$5.00 THE BRED HEART WARRIOR Vox. s WINTER 2004/05 wo.x CHIEF SAM €RAY WOLF NEWSLETTER OF THE RED HEART WARRIOR SOCIETY THE BED HEART WARRIOR Editorial: Regardioss of what you wero born or brought up 1o be, rogarless of what you have dono or fuled 10 do, rogadiess of snyihing — You can bo the person you chooso (o be. The past is history. It Explains how things got 0 be the way they are, butit doesa't determise the futur. We curselves can determine who we shall bo snd ‘what our brothers and sisters can couat on us for. We are al condemned to dio — But ntil wo craw at last breath, we have tho frcodom 10 be the man or woman wo choose (0 be — Regardiess of ‘what azyone lse saysor thirks sbout it ‘Years ago, when Chief Sem Gray Wolf asked me 1o take ove his prisoner comespondence, I dida’t Know exacly what to expect. What could I say to « brodher on Death Row or condomaed 10 spend the rest of islf ke caged animal? 1 quickly leamed that theso wero people I could ear fom. Stripped of the things most of us allow 1o disrat us, many of theso brothers have dooe & ot of deep thinking and soul searching. Seeing others desroyed, they searched for theie inoer trongth of characier o survive and stay sane. 1 am proud o “st ob council” with such men and o serve them as Naton's Chief of the Traditonal United Eastern Lespe Nation (TUELN) and as the founder of the Red Heart Warrors Society (RHWS). consider this the most important work that 1 havo ever done. In the RHWS, we come from many diffrent nations and tribal aflisions; Yet, wo are bound ogeher by a common undersandiag of what it means to be a tadifonal warior — 8 bond we sharo with the mermbers o the Black Brigade, for whom 1 alao serve 4 4 eldr. All ogether, we o s brotherhoodsiserbood. numbering hundreds, ‘with mersbers ia Iron Houses from coast to coust and from Texas to Maine — Even in Hawaii nd. England, “The cumulative time served by our members rolls fato centurie, Conditons vary from joint tjont and sito 1o sate, but all must daly faco souk- crushing opprossion i a system of injustic. Our_comnection s the will to_siand wp taditonal warions in the faco of our commen oppresion, i the service of our respectve natiors and the causo of humanity to live fee ad i commenity, shariag the blesings of Crestor in pesce and love. We choose to live by & warrio’s code that is simple and diroct. For the rest of our lves, we shal Tivo with purpose, drawing cach breath in graitude for our ives nd tho opportaity 1o ive livesof servic 0 the people. A warrior's i s no his own. Ho fiely givs it o his tion and o servic o the pople. Thisis & sacrod trust I mattes not what the cos of bonor i put st Weo pey it prouly. Like the warriors of old who boro up under torture nd taunted thei tormensor, wo sivefo bo our people’s pride. A naton stands vpon s warion, nd our ations a7 isng up. TUELN bas opened s rlls o admit brother nd sistes of sl thnic backgrounds who. sincerey adopt the raditonal ways of our Lenspe sncotors. Our onco great mation was the “Grandfuther” 10 the other cations of the Eastem Woodlands nations, and our Kinship elations exieaded 0 the Pacific Coast. Sice colonal invasion, we have. become scaterd, demoraized, asimilaied od i word, “colonized.™ America is in doctie. Prety much the same forces that brought down the Soviet Empire will bring down the American. Ovarbearing ssd arrogast t the od, the over-extended imperialss Wil keep wrtng checks they can't cash aod pushing people fethe then they willtoleat. I the cnd, te g vl el £ the s “The people wil siset ake history iniothis v hands and restors the balance with natur and the et of humanity. Once agai, the “Grandfther Nation™ will serve the Family of Natons as & model ad inspirtion. That i, f we doour part. The queston each of us must ask ourelve s “What does the fture of the world seed from me?™ Whatever wo have done in the past the foturois what really maters, 0 THE REDP HEART WARRIOR 3 THE RED HEART WARRIOR Fduca 5 SAM GRAY WOLF Froa: Spiit of Geronino Returns OURAINS AND GOALS' 1. Torstum o the O Ways" (s mach as s practica. 2o revivesad rein as much of ur culisal s rllgious berags s psible. 