sub-par education, poor housing, second
rate health care, under/employment, the
cruelties of mass incarceration and a
cynical judicial and political system
that endlessly engages in white
supremacy (without the labels)....
Yeah, a political apology should just
about cover that.
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Humanity awaits your courage
Manataka Editor and
Beloved Friends,
In every moment and
with each breath we take we have choice. We can witness the
beauty, grandness and perfection that always surround us, or we
can identify with a perception that somehow things are not as
they should be. Either way, we get to make the distinction
personally. Such is the amazing power each of us wields.
When we choose from
our heart and with loving, self conscious awareness of the
oneness that connects us all, we fashion reality to its greatest
heights. And when we forget this loving connection to ourselves
and with each other, we filter and react to our world with
anger, hatred, greed and contempt. Each is ultimately just a
perspective of a greater whole and merely represents a momentary
reflection of how we see ourselves.
Through the simple
recognition that our thoughts and feelings are the key to what
we choose, we instantly connect with our potential. When we are
present in the moment, our spiritual, mental, emotional and
physical aspects converge together into a single consciousness,
and when we align our awareness with our innate wisdom and
combine it with our deepest love, we are powerful beyond
measure. This triune activity of love, wisdom and power, held
in perfect balance, is what we have come here to express at this
time on our wondrous planet – it is unconditional love in
action.
Never before have so
many people simultaneously awakened to realize and remember not
only their heritage… but also their destiny. We are at a
crossroads of reality and before us we have the opportunity to
restore our own connection to the divine nature within; the
boundless love that flows from our heart.
Against the
present backdrop of a reality
that appears to be in conflict and chaos, each of us can choose
to see beyond the limitation and activate the splendor of love
that connects us all. It is our collective moment to accept and
be the expression of this love through its many qualities,
and to joyfully come from our
heart in each moment.
Humanity awaits your
courage to be the first to forgive, the first to embody peace,
and the first to reveal the potential of love in all things.
With dignity, integrity and
strength beyond measure, walk this year as if life itself
depended upon your love and the divine in 2009 will become a
reality for all.
Love, light and
peace,
Harold W. Becker
President and
Founder
The Love Foundation,
Inc.
“Inspiring People
to Love Unconditionally”
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2012 and Beyond...?
Hi Manataka,
2012: I would be grateful if the
elders could speak upon this subject. I hear more
every day about this year and would like to hear
their hearts. Peace be with you. ~Laura (Old
tree of the Earth, New Beginning) Wolfersperger
Thank
you for your request regarding 2012. We will make a
concerted effort to write a full response in the
coming weeks after we consult with our Mayan
brothers and sisters. We have been receiving
an increasing number of requests on this subject.
We have
refrained from giving comment on the issue because
of the large amount of conjecture found in literally
thousands of online articles, books, magazines and
now a movie. It is not our desire to add to the
confusion.
The
'Time of No Time' is certain to bring about a major
change. The Earth Mother has endured at least three
such events, maybe four or five -- there is
much geological and astrological evidence that
points to this. We humans are evidence that we
survived the last 'shift'.
~Editor
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Burning the Papal Bull
 Dear Manataka,
Aloha kakou, In eleven years of holding this event (Burning
of the Papal Bull of 1493) this was the first time the
police were summoned. Irate Walmart security guards totally
overreacted to peaceful demonstration, and then called the
police even though we were on a public sidewalk. Ironically
a Walmart guard then physically struck the camera of a
cameraman filming him, just as the police arrived! He was
reported and then separated from us. ~Tony Castanha
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National Park Visit Not A Good Experience
Dear Editor:
My family visited Hot Springs National Park last
summer. We had a wonderful time seeing the sights, dining out
and visiting townsfolk. Then, we made the mistake of going to
the National Park Visitors Center. There was a short,
dark-haired loud-mouth Park Ranger abusing two other people in
uniform behind the counter. The ugliness that came out of her
mouth was racist and egotistical babbler to a point that my wife and
mother walked outside before taking the tour. Later we found
out the loud mouth was Jose Fernandez, Superintendent of Hot Springs
National Park. Can you believe it!
