The Ojibwe News (Bemidji, Minnesota), 1988-08-17

              STATE:
Ojibwe Language camp takes
students to the wilderness
page 2
FEATURE:
Oberholtzer: The man and
his islands
page 3
EDITORIAL:
What it means to be an Indian
Page 4
Ojibwe
News
"News by and for the Ojibwe Nation" copyright ojibweNews, 1988 THIRTY-FIVE CENTS
Founded at Bemidji, Minnesota in 1988 Volume 1   ISSUe 13 Wednesday, August 17, 1988  |
A Weekly Publication
Bemidji, Minnesota 56601
National
Puyallups will
vote on land
claims
settlement
Puyallup, Wash. (IPN)
- Puyallup tribe
members will vote Aug.
27 on the proposed
settlement of their land
claims to tidelands in
the Port of Tacoma area
and drop other land
claims throughout
Pierce County, said
tribal officials.
The total value of the
settlement is worth
about $111 million to the
tribe, and would give
the tribe about 900
acres of land.
Each adult member
would receive about
$20,000 while the
settlement wou Id
provide about $22
million for education,
health, housing, and
other benefits for the
tribe. Money would also
be allocated for economic development and
fish enhancement.
If the tribe decides to
reject the settlement,
the non^ Indian interests
said they would bring
the case to federal
court.
The Puyallup Tribal
Council mailed a letter
and a copy of the proposed settlement to
tribe members this
week.
"While we did not get
everything we wanted in
the negotiations, we
believe the proposed
settlement provides
significant opportunities
for both the tribe and
tribal members," the
letter said.
Remains
might    be
Native
American.
says
landowner
Gate City, Va. (IPN) -
A backhoe operation
digging ditches for a
mobile home sewer line
in Scott County, has
uncovered at least one
human skeleton and
what are believed to be
Indian artifacts, said
Russell Greear,
president of Adams and
Greear Enterprises.
Greear, who owns the
acreage, sai d the
sheriff's department was
alert to the find, which
included arrowheads,
large hand- carved
needles and an
engraved mask.
Once this happened
we stopped digging and
notified the Scott
County Sheriff's
Department as well as
the state archaeological
society," Greear said.
The county coroner
was also notified, said
Lt. Art Simpson of the
sheriffs department.
An archaeologist will
visit the site soon, but
in the meantime, in
order to keep grave
robbers away, the actual
location ot the burial
ground will not be
disclosed, said Simpson.
Wt-
Some scenes from the
First Annual Bemidji
International Indian Fair
and Trade Exposition
Top left: Miss Indian America Linda Kaye Lupe (left),
Pageant coordinator Elaine Johnson of Red Lake
(center), and Miss Indian Minnesota Anita Johnson of
Squaw Lake (right).
Bottom Left: Fred Rayman and Steve Lampman of
Ely won in both the Overall and the 71-80 Combined-
age classes in the Chief Bemidji Canoe Race.
Above: Dancers at the crowning of Miss Indian
Minnesota at M-100 on the campus of BSU.
Other details from the Indian fair have not been
compiled yet. The News will follow up on results from
other events as they information becomes available.
(Photos by Terri LaDuke)
Author on  Indian themes is
excluded from speakers catalogue
Omaha, Nebr. (IPN) -
The author of Forgotten
Founders: Benjamin
Franklin, the Iroquois, and
the Rationale for the
American Revolution, has
been excluded from the
Nebraska Council on Humanities' speaker catalogue because he stutters.
Johansen, a Communications professor at the
University of Nebraska,
said Jennifer Bauman, a
NCH representative,
notified him by letter that
he was excluded from the
catalog because of his
"handicap."
Bauman, according to
The Gateway, which
obtained a copy of the
letter, said Johansen's
topic, American Indian
Contributions to
Democracy is "interesting
and unique, but most
people agreed that your
delivery would detract too
much from groups'
understanding of your
material."
"The consensus, then, of
conference participants was
that the program would not
be requested by organizations they represented,"
Bauman said in the letter.
"If everyone has their
attitude, I'd be sitting on a
corner with a tin cup," said
Johansen. "People who
have that attitude would
come by and have pity on
me."
Johansen said he is angry
and insulted that tne
council has excluded him,
and their actions are
preventing him from accessing other people in the
state.
"I'm very, very surprised
by that backwards attitude," Johansen told^a
university newspaper. "I
have spoken all over the
country and have never had
such a reception because I
can't talk."
In Sept. 1987, Johansen
was on a panel of speakers
at a Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) conference
exploring the influences of
the Iroquois Confederacy
on early colonil politicians
and the thinking behind
the United States
Constitution. Johansen
drew a standing ovation
after his presentation at
the Cornell conference,
and the transcript of his
talk appears in Indian
Roots of Am eric an
Democracy, a magazine
special published by the
Northeast Indian
Quarterly at Cornell.
He has been invited to
participate in a symposium at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C, this fall.
Johansen, who is
working in Seattle, Wash.,
said he might take action
against the council when
he returns to Nebraska in
late August.
Johansen also wrote a
book entitled: Wasi'Chu:
The Continuing Indian
Wars. He has covered
Indian themes in several
periodicals.
Third Annual Conference
on Aging to be held
The Itasca county Coordinator of Aging Programs has announced the
Third Annual Conference
on Aging will be held on
Friday, Aug. 26, from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Myles
Reif Performing Arts
Center in Grand Rapids.
The Keynote Speaker
this year will be Dr. Earl
Grollman a world renowned
author on issues dealing
with aging, grief and loss.
In addition to Grollman a
number of workshops on
such subjects as medical
insurance, protecting
yourself against crime and
fraud, depression and the
elderly, and some lighter
workshops on such topics
as cooking for one or two,
selling your home, travel
options for seniors and a
great deal more.
The cost of the conference is $5 for seniors and
$10 for others. A limited
number of scholarships are
available. The fee includes
all conference materials,
lunch, coffee and rolls,
workshops and entertainment.
The Itasca County Con-
ference on Aging has
grown to be the largest
conference of its kind in
Minnesota and attracts
participants from all 6ver
northern Minnesota. The
conference is co-sponsored by the Itasca County
Committee on Aging, the
Itasca Hospice Project,
District 318 Community
Education, Itasca Community College, Bruce
Bauer Senior center and
the Koochiching-Itasca
Nutrition Project.
Pre-registrations are
required. For more information and registration
materials call David Sainio,
Itasca County Coordinator
of Aging at (218) 327-1161.
Earl Grollman will also
be speaking at the Davies
Hall Theater at ICC on
Thursday, Aug. 25 at 7:30
p.m. This presentation will
revolve around grief and
bereavement ... a community concern. This
session will be free to the
public.