Canku Ota - July 27, 2002

	Canku Ota
	(Many Paths)
	An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America
	July 27, 2002 - Issue 66


	'Kwe kwe"
	The Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) Greeting - pronounced - Gway Gway
	"Loose Translation-Hello "Hi. "


	"KELMUYA"
	Fledgling Raptor Moon
	Hopi

"In every generation there will arise a Brant, a Pontiac, a Tecumseh, a Chief Joseph, a Joseph Garry, to carry the people yet one more decade further" Vine Deloria, Jr.

We Salute
Jessica Lynn Janis

OGLALA, SD - Jessica Lynn Janis of Oglala has been named American Indian Student of the Year for grades K-8 by the National Indian School Board Association.

Jessica, 14, recently graduated as valedictorian of the eighth-grade class at Loneman School. She will travel to St. Louis later this month to receive her award.

The Indian Student of the Year award is given to a student whose academic success, leadership, involvement in school and community activities, and self-improvement has provided a role model for other Indian students. One winner is chosen in the K-8 category, and one in the Grades 9-12 category.

The information here will include items of interest for and about Native American schools. If you have news to share, please let us know! I can be reached by emailing: Vlockard@aol.com

Artist:
Jim Boyd

In this issue, we feature Jim Boyd, who has been nomintated for not one, but THREE Nammys this year!

Artist of the Year
Songwriter of the Year
Record of the Year

Jim Boyd is a singer/songwriter and member of the Lakes band on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State. One of six children (three boys and three girls), Jim and his family moved on and off the reservation as they at times followed their father around the country, courtesy of the Air Force.

At Native Games, Tradition Means Everything

Training for the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics, however, isn't like training for a bike race or a football game. Instead of weight rooms and stopwatches, an athlete like Kagak uses walruses and seals.

Kagak, 27, won his fifth championship in the Eskimo stick pull Thursday at the Big Dipper Arena. The event is a tug of war between two opponents who sit on the floor across from each other, their legs extended and their hands gripped around a rounded wooden stick about a yard long.

Thunderhawk The O’Malley Vacation by Geoff Hampton Writer Geoff Hampton shares this story that should delight both young and old.		10 Ways to Fight Hate A project by Southern Poverty Law Center In the next issues of Canku Ota, we are going to share ideas with you about learning and teaching tolerance. Perhaps this will inspire you to come up with your own ideas to share.

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Running Warrior With shoes thin as skin and clothes light as feathers, the state's fastest runners will race around Daylis Stadium tonight. The best Montana Miler will cross the finish a few strides past 4 minutes. Welcoming the runners will be Honorary Miler John Wooden Legs, who holds a record for running a mile in 5 minutes, 34 seconds. In full combat gear.		Shawnee Tribe to Issue Coins MIAMI, OK - Economic development in Indian country has come a long way from bartering with shells, beads and blankets. In a marked departure from wampum, the traditional form of currency used for centuries in native transactions, it will take a symbolic step further. On July 30, the Shawnee Tribe will issue a silver dollar coin with the likeness of its famous chief, Tecumseh.

Parents: Your Kids Between Ages Of 8 And 17 May be At Risk For Type 2 Diabetes ... And You May Not Know It Kids between the ages of eight and 17 may be at risk for type 2 diabetes and may not even know it. Typically found in adults, type 2 diabetes is increasingly endangering children, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Parents are often unsure of the warning signs of type 2 diabetes. The symptoms may include: ongoing fatigue; chronic thirst; inability of wounds to heal; weight loss; blurred vision; and numbness in hands and feet.		Indian Students Test Medicine Latoya Betsuie, 14, can hear the difference between a healthy lung and one with asthma. "The healthy one you just hear the sound of air going in and out," she said. "The one with asthma sounds like they're having trouble. You hear a kind of mushy sound." Betsuie, who will be a sophomore at Phoenix's Alhambra High School, is one of four students who graduated last week from the summer Hoop of Learning program at Phoenix Indian Medical Center. The 2-year-old program is designed to interest Native Americans in health careers.