3. To iy, lor, nd prcic the “roquois Law of b GreatPece, the "MOwisin” snd {he “Big Houws" codsof i ad thics. '4"Tolvewith s, o practics ecology, sad conservaion-oever o cxpot ou fellow s, ‘e Mother Eath, o ot sl brodiens ssd 5.To own our land i common-1o creso food sorage-to_opene coop food sors-to operte smal co-p oteprios and bsioess. o rapec our sceston, our elders, w5 cschoter nll vays. 7-To pool out rescurces for the common good ota 5. 7To belp s come 0t aid of iodividuals, il bads, tribes, o maions of Initn Pooples-io lend our suppor saacaly, moraly, s0dpysialy. 5. To provide food asd sheler 0 all our menben. 10, To muppert our ldry, our chiden, s ouwill L. To cocoungs ou youg people, develp the taews of cach, 1o fund thir scboolng, puchuse oqipmest (I ary) is eadod o irer e idividuaTs noes. 12 To dea chieh, cowclinen sad councivornen, o bl lctons nd moctings o0 any e tha conceras the wel being of o memben wd ow lnd bolding, I THE RED HEART WARRIOR et seaons (el solal) and chsss o coch phase of i, ses, chld cas, rlgion, o, Sy kg en. (o0 smerus o 14, To £ each mecber o oo commanlys oy, locking et dovolopin cach ‘membes ieas o resores, for the good ofa 15:Toprovido g (rops e Evesock) ccomomysiso spplenennd _with sl sy (vading poc. gemge, st shop i) il oprsod o s commniey,cop bsis. 16, To chamel AU Pofs t2d Goods back 1220 oo el e fr 0 s sourty and ‘scods ofour b e communites. 17. To Insal 1 aach td evey mersber, & scas of warth, 4 socse of secwty, 124 & e o belocgeg, cach member coirbatog i chrean bl cxpbilie, . I8, To rem 1 e les comples, simple sty eviclng o monciry ed erlst comccgs of succass-to our people, sces o be shleve by what b or ho e cosonplish e cot o hlspeopl and Sair iy, 15 To i, to work cooperstively, 1 bo of “Oue Mind", and & sloers desire 0 e I peaee 0 brthebood with afl our “Maoms® iving creses-to revre tho skapla, bocot, 00 Waye" o Lot Lovebo s S i e SAM GRAY WOLF'S ARTICLE Sem Gry Wolf. Presient o the Locgue of Noth Amrican Indar, v (b tollowing eter 10 0 Tdian poope, on Sy 20, 1958, Thi ler was prlced o s volume of o Indien Views: ey ‘Wo e el beng "Clellod” beeg texght e pincpls of "Progres,” tho o besefn of & Democrte form of Goversmect. Lt s siop wd conder the merts of och thing,ead It 3 go'o he o soces for normation. Pl 0 wo eyl when wo st g0 10 wer o Kil o broders? Aro ws “civled” whin we bold i, risons, opbansgss 13d boses o the sged? Are we "zt when 00 men “dcs” adreds of towsends of mes aad womes? Aro we “iled" whea wo sk & mars home and lnds vy o bim, forea b 0 change bis mserisl cultre e i rolgoa? Arw wo ciiznd” whea our young men e coupelled o go iaio 0 rmy, ler ‘overy e ead dovicoofkillag? I k “lznd”to ‘sbendon coessged whoa ey are 0 lnger ac 0 0t e b b3 th coos o P Howme or 22m o backs 00 o ftuncto brothers chikdren a0d trade our love sod wdernding fx then by coafisiogth e coes K0 Orpkasage wbere no me or wom s supposed 10 be Pathe, Mober, Broter exd S 1 thex? And a0 wo "cvlizod™ When w re tunse coough t have shlic, food 0 ety when r et door eighbor i By 0 b 5 s of cors? Il s belng ciiled, thea 1 want 00 part of . I do oot want 0 kil my Brohers 1 wast 10 cro fr thosgod d the orpbacs, 04 1 thare my food 1 lodgigy with my llw 20 4y Uil sosions. “Progress st what I 7 1s K “Progres® whea v ot down th fores, 1 all B s d gne, 01 o seems with gubege exd 1, oo pecple o o way of life s st o oot Live In cromded cite,work I dity smokir Sy o mine 10 Bt wo can line 8 frw men's pockets with gold? Troe,the whis e s o gres cknloginl end. mutral sdvioees, et wes K worth 1 terms of bomen begples s2d geo of mind? Wo mmt remecber he wht oz s n “Pregroes” wo have also Progrssed n ways nd moezs of osroctioo-— o 1o bow st w0 tho At and Hydrogen ‘beczb which wll M hoveads end el Sousemds of anacecs peples ided mlsin, polion e, gorm. o, . Yen, we bave ‘progresn” o 8o exzi it wo e abot 0 “Progres” caeves ight off he ficn of il e, H s o I “Progras” | wact o0 part of i, for 1 love the fores, the ks and Oa cniols et o “Crstor” gt oa i xrth love my roer nd dot wact 8 30 haceznds of my fllow men beng Hilld or makmed f