Prayer

Ako Creator, Father Sky,Great Spirit,
Forgive us forour Lack of insight
and wisdom that has brought us
to sucha cold, dark place.

Bless us with your guidance,

bring us back to the Red Road.
Help usfind courage and humility
8ring us out fromthe shadows
Teach us to look insideour spirit
Help us find thewarrior strength
our ancestors gave for us

to carry.
Give usthe Know(edge to be a
protector of our ways.
Give me the Strength to

help Mother Earth and all

her childvren,

Place a protective shield
around us ond all

of cur relations,

Mifakuye OyASL'Y)./
Srouy Prover

Wakan Tanka Tunkasilo
Great Spirit Grand father

0yate Nimkte Wacin Yelo
Tdothis so my people Live

Onsimala OmaKeyo
Listen tome Help me

Ho Ye Wa Ye
I am sending my voice toyou

Omasike Omakeyo
Im pitiful Help me

Canumpa waKan CankuWakKan
Sacred pilpe Sacred hoop

Pila Ma yelo,Mitakuasin
Thank you , ALLmy relations

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We Have i’o\‘Prove “ We Are Native,

TS ol Shuted cohen T rues
arrestd, Ko defihive onkid me isiuf
my race wos ond T Jold fim, Fsimos "

WA e 50 so o pou canad fo de
Pt o5 whte or Tnchan ?

T fookid of fim and s.,J What
o gou Hink an Libiro 5.

e gove e a Suprised look ad
Sard Lokele

L tooked of i ond sadd,
71:, are Abfive Apiricons.!”

He looked o vu agan ad
%2, " So what s A gong o ke 7

T s 7%./«,7 + sy self whire
dd ke go ko schol? e it pims
whet an Lshino or o Mabive Americn
S oad hat o dedichive. T dokd

him, An Tndian! " ( Thate o0 cobibe
man Sor yau.)
T+ ok o touct syshem
Hhree months do Sanfence ime, and
anofler Hwo weeks o sad ma do
He indeke Sacilly. The same Hhing

happened Fhere. A ohde man asked
what raca T was and T Aokl hrm

Eskimo! and T Hought ha put
Mhbve American down on my ATms
Sile. So in Sik dys T wvas senk
do e gard T ot pew,

T tame ia ond they put
me woith e whle quy end anothr
whie Guy Came ouer and asked e
T wes o Abbise Amircon or
while. T Aold him T a Aative
Hrarican. So he introduced me 4o
another thlive American in a bk
bed set wp, and we weat Ho talk
do Hhe ¢Po T chout why T was
bunked with & whie uf- She
looked —on my AIms Sile ond
sad by put e down as

y
Cawcasfan Cohite) T dofd her
Ke wohbe man of e sebeke
Yacildy coldt et ot T4
Aafioe Amarian ond T dold o T
s Esfimo ! They Should sond
him back o School 4o foren whaf
Eskimos are, bocouse ke doesnd Koo,
My CPo I sad Tl pave 4o get
procs, lik sy CerteS: cafe oS Tndvan
Blood 4o prove T Abdve Anerican.
The nett day T pwwed 4o a
bk with ke offer ihibive Amercan,
He Kiad of con ¢.1er7“|n7 dson
ahod beig wilk He thdive fpericans.
Like /(«p.‘n7 our area pice and
neat, bed uude, Soce coushed, feeth
brushed, pan combed, afoan cloblos
and S0 on, t Showred 1t cikere
wr St A af For breatfesd,
Jeach and dinner, and showed
e where the Suwgafs v‘w‘\’p,fiu
very Sa/w-aéy, inroduced e
to Mo oflee Abtwe HAmericans
on He yard.

He cxlened b Hhe prain
adive Amertcan okt happentd,
and he sard Hots a,(/./, bud 7:{»
Hhe paper work As. AP Ths

was of Hhe beginning oS bov-
ember.

