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Special Phone guest: Corbin Collins (return guest!)
Topic: Native Americans & Social Justice Allies to Rally at UC Berkeley to Protect Native Ancestral Remains & Sacred Objects
Reports on Sproul Plaza-UCB Rally:
When did it take place? October 5th, 2007: High Noon
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This is an open invitation for anyone who is out there on Mother Earth to tune in to a special follow up interview with Corbin Collins, who is a Bay Area writer and communications director for the Native American NAGPRA Coalition, Corbin was on my show on 9-27-07 introducing us to the issues and actions that many Native Americans & Social Justice Allies spearheaded to protest the UC Berkeley Phoebe Hearst "restructured" their NAGPRA department review committee. Recently, this crucial department was been disbanded and is now void of the direct Native American advisory personnel, according to Corbin and his Native American NAGPRA Collation. His own wife , was one of three Native American staff that worked in this capacity and they have now been relocated to a different parts of the infrastructure, however one staff person has resigned. The Native American NAGPRA Collation feels this move by the UCB, Phoebe Hearst Museum jeopardizes the existing NAGPRA laws & policies and threatens the process all other Museums are obligated, honoring and using to fulfill repatriation claims. Corbin and the Native American NAGPRA Collation also feels it threatens existing protection for Native Ancestral Remains & Sacred Objects, making it hard for Native American tribes to actually repatriate human remains belonging to their tribes, as well as funerary objects.
As a side note: I did invite the UCB Phoebe Hearst media department to speak on NAMAPAHH at any point, but was told by a woman name Shirley that "no one is available to speak on this issue". Apparently this refusal to speak to at least Native American Press was not their preference and so we will continue to depend and give airtime to those willing to speak up about this serious issue. According to two other guests I will also have on, who took part in the protest & rally last Friday, over 1000 people came "to be heard" by the Chancellor and his staff. I appreciate Corbin's initial & continued willingness to talk to my listeners and fill us in on he and his Native American NAGPRA Collation concerns.
My two new guests, who will also be phoning in on NAMAPAHH, will be Native American eyewitness' and grass roots news reporters Mike Ali and his with Linda:
Mike Raccoon Eyes, is a Cherokee Native activist for Human and Civil Rights in Indian Country. He is a front line advocate in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Indian Country Violence Prevention Movement. His role (one of many) is to work with our " high-risk, marginal Native youth and young adults" to stop the violence, gangs and killing. He is bringing attention to the heart breaking and serious problem of the killing and violence in his urban area streets and neighborhoods. He is also teaches and lecturers through a inspirational and motivational series called:"'TEACHING THE VALUES OF PEACE" . He is the author of a paranormal Native novel-'The Road to the Ohlone Moon, A Story of Old and New California', as well as a Native Cultural Resource advisor to non Native agencies and corporations.
His wife is Linda, also known as Orannhawk.She is a writer for Indian country and Editorial Chief of staff for "Cherokee Native Pride News", an online news gathering agency. She and Mike were part of the UCB-Phoebe Hearst Museum Protest that happened this last Friday, that Corbin will be talking about. For Linda and Mike, all the needed was an invitation like Corbin's. She is also an advocate not only in California but also in the Southwest and Texas for Human and Civil Rights in Indian Country. She also is a strong advocate for Leonard Peltier.
Her other reputation is as a multi-medium Cherokee Native artist, currently working as Co- Director on the new Native Room exhibit with 'Touchable Stories' in San Francisco Bay Area entitled 'We Are Still Here'
Her portion of the exhibit will be a cultural and historical look at Native Peoples of the West. Featured will be hard hitting subjects from interviews of local Native People, artistically created and presented to compliment the audio dialog of the interviews and bring attention to the realities of Native life, past and present.
Linda also known as Orannhawk took helped write the blog about the protest and took some wonderful pictures, here is that report & a link:
BAY AREA Native reporters!
October 5, 2007 - Friday - 3:44 PM
INDIAN COUNTRY SPEAKS AT BERKELEY: "BRING THE ANCESTORS HOME!'
by Raccoon Eyes and Orannhawk
BERKELEY-(Cherokee Native Pride News, San Francisco Bureau)
Over one thousand people showed up at the at the historic Sproul Plaza at the University of California-Berkeley today to demand the return of 13,000 Ancestors skeletal remains and funerary objects along with that U.C. Berkeley reinstate compliance with Native American Grave Protection and Reparation Act (NAGPRA)
Scores of California Native American activists demanding the return of Ancestors before over one thousand people that came to support the demonstration. Many spiritual leaders and tribal councils from North and Northwest Native California offered prayers, songs , drumming and inspirational speaking to address that UC-Berkeley return the Ancestors to their Native homelands.
Mewuk Elder Norman Wounded Knee De Ocampo of Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council, stated that Ancestors must come home and that UC-Berkeley must act in a responsible and timely fashion to ensure they did their part in returning the 13,000 Ancestors to the homelands. He stated that the 'Longest Walk 2' would draw national attention to the plight of our Ancestors still held by colleges and universities.
Chairperson Silvia Burley of the California Valley Miwok Tribe, gave a spiritual poetry read regarding the Ancestors being returned home. While reading her beautiful poem, it quite obvious there were people who were shedding tears at the power of her oratory in the huge crowd.