Blanket Toss More Than Spectacle Fairbanks, AK - Think of "nalukatuq" -- the Eskimo word for blanket toss -- as snowboarding without snow or figure skating without French judges. A modern-day translator might define it this way: Kiss the sky, dude. Daring tricks, big air, stylish presentation and expressive attire are all part of the action. Part trampoline, part halfpipe and all adrenaline, the blanket toss is proof that in Alaska, extreme sports are woven into the fabric of everyday life, not something invented five minutes ago for ESPN.		Inuit Find Home on the Web One of the oldest indigenous peoples, the Inuit, have turned to one of the most modern forms of communication to tell the world about their culture. They have launched a website detailing their 5,000-year-old history, cataloguing their origins, when they first came into contact with white explorers and their struggle for land rights. Part of the reason for setting up the website was to tell the story of the Inuit in their own words, as until now, most of the research on Inuit culture and history has been done by others.

Pueblo Hamlet to Offer Educational Experience Youngsters visiting Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colo., in the months ahead will be treated to a hands on learning experience, as if they were stepping back to a time to grind corn, plaster walls or study archaeo-astronomy. In the Pueblo hamlet, children will be able to experience rooms with vigas and latilla roofs, and a tower with a ladder.		A Seed-saving Project Sprouts in the Southwest TUCSON, ARIZ. – To most folks, a bank is a building where people deposit their money, an organization that supplies food to the needy, or a place to donate blood. But one bank in Tucson doesn't fit any of those descriptions. This bank is filled with thousands of seeds. Not just any seeds of course; Big Boy tomato seeds are so common they wouldn't need to be kept in a vault.

Gold, Greed and Genocide I escape the madness of San Francisco's concrete jungle with road trips north, squinting my eyes during the car ride to picture what California may have been before paved streets, smog and gray buildings. Rich fertile soil, rolling green lands and clear skies for miles ... I breathe in hot summer air while trying to ignore the fact that the river running alongside the road on our way to Coyote Valley for the Pomo Bigtime gathering at Shodokai Casino is polluted beyond repair.		Scientists Set Orca Free as Pod gets Near TELEGRAPH COVE, B.C. — At last, after nearly a half-year wallowing in Puget Sound, a month in rehab and a daylong, high-speed ride home, the orphaned Canadian orca A-73 yesterday was reunited with her family. At least she swam toward them, pausing only briefly to play with some kelp. She then got within 100 yards of them, coyly looked them over and swam off in a different direction.

Pride & Heritage For a Native American, the name doesn't seem to fit. Whiteman. Turns out Tommy Whiteman's family name was shortened by his grandfather from Charges Plenty Whiteman. Tommy sticks to charging ground balls as a shortstop for the Lexington Legends. But Whiteman never strays far from his roots, which play an important role in his success as an athlete.		Area Well-represented at Indigenous Games MOHEGAN -- For 34 local Native Americans, an upcoming trip north to Canada means participation in their own Olympic Games. The 2002 North American Indigenous Games, taking place in Winnipeg, Canada, is a sporting competition held every three years for members of North American tribes. With a heavy Indian presence, especially eastern Connecticut, the Nutmeg State stands to be well represented at the event, which takes place July 25 to Aug. 4.

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About This Issue's Greeting - "Kwe Kwe"

The people, many of us call Mohawk, call themselves Kanien'keha:ka which means "the People of the Flint." The Kanien'keha:ka are one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy ... Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca. The "Five Nations" became the "Six Nations" when the Tuscarora joined the Confederacy.

The ancestral territory is in the Northeast part of the United States and Southeast Canada. More specifically, the area of Northern New York State, Southeastern Ontario and Southwestern Quebec. The Mohawk Nation are also known as the "Keepers of the Eastern Door" since they hold the territory in the easternmost part of the Confederacy.

This Date In History		Recipe: You Say Tomahto, I Say Tomayto

Story: The Buffalo and the Field Mouse		What is this: Long-tailed Field Mouse

Project: The Beading Loom The Bow Loom		This Issue's Web sites


Opportunities
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Course Puts American Indian Heritage in Focus What do you think of when the word "Indian" comes to mind? Are you afraid of Indians? What if you hear the words "Native American?" While a camera filmed his every move, Lee Majel, 17, fired off those questions with the confidence of a professional journalist. For now, he is a high school student searching for information about his American Indian heritage and trying to determine the right path for his future.		Single-parent Mom Inspires Youth Conference SHIPROCK, NM - Elarina Nakai, a single-parent mother and domestic violence victim, got an idea three years ago to host a youth conference in Shiprock. Her dream of educating children on life issues they need to know came true with her first Shiprock Youth Conference. It was held Thursday and Friday at Tse' Bi' Tai Middle School in Shiprock and was free to area youth.