/fi/ Cellie fnew anobher
e Amercan Haf hod fus
Woman ia Alaska. We asked if

he could y/ hold oS her and
7;/ He address o He enrolimed

deparbsent or He Burcaw oS
Tnohan ASairs so T con weite
fo 7:/ y CerdiSicate and 7(/
i hanged on my Aims Sile,
A tople monls wesd by
asking Fhe A/n//ve American about
Hhe adiress ond we shil dat
9el an answer. Then I asked
my ¢Po L % thy conld help,

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and asked Some of my Feachers
ahso. T weode #o my Q«m/r and
girlSrrend. T tuen had Hle z'/é.f;/:/'-t
call hec on He phons and asted
A g,;./ He address Sor me, and
st/ /1.’/1;»7 ot ol

By now I was 74#:‘:\7
Pf‘t#y wpsab aboud Hhe wshole
deal. T was geing 4o give up on
o tntil one oLu/ T was of He
liharay ond saws o hook s fle
Aahve Pmercan sechion fhad sard
Queeshions and finsusers b Ak stboud
Aabive Americans? So T checked #
out and nited o chy belore T
Starded reading A ond Jooking at if.
T Seud a lof of information
in that book, and a lof of

adfresses T peeded,
I Sowd out shSE T dided
Keowr abost avd SKE T alresdy
ke aboad. T Sound Yhe addressos
Sor all the Bureaw of Tndan
f¥ars and Hhe Alesks Fadoration
oS bves. The cdbesses will be
of He end of ks arlick. T
<ven Sound my 7,-ea/ 7,-«/ grund pas
Name in e book, T/ wus restly cool
b see AS hame ja prmrl,

A week fader T worcle 4o the
Bareau o Tndian Aatrs 4 gad my
CedSicale oS Tndian Bload. T send
Hee leHor b He BIA n Tuneau,
Alas/a. //s,(/,‘n/ for my CIB becouse
T a/rz—cé/ re;.';/ern’ wll Hem, T
also Aok Hem ™y Fribe and y
dods tame. T woaded about a
month and received & Jeter Scom
the BT A and when I opened
the JeHer iF had an application
Form do he encolled with Fhe

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BIZA. 3t ddil do me any good
because T a/ra‘/r enrolled.

So next T wrofe do Alasks
Fedecation oS afives in Anchorage,
Alaska. T e lieve 7‘1«7 $orwsarded
Ao e Eicollend Depudment
right Here in Anckorage.

Aboud 0 il Lo T received
My CIB. I# only fook crvund Sive
oo six ponlls o gef #y CIR and
Al He Fronble T pad J g Hhougn
% g .

A Hhil T pod oy 028 1
needed 4o 7:/ 7 c/an;%/ on my AIns
File. Thal fook some work, Firsd I
had fo see The Heding Chaplain
whick is & cPomm . my doom.
L wed fo st him and ke ook
my CIB 4o Cedral OfFice 4 gef
it hongad. The €70 Aokt ma 4o
chek pack with him pext week,
Well « week went by, and I went

a
o see him end he ol ma i
was a -Far7er7. T swd “whet are
You cmgr,’,' he Sard that it was
printed Srom Cam,zuler.’ and
asked ma if I had Samily ia
Ancharage? T dold hirm wo. Hen
he Sad he would tuke it Ho
another wnit {0 see ;F it was real.
T reassured him if was red. Me
Said Come hack in Fwo deys and
he will lef e Krow what they
said.
Teoo doys Jater T wead back
do sae He CPO (Acking ehaplan) T
askad so what dd -/[e/ Sny,’ he
fold e he didil go becawse of
Some reason. T wos So mad af
him I Aold b Ao give if back
and T ke care o5 ths on my
own ! He gae wmy CIB back
and on fhe way out he askd
we 4o 74/ a Copy made of He