con dendly bt o [yt gy “Democriy, I 1 iv Gl seme Bought end reasocing I t Democrey whes 8 e s b ‘becaso o s color o o ious belle,or ecause b Joined th wrong ion o voted o e wroeg pery? 1 Democrate for s or Foderl Gloveremests 1 ppolt Chieh, men that hey czn e s pepes? Tl bas been dose £ I il beng deow om tho veroas esrve (i oouiry. Por o ages tho Idlan peple bave chocted thel lade, Our women have vorad sice e begen, bttt e 198 Admendmest wes ectrod it the Consinaion of s Cotryta whts wamen ol vote 0 iy s Whetooven-sms i Democrsic? A THE LED HEART WARRIOR Freedom of Speech. Y, you may yel yourhags o, i oy if your spoech omforms o the various oal o the prescet od. misistratio. Try sl on enouacing the goverment for fcibly taing our young men into the sevie, decouncig the forced 10 higher taxes ey ke frm youl Soca the polcs would ake you s your soup b 1ol o 8 mesal iton. “Tha country was popelaed by people flcig. yranay-thy wisod o b €0 30 hey could pactics nd fllow o ellgios bl 1 v he way that uitd thow-ye, we, e Indan people wers nd wro sl being proseced. becasse wo have our owa eligkn, our owa way of e aad merl sandurds which o a8 fse 4 tht belonging 10 azy rice of people sow livig on the face f s arth Wo bave Says believed i ove God e *Crsto* Vs, we are being prosecuiod bocmsso of our color, ur relgon, 10d our vay of lfe Why then, in this Democrsic Couoty, cast e id is? Democracy? I 5 o days man was e e, Ho formed govermes 0 st N owo nee, v fom of Democriy. Ho was bver conscrpld sto m army, b had 50 Pour Howse s crphanage, e ook n rphane aad resed the s b did s v blood offeing. Ho cared for th overy necd of s 5o puris. Ho had 20 jals e pisoas-be peoded cone, for sealng, rige, aed marder were al but koo, Every man 2o wosnan had & vl i s soverment. In concusion | woukd say this: We cannct g0 back 1 the bark lodge 2 the Til, w camot e o sl it the bow and arow, i would, In s day ad age bo impractical B th things that re eally dar o our pople and our burs, wo ca bold 1o, sch o ur sncestn’ rlgions bolles which il our every spiical ned, our cade of iving which {aclodes such et s hooesty, sy, monl b, ovefo ursaighbors, o cooperativeness n belpng and adersaading e bruens. Wo can hold 1o our rliions aad ocial gaberiags. Also we can 0. crin extrt, bold 10 our art aod s, o maera cubur, which sbould never be given p for e plstic gadge, 1 rocnll ssd the svoag. rink Yes, we ca aod s e India because l of s bave s prowd brkage-1 do not wa o bocoms “intepied” sor “usimilied” iso 8 robok In s mase, common, b ad uocoloful popelatio. 1 wast 10 b fee, nlaibied idividual witha misd of my own, o practce Jov, uith, and fls play with ol peopl: s 1o crese tho ot and rafls of my people a0 oo spend my e beog » save 10 om0 chine i big_induway, with oothing on my mind b producion 1 wast 1 be compensaed fr my abas it love, updersunding, gritude, aad e Kowladge et T nosded s with the knowledgs i Tom o pat of o “Cresors” rst plas. W can 22 wo st resin o ndividalty and we st cary o owd ey, s did o mcesions {hes dey cary hee lowd fo . We must cuy o fo o v geaerations, tht thy 100 may spek of with pride. Regardes of the sination 1 i xiss tday, being dak oo th horzon for o peopl, w2 st plan £ work sbesd aad i fo o Americes Figha, wo mist it ou chikden o e e I 4 e right pet, wo ot Joln forces s e o o0 orpmizaion with love 424 coopention a8 e foundaion. Our Cresor made o whis, od, blck, brows. 0 yellow cos of men.Our Cresorhas esson x4 purpose, which 50 mortl cap underiand. Ow Costr mess fo ther 0 be 8 pylcl a0d menal iffrenco-301 ey, ot + white man ollow b road o estrucion ia bis own vay, bt for al that i i, - e black, yollow, brows a2 104 man follow he respeciv tral thit our Crostor bas iven cach ace. No, | do o want 10 be aslmlaed. Wheo | mee 3y “Crestoe” 1 was 0 td srmight d prod 12 52, T o Indan and | havo fllowed the ways Yoo have st for e, a0d T hav ived md Tve praciced e fuih and the code of Ife a4 you bave givn By pocple O v spoen S Gray Wt Preides of he LNAL Cople by peaissionof o ainsor. Sam Gray ol 8 young dienof Cayuge Delware descnt, was b o the WolfClas o b b st Miami, Okbom. Tis