equay - 11/30/00 01:18:27
My Email:kenosha,wi.
Tribe/Org: Menominee

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i,m sad...our elders don,t speak up,at pow-wows...or much anywhere else for that matter. I need them to remind us all that we are dieing, thatwe need to remember,teachus & for us to teach.When someone comes to them, talk with them. When we have dreams, if they come true, when there is witnesses to these dreams, to help people learn what it means, to tell them what to do.for our women to stand by our mens sides, for our men to stand by our womens sides in all ways! To remember that befor the white man, we had no jails; no murder,rape,sexual abuse,cheating,lieing,theft and so on. We were a people so great, there was an understanding about respect, thoughtfullness, just everything. The spirits still talk to us, we just don't listen, or don't understand. The spirits have much to say, but who seems to care anylonger, or for that matter takes it seriously. I know when i go to the other side to meet all my relations, I can say that i tried... that only a couple wanted to help,that not many cared.So many will stand & say their indian, but only few will take their place.There is no reason for us to be the way we are any longer, we know how to fight, we could do it, we only need to speak from our hearts & minds, our actions will do great! If you were raped,you would not rape, it's wrong, and you'd know that, so why do we beat,lie,cheat,steal,drink...you hated your family doing it,why would you put others through it? That is all i have to say for now. Please take it to heart, discuss it over with others...

Wade & Theresa Swiftbird - 11/30/00 00:51:18
My Email:spiritofthebuffolo@yahoo.com
Tribe/Org: W.Lakota/T.Menominee

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Hau,Kola/Posoh First time vistor.

Gary Butia - 11/02/00 01:30:56
My Email:GBUTIA@webtv.net
Tribe/Org: Tallige Cherokee

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I feel that it's important to protect these sights. We owe it to the ancestors to fight for their right to rest in peace. Because of them we are able to enjoy Earth Mother.

Melva Bigger - 10/13/00 21:24:29
My Email:www.Melva.Tebby Tears@com
Tribe/Org: Cherokee

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Im writing to say I am very happy to be able to discuss important issues about our heritage because we go through so many things becuase of who we are. I am half Indian and half African for a long time I didn't really know where I belonged. except that. I think it's really important to know who you ar as a person and your history.

charl - 09/24/00 10:51:25
My Email:hatem2000_sh
Tribe/Org: love

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Rain Escarcega - 09/21/00 17:46:58
My Email:raindrop142@excite.com
Tribe/Org: Sioux

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Yes I thnik this is really exciting the way you put this website up and i enjoy looking around here and reading the new stuff you have here.

Cherilyn J. Holter - 08/28/00 20:03:52
My Email:epajada@yahoo.com
Tribe/Org: Haida Nation Hydaburg Ak.

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I would love to see us as Native people try to dig up George Washington or any of these peoples ancestors to study them. How far do you think that would fly?

fkr - 08/18/00 12:33:43
Tribe/Org: arikara

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i believe that over a century these people had lied and still are doesn't matter to them as long as they can still do it sure call big stupid fuckup indians we try to make things going but when ?

Randy Thomas - 05/24/00 09:14:34
My Email:Dogsoldier@alltel.net
Tribe/Org: Santee Sioux

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My concerns are over the fact that the University of Nebraska in Lincoln has gotten away with all the remains that we have discovered over the last 2 years. They knew what the law was and is yet took no action to correct the wrong of the person(s) involv d.

sam hay - 05/23/00 04:06:18
My Email:cherokee_scot@yahoo.com
Tribe/Org: cherokee

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lands in georgia containing burial sites and mounds are being bulldozed and/or covered with water from man-made dams for water reservoirs...what can be done to stop this practice?

Florence Balzat - 04/18/00 16:57:17
My Email:fbalzat@fujifilm.co.uk

Comments:
That' s brillant being able to talk a little bit with you! I am French but I have been living in London for 5 years(!!!)and in Europe, unfortunatly,we don' t hear so much about Native American. What is happening in the communities? What are you doing? etc.. and less chance to talk to them! I have been very interested by your culture and history since I was child(?!). Twice, I saw a show,I read a few books, but it' s not enough. So I will appreciate if I could talk with you sometimes to times. I also saw an old comment from Keri Kraemer ( Ap che adopted Comanche ) I would like to know if he found all the information he needed and if he is got an email address? I would love to hear some Apache stories if he doesn' t mind? Looking forward to hear from you. Take good care of yourselves Florence

