OUR 23
RD
YEAR
MULTICULTURAL NEWS FROM AN AMERICAN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE
NOVEMBER 2009
Sycuan Feathers Nest of the Soaring Eagles
Danny Tucker presents the Soaring Eagles with a check for
$25.000. This demonstration of economic independence is an edu-
cation in wealth sharing and self sufficiency. This important lesson
can be the necessary catalyst to assure a healthy economic future.
Elsie Meeks, Lakota says it best. “Make no mistake about it, wait-
ing for treaties to be upheld will not move us down the road to self
sufficiency. Treaties should be upheld, but we have to begin this
process of self sufficiency and wealth building ourselves. Sovereign,
independent nations cannot be built unless we have economically
sovereign people. At the end of the day, it should be the job of our
tribal leaders to provide the opportunities and a nurturing environ-
ment so that people can come to believe the message of hope. We
have “sold “poverty for far too long. Let’s begin selling opportunity.”
Elsie Meeks is the former director of First Nations Oweesta
Corporation in Rapid City, S.D. She now works for the the USDA
Rural Development Program.
This statement is from her article Creating a Positive Change Has
to Begin With Ourselves, from Tim Giago’s newspaper Native Sun
News, Vol 1, Issue 28.
This magnanimous financial gesture on the part of Sycuan is
publically affirming the Kumeyaay Nation’s insistence on excellence
in educating and supporting the community.
Soaring Eagles supporters and advisor, Chuck Cadotte, Carla Tourville, Randy Edmonds, Danny Tucker, Vickie Gambala,
accept $25,000 check from Danny Tucker on behalf of the Sycuan Kumeyaay Nation.
The smiling faces in the photo reflect the community’s gratitude.
In this issue...
1 Sycuan Feathers Soaring Eagles
IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas
Nest
2 Mount Olive Baptist Church
The Smithsonian National ancestry. Notable figures in U.S.
3 Donoma Energy
Museum of the American Indian history such Crispus Attucks,
4 Albert Bianez Passes On
(NMAI) has launched the open-
Paul Cuffee, and Langston
ing of IndiVisible: African-Native
5 Scairy Season and Soaring Eagles
Hughes all had American Indian
American Lives in the Americas. A
ancestry. Yet when most people
6 Amerind
collaborative effort between the
think of these individuals, they
7 Congo Square Project
NMAI, the National Museum of
do so as African American.
8-9 Community Photos: African American History and
Understanding why and how his-
Kumeyaay Ipay Interpretive
Culture (NMAAHC) and the
tory and society have ascribed
Center Concert - U.S. Census
Smithsonian Institution Traveling
such individuals an identity as
10 Queen YoNasDa Exhibition Services (SITES), the
“Black” or “African American”
11 Arvol Looking Horse re:
exhibition uncovers and engages
while at the same time ignoring
Sweat Lodge Deaths
the often hidden, but shared his-
their American Indian ancestry is
12 Algae Fuel
tories and lived realities of people
13 Denise Johanson Praises
who share African American and
the primary goal of Indivisible.
Walk of the Warrior
Native American heritage and
By focusing on the dynamics of
ancestry.
race, community, culture and cre-
14 Las Vegas UpTown View
For centuries, African
ativity, Indivisible seeks to uncov-
15 Jeorme Horton Sworn In
American and Native people have
er an important aspect of our his-
Board of Equalization
come together, shared cultural
tory and heritage as Americans
Frybread by Saynday
traditions and practices, united in
and our common desire of being
16 Moapa Paiute Travel Plaza
common struggle, and forged
and belonging to family, commu-
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relationships throughout the
nity, and nation. We hope that
Americas. At the same time, they
this production will facilitate dis-
Since the early days of U.S. history, Native Americans and
were divided by racial prejudice, cussion around the complex and
African Americans have been linked by fate, by choice, and by
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laws, and twists of history that sometimes challenging issues
blood. Terrible and remarkable things have passed over and
COVERAGE INSIDE
between our communities, as well as the communities we
denied their shared heritage and raised in the exhibit. have created together.
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