We walked across the street and ate a very good meal
and the waitress told us that Fernandez regularly publicly berates
employees and is know to spout racist remarks about American Indians
and Blacks. Other people up and down Bathhouse Row had nothing
nice to say about this person. Naturally, we will avoid the
National Park in the future.
We did not learn about the abuse Manataka suffers at
the hand of Fernandez until this past month when surfing the
internet. I am appalled that the government allows this women
to continue to be in her position. I feel sorry for you.
~John Jacobs, Jr.
Dear John,
Do not worry about us. We know how
to avoid and ignore. People with war-like attitudes have much
to learn. We are patient. We hope you contact us during
your next visit so we can show you the happiness of the real Hot
Springs - Manataka.
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Alert of the Month:
Over the past month, the Organic
Consumers Association (OCA) has been
alerting our nationwide network about
Obama's proposed appointment of Monsanto
ally and former Iowa Governor Tom
Vilsack to the position of Secretary of
Agriculture. Far from representing the
"Change" which Obama has promised,
Vilsack has a disappointing record of
promoting controversial genetically
engineered foods, biopharm crops, and
animal cloning, as well as cheerleading
for unsustainable biofuels derived from
corn and soybeans. In addition Vilsack
has come under fire for aiding and
abetting chemical and energy-intensive
industrial agriculture, including Iowa's
infamous Concentrated Animal Feeding
Operations (CAFOs).
Thanks to all of you who have taken part
in OCA's "Stop Vilsack" campaign. So
far, we have collected over 80,000
online petition signatures, generating
coverage from major media outlets and
websites including the New York Times,
Washington Post, National Public Radio,
Pacifica Radio, Air America, Democracy
Now, Common Dreams, Counterpunch, The
Nation, and Huffington Post, as well as
a number of major daily newspapers.
Similar petitions circulated on the
internet by OCA's allies, including
fooddemocracynow.org, Pesticide
Action Network, and the Center for Food
Safety have generated an additional
60,000+ supporters, making Vilsack
perhaps the most controversial and
unpopular Obama cabinet appointment.
OCA's petition is being delivered to
Obama's Transition Team, as well as
Congress.
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Study of the Month:
Although genetically modified (GM) corn
is banned in most of the world, it has
been approved as "safe" for human
consumption in the U.S. for 12 years and
is now likely unknowingly consumed, in
one form or another, by more than 90% of
Americans on a regular basis. But a
recent series of peer-reviewed studies
were published in 2008 confirming
previous studies indicating potentially
severe health and environmental problems
associated with the biotech crops.
Recent alarming scientific research
includes:
1) A new long term study by the Austrian
government confirms previous findings
that consumption of GM corn, for as
little as 20 weeks, can damage the
reproductive system, lower fertility
rates and increase illness and death
rates in offspring.
2) Researchers in Mexico reported in
December that some popular varieties of
GM corn negatively affect the learning
response of bees. Scientists say this
may be an indicator of the cause of
Colony Collapse Disorder, a recent
catastrophic and mysterious die-off of
as much as 30% of the world's honey bee
population in the past couple of years.
3) In Italy, scientists published a
study that put the biotech industry in a
public relations tailspin. In the study,
laboratory tests showed a direct
connection between consumption of GM
corn and a damaged immune system.
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Consumer Tip of the Month:
How to Avoid Genetically Modified Food
Ingredients
In the U.S., food products that contain
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) do
not have to be labeled as such. This is
a big problem, considering more than 90%
of surveyed consumers say they would
avoid products with these ingredients
and since most packaged foods on grocery
store shelves already contain hidden
GMOs. Although Obama stated publicly in
his campaign that he supports mandatory
labeling for genetically engineered
foods, OCA believes we will have to keep
the pressure on if he is to fulfill this
promise. In the meantime, here are some
quick tips to help you avoid GMO
ingredients and "Frankenfoods."
1) Look for products that voluntarily
label themselves as GMO or GE-free.
2) Buy Organic: Products certified as
"Organic" are not allowed to contain
genetically modified ingredients.
3) Avoid non-organic products that
contain the most common genetically
engineered ingredients: corn (corn
syrup, corn meal, corn oil, etc.),
fructose, dextrose, glucose, modified
food starch, ingredients including the
word "soy" (soy flour, soy lecithin,
etc.), vegetable oil, vegetable protein,
canola oil (also called rapeseed oil),
cottonseed oil, and sugar from sugar
beets.