Megan Hurand - 04/01/00 21:01:25
My Email:meganhurand@gateway.net
Tribe/Org: University of Montana

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About Me: Graduate student at U of MT, Missoula focus on Physical ANthropology Interested in the ethics involved wit repatriation supporter of NAGPRA

patricia measures - 03/09/00 02:23:18
My Email:pmeasure@flemingc.on.ca

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EUGENE BIG BOY - 02/17/00 17:14:17
My Email:LONE GREY FOX@EMAIL.MSN.COM
Tribe/Org: LAKOTA SIOUX

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TRYING TO FIND THE LATEST ABOUT THE REPATRIATION GOING ON IN OREGON

Kevan Robinson - 11/14/99 17:50:43
My URL:http://www.warnerchappell.com
My Email:kevan_robinson@warnerchappell.com
Tribe/Org: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

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I'm researching a case involving the disturbance of a tribal burial site in Nashville, Tennessee. I graduated from the University of Oklahoma and am now reporting this project to the Native American Studies Department, Dr. Barbara Hobson. I'm searching or any pertinant information concerning the issues of the current case involving both Davidson & Williamson Counties and a local tribal organization, who is protecting the rights of the grave sites discovered. Last spring, TDOT (Dept. of Trans.) discovered a burial site while widening a local intersection. The local Tribal group has formed an alliance, acquired lawyers to represent, and meet twice a week to keep the case organized. One Judge has put a halt to further construction, while the second Judge is waiting for the First's ruling on the case. They're working through the necessary steps to protect the site, but what kind of legal solution can resolve the situation. Any answers will be appreciated, Kevan P. Robinson

Tania Mataki - 11/13/99 00:57:05
Tribe/Org: New Zealand/Ngati Porou Whanau Apanui

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I would like to know how to get into an Indigenous womans chat lines

Leora Treppa-Diego - 10/18/99 23:41:27
Tribe/Org: Pomo, Lake County, California

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I have heard lately that someone wants to put on the internet and cd-rom a listing of the NAGPRA Sites or those designated as a site. It is enough that the Native people of the United States know where they are located. Does anyone really realize what t is type of categorizing implicates? This is very degrading to a human being. Does a human being not have a right to be laid to rest with dignity? Think of all the land in the United States and think about where your ancestors are buried. How many buria sites have been destroyed, layed open, or disturbed for the cause of progress, information, or greed. Keep our burial sites and sites for those "repatriated" sacred and tribally known. Keep any language that will allow knowledge or disturbance out of p oposed rule or law changes or new laws/acts by Congress. May the One, Almighty Creator keep the Native and Indigenous peoples of the Earth in the safety of his loving heart and hands. Ever mindful that we were all once indigenous peoples, and that the i digenous people only fight for what is, was and should truly be their right.

Uncle Joe - 08/06/99 18:41:20
Tribe/Org: Menominee

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I'em a concerned enrolled member, this is the situation, an area being logged begins to show signs of ancient burial mound,logging stops, investigated by technical people only, nothing found, traditional spiritual leaders not contacted, logging is siad to begin but traditional people talk and speak there concerns, this is where things are at. By the way this is with in the reservation boundary. Interested in what people think. Topic "WHO IS"

richard annamitta - 08/06/99 18:38:24
Tribe/Org: Menominee

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I'em a concerned enrolled member, this is the situation, an area being logged begins to show signs of ancient burial mound,logging stops, investigated by technical people only, nothing found, traditional spiritual leaders not contacted, logging is siad to begin but traditional people talk and speak there concerns, this is where things are at. By the way this is with in the reservation boundary. Interested in what people think. Topic "WHO IS"

richard annamitta - 08/06/99 18:33:28
Tribe/Org: Menominee

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I'em a concerned enrolled member, this is the situation, a area being logged begins to show signs of ancient burial mound,logging stops, investigated by technical people only,nothing found, traditional spiritual leaders not contacted, logging is siad t begin but traditional people talk on speak there concerns, this is where things are at. By the way this is whit in the reservation boundary. Interested in what people think.

scorpioblu - 06/23/99 02:10:03
My Email:scorpioblu@microsoft.com
Tribe/Org: Cherokee