o
/I'Am—a7 o ke Can tae it t
Yo oHer wnib. I dold him !
Ti bk eame of if mysel.
Then I wolked ok oF e Chapel-
That gkt o Hhe nexf day
T snb a Kile do e Deanly
Warden aboub what was going ons
and my ol cCele akso Falted Fo
He Depuly Warden a couple diys
Jader. A Sew dags Jafer T S
Hhe Depuky Warden afher lunck
and <xplained what happened.
T askd B ke can do anyfhi
hecauss He l‘h/-‘r\f Clnq,v/atn didnai
do angbhing in the hwoo wecks
he hed my CEB, afse Hef I
Can Shew him My paper work.
He said ges, So when T go?
back Jo my dorm T grabbed my
papar work fo Show him. The Co
ot was worKing had fo cal]
Hhe Deputy tarden on Hhe radio
to Jel me ot fo sec him. They

dd and T wed ot do meed dhe
Depuly Warden oubside. T4 oas windy
and T walked ouer 4o whire e
tas stJ:M,, T pulled out the
cpplication Srom the BI A, and fold
ke Depady Warden Tin already enrlled
witl e BIA ond T oeode o
Alaske Federation o$ thdives and
Hey sent iy Seler Fo He omrtlmend
deparbment and s i my CTQ.

Ths He way they do if sn
AlasKa. T#s 4, §Corend Fhan He oy
He BIA and 1roke/ officas down
in He lower 98 Stofs.

A wseek fifer aSfer Falling 1o
The Depuly Warden he sank me a
ibe Soping e matler o5 Aukon
care of,

Laker on T g iy CPoTm
helt my ATms Sile fo puattc sune

Fowas dine . Mot ias in Tune 09
Iy
T+ was a bodble Sor e
brcoust no one whe worked hene
onked o help al all, and some
oS my Samily didnt either. T ke
do Sind all Hhe iaSormakion o
my own, Witk dle Limided inSormatdion
His place has. Bud Fhey did have
e book T needed.

Here are the addeesses Fo wrde too:
e Bureau oF Tndion ASSaws:

quul/ Commessiner Tuaemi Area Direchr
1849 ¢ Steel W.w0, Po,Box 3-8oco
L..Isbn?/un De. Joatd Tuneaw, Alaska, 7982

Aberdeen Area fl“nquq-?m Hrea

15 9% Ave. S.E. Po.Bax 56T

Abedeen, 5D, ST/ Albuquerqua, Am.
871a35- 65467
AnadarKo Areq Minneopalis Hrea
DD ONie Complex 33/ S. Sacond Ave
P.0.Box 368 //t'nflea’)o/ts, »i,

Aradorko, ok, 73005 7%

MusKoges Hrea /Vauaja Area

Ol Feleral Butlding R0 Rox 1060

MusKoges, OK. 7950/ tra Wap, 4m,
87305

Billings Hrea Eoston Hrea
3/6 A, 26T Stheet 3701 4l foirSox Drive

Billiags, 10 $9J01 suite 260
Aclingon, VA, 23303

Phoenix Area Perd land Area

PO. Box 0 AUALE 11T Hyenve
Phoen'%, Arizona, Porf lnd, OR,
8Saoi- o010 97232- 969

m
Sacromento Area Alasha Faderation
Federal Buldg o5 Aatives

800 Coftage vy 1577 ¢ shreet

Sacromento, CA, Swte 100
95851887 Anchorage, Alaska
79 S0l

(editors note: It s unknown

whether these addresses
are carrent. Double check

with your bros.)