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ELDER'S MEDITATION
"Life is like
a path...and we all have to walk the path... As we walk...we'll find experiences
like little scraps of paper in front of us along the way. We must pick up those
pieces of scrap paper and put them in our pocket... Then, one day, we will have
enough scraps of papers to put together and see what they say... Read the
information and take it to heart." --Uncle Frank Davis (quoting
his mother), Pawnee
The Creator
designed us to learn by trial and error. The path of life we walk is very wide.
Everything on the path is sacred - what we do right is sacred - but our mistakes
are also sacred. This is the Creator's way of teaching spiritual people. To
criticize ourselves when we make mistakes is not part of the spiritual path. To
criticize mistakes is not the Indian way. To learn from our mistakes is the
Indian way. The definition of a spiritual person is someone who makes 30-50
mistakes each day and talks to the Creator after each one to see what to do next
time. This is the way of the Warrior.
Today let me
see my mistakes as a positive process.
Let me learn
the aha's of life...
Awaken my
awareness so I can see the great learning that You,
my Creator,
have designed for my life.
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Medicine for the People
By Jim
McDonald,
http://www.herbcraft.org/index.htm
POISON IVY
Long, long ago, when the two-leggeds
first rose up from the Earth, they were stricken with
awe by the beauty of the Creation that gave birth to
them. Everywhere they went, they looked at, smelled,
touched, and listened to all that surrounded them; the
trees, plants, insects, birds and animals with which
they shared their home on this Earth. To travel only a
short distance often took much time, for there was so
much beauty to be experienced between here and
there. It was in this time that the two-leggeds mapped
the travel of the stars in the heavens, listened to the
spirits of animals and learned the medicines of the
plants that grew upon the Earth.
And for ages, harmony existed betwixt
humankind and Nature.
But as time passed, the two-leggeds
became ever more involved with their own deeds and
thoughts, and less did they delve into field and forest
to learn from their Elders, the plants and animals that
dwelt there. Now, when they would walk from this place
to that, they would without notice tread upon the
delicate flowers and small creatures that once they
marvelled at. They would hunt and kill without offering
thanks or expressing their gratitude, and they seemed to
see the Earth only as theirs to be used for shortsighted
ends.
So it was that the plants that grew
upon the Earth called council with the Creator, deep in
the Center of the Earth where all roots meet. And they
asked the Creator what should be done about the youngest
of the Earth's children, who now walked without respect
upon the Earth's belly, who took of them without asking
and without listening, and who now seemed to think
nothing of their place upon the Earth. The Creator said
to the plants that in the morning they would know of the
decision to be made.
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FLUORIDE WATCH...
Tennessee:
Lawmaker campaigns against fluoride bill
By: Pam Sohn, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Tennessee Rep. Joey Hensley,
R-Hohenwald, wants all water systems in Tennessee to stop adding
fluoride to water.
“It has too many side effects, and the
benefits are not there to warrant giving mass drugs to the population
whether they need it or not,” said Rep. Hensley, who also is a family
practice physician.
A national debate about fluoride in water
began spilling into Tennessee when Rep. Hensley sent a letter in 2006 to
every water utility in the state, telling them there is no state
requirement to add the chemical to water and he didn’t think they
should.
“There were a few that used my letter to
stop,” he said. “It’s not state law, and it’s not required.”
Since Jan. 1, 2006, 31 state utilities have
dropped fluoride, according to the Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation. The agency writes fluoride guidelines into water
treatment permits for utilities that choose to use fluoridation.
TDEC spokeswoman Tisha Calabrese-Benton said
296 of the state’s 490 community water systems are fluoridated. She said
systems must monitor their treated water to measure the amount of
fluoride.
Many of the systems that dropped fluoridation
did so because of “problems with fluoride chemical availability, quality
control issues with imported fluoride powder ... and the escalating cost
of liquid fluoride chemical,” she said.
Fluoride — a byproduct of fertilizer
manufacture — has been added to water systems all over the nation for
about 40 years to prevent tooth decay. It has been hailed by the Centers
for Disease Control as one of the greatest breakthroughs in public
health.
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FUNNY
BONES
No offense intended for any individuals or tribes.