Comments:
Gv ge yu i

Susana Dominguez - 05/05/99 18:18:48
Tribe/Org: Juaneno California Mission Indidan

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David Hayden - 04/25/99 05:00:27
My URL:http://www.miaclab.org
My Email:dhayden666@aol.com
Tribe/Org: Museum of New Mexico

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Maurice Eben - 02/02/99 00:43:04
My Email:MEben10352@aol.com
Tribe/Org: Paiute/Shoshone and NCAI Repatriation and Burial Site Protection Commission, Chairman

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Over the past 9 years there has been an attempt to change NAGPRA by the very people who sat at the first negotications. The scientist did not like the Bill and will never accept anything the Indian People add. The NAGPRA legislation was supposed to be an equal base to start from. As Indian people we are use to this behavior, do we accept it, is the question. Can the scientist be believed? They have made up an entirely new race of human being for their gratification. Just like the Baring Straits Theory, o proof but expect to be accepted as fact. How much longer must our children be lied too? Although the scientist are aware of the same features found in the Great Basin ancient remains as the Kenniwick man carries, they refuse to tie these men together. A one sided theory is the best they can do?

Parehuia - 01/21/99 03:17:31
My Email:shiconi@yahoo
Tribe/Org: New Zealand Maori

Comments:
Kia ora, I am from Aotearoa (New Zealand), and am of maori descent (indigeneous peoples of New Zealand. I was just checking out sites designed by other indigenous peoples and I found this. At the moment I'm still looking through it, hope to learn more about other cultures and their fight against the exploitation of all that is sacred to them.

Justin Reedy - 10/30/98 20:01:43
My Email:jreedy@carroll1.cc.edu

Comments:
I'm not a native american, but I am writing a paper on repatriation for a college class, and your site was a good place for information and links. Thanks.

hank - 10/28/98 21:25:45
My Email:jaketheh@netscape.net

Comments:
thaks for the info

nila - 09/29/98 19:48:04
My Email:stones@phonewave.net
Tribe/Org: fallon paiute/shoshone , nv.

Comments:
would like to know of upcoming nagpra meetings or conferences.

Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd - 08/20/98 13:47:21
My Email:vanessaol@hotmail.com
Tribe/Org: none

Comments:
i am an archaeology student in Montreal, Quebec. I think repatriation is extremely important and has come much too late in the history of our continent. I would just like to point out that sometimes good things can come out of archaeological digs, when th re is respect on both sides. For example, I have participated in the excavation of two Native American burials. They needed to be taken out not for "pseudo-science", but to save them from being trampled by motocross. These bones will be analysed (the nat ve american community has given us the right to do so) by a paleoanthropologist with the utmost respect for what they are and what they represent. The whole project was done in collaboration with the concerned First Nation and three teenagers participated in the excavation as an introduction to archaeology. The remains will soon be given back to the Community which has organised a re-burial ceremony. For me, it was a chance to exchange and create a real dialogue with the community and truly share informati n. I feel priviledged and lucky to have been given this opportunity. I would be quite interested in reading your thoughts on this subjet. Thank you, Vanessa.

wahi segowateha gesekohuda onegue - 08/02/98 06:29:39
My Email:c673851@showme.missouri.edu

Comments:
siyo tawodi, I found your sight on a yahoo search. I finally figured out how to get on the web. Cant e-mail yet but I'm surfin. wahi

Deanne Hanchant - 06/19/98 07:26:40
My Email:deanneha@tafe.sa.edu.au
Tribe/Org: Ngarrindjeri - South Australia

Comments:
Very interested to see your page. I have worked on repatriation of remains professionally and continue to privately. Am co-convenor at WAC 99 of session on Repatriation. Interested in hearing more about what you do.

pony track - 06/05/98 17:56:02
Tribe/Org: Apache adopted comanche

Comments:
I don't really know much about my states native american burials. My state that I live in is Louisiana. I am totaly clueless. I am glad about the concerns of removal of the burials about time we do something about it. I am half apache and I know my nations people have not been removed from their burial sites. I really don't know much about it . But I know its sad we can't keep w at we got of our past. AHOY !! Keri Kraemer

PONY HILL - 06/04/98 16:41:21
My URL:http://A6PARTYOF3@AOL.COM
My Email:A6PARTYOF3@AOL.COM
Tribe/Org: CREEK/LUMBEE