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ALASKA

Hleve is some inSormation a lo
0§ people dont Know abod Blaska,

Alaska s Lo /.—.,.7¢:/ Shate
oS Ik WS in area. Tt almost
@ SO a5 Large as alf fle rest
of the us end more Hhen fuce
the Size of Texes, The Second
/arycs/ Shile, and has more onland
water e any ofher stale o, 17/
Square miles, inland toafers couers
an aren in Maske farger Hhan e
cree o Vermond and e Hompshire

Combinad. The Alewtion Tsland 5
inchde 14 large ishands and about

SS small islags and many islets,
i exshends 16, 600 miles,
The areq ob Alaska s 587,

878 miles and the coasl lne is
by 640 miles. Tha highest elevation

IS Pount MeKinley af 30,320 H,
the lowes! st sea Jevel,

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The Skade Rird is Jha willow Parmigan,
o shde Flaer s He Forgel pme not,
o shde Tree is Hle SitKa Spruce.

Tha Alaskan pakives crossed
over fhe Tce bridge about 35,000
yrars ago, Sinct Hen o Danish
Wuvigator CaP"aln Uitus Beriag
dis covered and landed on what is
now HayaK Tsknd in 114l

The Russians eshblished He
Siest white seftlement in Alaske on
Kodiall Island in 1787 93 years
alher Ca‘ulam Vitus Bering dis covered
Kaga Zslond. 83 guars lader Jhe
United states purchased Alaska Srom
Russta on March 30 1867, They
paid about hso cends per. acre
which eame out Yo ke 7, 200,000
Do llars,

For Mnr/7 ¥:§47 years the
region was Khown a5 Fhe Districd
o5 Aluska, and e Capite] oF

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Alaska wis in sithka in 1889, while
Aleska wos skl o Districh, the Siest
governor designated @ seal of the
Distrct. The saal Sefured ree berys,
rorlecn Liphts, ighos and an Eshime
ice ¥.~sA.~.7.

30 gears aSher Jhe Unided
Shdes purchesed Alhska Seom Russia,
The Klondihe Gold Rush sharked .
18971898 o lod of Srom deurs men,
Moundatn smen, miners and some
Samons people wient looKirg Sor there
Sorbunc. in goll: Moy of Ho pacple
died 47;»7 fo find g0ld and ey
did Siad yu/cé

In 1900 Hhey moved He Llapitol
Seom SiHha b Tuncan, Alaske,

Thn 19/a Congress esdablisled
Aleske o s, Terrilory, o year
ldem in I3 4 pew shle sal
wis adepted. Tf represents al/ Me
resources ot AlasKa has, They are

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Agriculture, Fiskng Forestey, mining
cnd Trunsportation,

The S‘n‘& flAy was u/eplc/ in
1927, i} we desigred by o /3 yeer
old boy. The Saven goldn shrs fhd
make Ha Bip Dippar represends liskas
79/14 resources, The ffy/.fl shar in fhe
Cornar s He ok she symbolizing
Alaskas Jocadion i Jhe Sor rocth.

Bebween 1931 and 1945 Came
great Chongas in Hlisha. The U.S.

recognized Ha militory inporlances
of Hha demitory which is close

Yo Asia ond unt Housands o
workers Hhere Ao build and maintain
Wilitary install ations.

Ta 1942 Hhe Tepanese bombel
Dubch Horbor in Hhe Aleadion Tsked;

cnd Albs cnd Kiska wene Hle only

PV‘L of Mtk Amacica occuapued

by Taponese froops during @0 T

The islands were Cophured in 1192
1
and recovesed by the United sldes oa
1943, The war tn Alaska ended, bab ASter
Samding 152,000 g [idary personal, Fhe
impact altered e terridory orever,
AksKa hecome shde on
Tanvary 2, 1959 i is He 497 shhe
in the United shtes o dmea.
Tn 1568 large oil reservse
were disevered nuar Prudhoe Bay.
Theee Gears fofer on 1970
the Abska idbive cluims Selllement
At passed, which +he Alas kan
wobtves hed hean Sighting Sor gears,
bt eery -/A/ny chonged, he
Afives are skl ¥:7M‘.‘r\7 Sor their

Rk and M Jand, Like ol He
ofler Aatrve Amarican Trhes ame
doing in He fower 48 shoy,.

Spoted oul

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