According to Cherokee Native Pride Editorial Chief of Staff Orannhawk
" Purpose, focus, determination. This is the glue that binds us as a people, that held us today in demanding that our voice be heard, with respect to the Ancestors and the tribal objects be returned in the proper way to their respective tribal families.
I watched the people who gathered there as I held the banner for United Native Americans; the college students, the elders, the young families with children at their sides .... all there with the one common goal, the repatriation of the Ancestors. The scent of sage drifted across the plaza, the drums were singing and low and behold, there were university 'suits' walking into the midst. For a few brief moments I toyed with the thought that perhaps there might actually be someone coming there in response to our pleas. Alas not, only the vacant looks on vacant faces in shiny suits.
However, the eloquent speeches held strong, 'RETURN THE ANCESTORS'. More than one voice directed the statement to the university that echoed my own thoughts ... we would not do this to your ancestors !
The multitude of police officers present along the pathway to the administration offices where we walked in protest also spoke volumes. This university administration was expecting something other than a respectful gathering of the Real People of Turtle Island. What they received from the REAL PEOPLE was a honest, respectful appeal for the proper return of the Ancestors. It is past time for ceremony and these souls to be laid to rest within the embrace of Turtle Island.
It is past time for this university and ALL the others like it, to be accountable for their actions as grave robbers.
U.C. Berkeley ... IT'S TIME TO BE ACCOUNTABLE, RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL AND HUMAN. IT'S TIME FOR THE U.C. B. Chancellor to ACTUALLY speak to us, to make the proper arrangements for the return of the Ancestors. Where was he ? Most likely sitting in his office, sipping on some Starbucks, perhaps a sly and fearful glance out the window at all of the Indigenous people gathered outside his offices before scurrying out of sight .... cos' he certainly did not come out and address the gathering or make any effort to comply with NAGPRA.
What is it going to take ?
It will take us ALL, continuing to demand the return of the Ancestors, properly and respectfully. IT IS TIME. TIME FOR THE ANCESTORS TO REST.
On this eve of the day of the lost Spaniard, we stood together ... and we will continue to do so. WE ARE STILL HERE ! "
~Orannhawk~
The rally then proceeded with intensive drumming as the huge crowd of demonstrators marched to the very heart of the campus to the Office of the Chancellor. Organizers attempted to send a delegation of five Native activists to have a meeting to with the Chancellor to have the NAGPRA reinstated at UC Berkeley and the immediate return of the Ancestors from there, among other demands.
One organizer was able to get response from the Chancellor's office to have his representatives come to the crowed entry way filled with Native Activists, to hear the demands with regards to NAGPRA and the Ancestors being returned to their homelands.
There was a fifteen minute exchange between the Native organizers and the Chancellor's representatives. The UC representatives listened intently as the organizers made their demands quite clear. Spectators started chanting and demanded that Ancestors come home. With the demands having been heard ;the UC reps quietly exited back into the safety of the Office of the Chancellor.
Currently as of this writing, there are over 700,000 Ancestors in private collections and another 500,000 in universities, colleges, galleries and museums throughout the United States. The University of California system has 146 sites where they have the Ancestors in captivity.
United Native Americans Vice-President Quanah Parker Brightman noted, " It was good to see our fellow Brothers and Sisters in solid support of of both a common cause and goal. The political pressure is on and the victory will be when our Ancestors are returned home soon!"
From the frontlines of more Human and Civil Rights for Indian Country,
Wado and A-ho!
Raccoon Eyes and Orannhawk-CNP
http://groups.msn.com/CherokeeNativePride
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Reminder! Please spread the word. Hy'shqe, Shl
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On 10/4/07, Travis Pinto
Please Forward to Tribal Chair and Historical Preservation Officer
Dear Tribes:
You may have received a letter from the Chancellor of UC Berkeley justifying the elimination of the autonomous NAGPRA unit at the Phoebe Hearst Museum. If you are attending the THPO meeting in Palm Springs, we hope you will come to the 9:30 morning session on Monday morning where members from the Native American NAGPRA Coalition (NANC) will discuss UCB’s position in detail. Although NANC will address most of your questions there, one claim in the Chancellor’s letter is particularly troubling and needs to be corrected.
The Chancellor states that the NAPGRA unit only hosted four tribal visits in the year prior to its elimination. This is simply untrue and the misinformation unfairly reflects on how hard the unit worked and what it accomplished. The NAGPRA unit hosted more than 16 tribal visits last year, which required considerable preparation and follow-up. They were also in consultation for over twenty sites in the “culturally unidentifiable” inventories. The services that tribes requested with respect to these inventories were often research-oriented rather than visit-oriented. Consultation took place not only during the visits but on a continuous basis over the phone and via email. NAGPRA duties included responding to numerous and ongoing requests from tribes to examine documents, search collections for specific items, search records at the Bancroft Library, etc. The staff received many similar requests from Federal agencies with collections at the Museum, e.g. the Army Corps of Engineers, Forest Service, etc. Besides these duties, the unit played a significant role in non-NAGPRA-related outreach activities and worked hard to serve both tribal and museum interests and to build collaborations between the two. Although the NAGPRA program was underfunded, the staff compensated by devoting many hours of unpaid overtime to assist tribes with their NAGPRA claims.
Hope to see you at our October 5th peaceful demonstration at Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley.
Corbin Collins
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