Happy 100th Birthday Grandma
The family wheeled their Paiute Grandma out on the lawn, in her wheelchair,
where the activities for her 100th birthday were taking place. Grandma couldn't
speak very well, but she could write notes when she needed to communicate. After
a short time out on the lawn, Grandma started leaning off to the right, so some
family members grabbed her, straightened her up, and stuffed pillows on her
right.
A short time later, she started leaning off to her left, so again the family
grabbed her and stuffed pillows on her left. Soon she started leaning forward,
so the family members again grabbed her, then tied a pillowcase around her waist
to hold her up.
A nephew who arrived late came running up to Grandma and said, "Hi Grandma,
you're looking good! How are they treating you?"
Grandma took out her little notepad and slowly wrote a note to the nephew, "They
won't let me fart."
ANIMAL
RIGHTS... AND WRONGS
The North American Red Wolf
Although
it has been suggested that the red wolf (Canis rufus) originated as
a fertile cross between gray wolves and coyotes, the red wolf may
have existed in North America before both the gray wolf and the
coyote. Fossils up to 750,000 years old indicate that the red wolf
may be a close relative to a primitive ancestor of the North
American canids.
The red wolf is similar to but smaller than the gray
wolf and is intermediate in many characteristics between gray wolves
and coyotes. It often interbreeds with the coyote, and because of
this, it is believed that the red wolf may eventually become
exstinct by hybridization, rather than by man. It ranges in size
from 15" to 16" shoulder height, 55-65" in length, and can weigh
anywhere from 40 to 90 pounds. Its colors range from cinnamon red to
almost black, with tan markings above the eyes. It feeds mainly on
birds, rabbits, and other small rodents, but will also hunt deer and
other large prey if available.
 The
red wolf's historic range covered the southeastern portion of the
United States, reaching as far west as Texas and north to Illinois.
Their preferred habitat was warm, moist, and densely vegetated,
although they were also present in pine forests, bottom land
hardwood forests, coastal prairies, and marshes.Destruction of
forests and coastal marsh habitat, as well as widespread persecution
and predator control activities, brought them close to extinction.
All of this in addition to hybridization. In 1980, they were
declared biologically extinct in the wild. In the wild, red wolves
normally establish life-long mates, and their packs usually consist
of an adult pair and the young. They reach breeding maturity in
their second or third year. Breeding seasons can vary from March to
May. Den sites include stream banks, enlarged burrows of other
animals, hollow trees, and sandy knolls in coastal areas.
The Native Herb and
Wildlife Center of Mena, Arkansas is the only group of wildlife
experts known to be pure-breeding the North American Red Wolf.
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SACRED SITES:
By Carol Berry, Indian Country Today
correspondent, January 13, 2009
 BOULDER,
Colo. – “What makes a sacred site sacred?” was the question posed to
visiting scholars from South America and the U.S. in a workshop at
Native American Rights Fund in Boulder.
The answers came from a number of participants in the event, which was
part of a study of lands in the post-colonial North American West
conducted Dec. 5 by colleges of law at the University of Denver and
Georgia State University, and by nonprofit Latina & Latino Critical
Legal Theory, Inc.
But none of the answers were definitive. The consensus was that sacred
sites in North America were defined by the indigenous peoples living
where they were located, and were often locations where vision quests or
similar rituals were held, traditional healing or ceremonial plants were
gathered, or certain other events had occurred.
“Sacred places are hard to generalize,” said Steve Moore, a NARF senior
staff attorney who has worked for many years on the protection of sacred
places. “It’s the land that speaks to the people and the power of the
place speaks to the people.”
He told participants about Valmont Butte, a volcanic formation that juts
upward from the plains east of Boulder to face the Rocky Mountains to
the west.
Cheyenne and Arapaho people had large encampments there in the 1800s,
and the butte was also familiar to Ute, Lakota, and other Native
nations. During tribal consultation, the Valmont Butte Heritage Alliance
was told the butte “has always been considered a sacred place, a place
of prayer, contemplation and reverence for all life that surround it,
and all that it provides for the people.” Until recently, sweat lodge
ceremonies were held there.
But sacred sites are part of a history of dispossession that may come to
increasingly include places in South America, as well as those found
today in North America.
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