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MY COMMUNITY HERE IN NORTH-WEST FLORIDA HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN TALLAHASSEE WHO CLAIMS TO BE A ''CREEK MAKER OF MEDICINE'' AND HAS REPETRIATING NATIVE REMAINS. HE IS NOT THE MEMBER OF ANY STATE OR FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE OR BAND AND IN FACT HAS NO DOCCUMENTED PROOF OF ANY NATIVE DESCENDANTRY AT ALL!!! I HAVE EVIDENCE THAT HE IS IN POSSESSION OF REMAINS AT THIS TIME AND HE HAS ACQUIRED A LARGE COLLECTION OF CREEK ARTIFACTS WHICH HE USES AS A PART OF A PAL IMITATION OF CREEK CEREMONIALS AT A PLACE IN BLOUNTSTOWN, FL. THAT HE CALLS "PINE ARBOR SQUARE GROUNDS" (THOUGH WE CREEKS STOPPED CALLING THEM 'SQUARE GROUNDS' IN THE 1700'S) I HAVE PERSONALLY ATTENDED ONE OF THE 'BURIAL CEREMONIES' THAT HE PERFORMED FOR A RECENTLY DECEASED INDIVIDUAL, AND I CAN ATTEST THAT HE HAS VERY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF TRADITIONAL CREEK BURIAL PRACTICES. IT DISTURBS US THAT STATE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN TURNING OVER REMAINS TO THIS MAN WITH OUT PROPER DOCCUMENTATION, AND THAT HE COULD CAUSE GREAT SPIRITUAL HARM TO OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE USE OF THESE ANCIENT CEREMONIAL ARTIFACTS.

PONY HILL - 06/04/98 16:37:58
My URL:http://A6PARTYOF3@AOL.COM
My Email:A6PARTYOF3@AOL.COM
Tribe/Org: CREEK/LUMBEE

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MY COMMUNITY HERE IN NORTH-WEST FLORIDA HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN TALLAHASSEE WHO CLAIMS TO BE A ''CREEK MAKER OF MEDICINE'' AND HAS REPETRIATING NATIVE REMAINS. HE IS NOT THE MEMBER OF ANY STATE OR FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE OR BAND AND IN FACT HAS NO DOCCUMENTED PROOF OF ANY NATIVE DESCENDANTRY AT ALL!!! I HAVE EVIDENCE THAT HE IS IN POSSESSION OF REMAINS AT THIS TIME AND HE HAS ACQUIRED A LARGE COLLECTION OF CREEK ARTIFACTS WHICH HE USES AS A PART OF A PAL IMITATION OF CREEK CEREMONIALS AT A PLACE IN BLOUNTSTOWN, FL. THAT HE CALLS "PINE ARBOR SQUARE GROUNDS" (THOUGH WE CREEKS STOPPED CALLING THEM 'SQUARE GROUNDS' IN THE 1700'S) I HAVE PERSONALLY ATTENDED ONE OF THE 'BURIAL CEREMONIES' THAT HE PERFORMED FOR A RECENTLY DECEASED INDIVIDUAL, AND I CAN ATTEST THAT HE HAS VERY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF TRADITIONAL CREEK BURIAL PRACTICES. IT DISTURBS US THAT STATE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN TURNING OVER REMAINS TO THIS MAN WITH OUT PROPER DOCCUMENTATION, AND THAT HE COULD CAUSE GREAT SPIRITUAL HARM TO OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE USE OF THESE ANCIENT CEREMONIAL ARTIFACTS.

Travis - 05/09/98 05:58:13
My Email:c673851@showme.missouri.edu
Tribe/Org: Eastern Cherokee

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Siyo, I will check back and see what you add to this site! This is great.

Kathleen Baker - 05/06/98 01:57:00
My Email:kathleen@aye.net

Comments:
I would like to discuss with you the events in Hardin County Ky which involved the reburrial of the 3000 year old remains of a Native American. The remains were returned to "preserve the sanctity of the individual" and then given a pseudo Native American/ hristian reburial. Which I found deeply offensive No charges were made against the grave robber but the archaeologist called in by the State Medical Examiners office (the remains were suspect as a murder)was constantly harrassed by groups "concerned with he disrespect" to the deceased and then performed a Christian reburrial for the press. Any comments?