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Date Posted: Sun, 12/22/02 2:39pm
Author: skin
Subject: Re: Standing Bear Foundation
In reply to: sunny 's message, "Re: Standing Bear Foundation" on Sun, 12/22/02 11:00am

took a brief look at standing bear foundation - it has a funny fell about it - especially all the names - john wolf warrior smith and jane moonfeather doe and all that - not a place I would like to spend the winter - looks like a lot of college profs playing indian. could be wrong - maybe somebody here knows of the founding officer.

>>I just took a very brief look - but it looks like
>>another self-anointed group crying for publicity.
>>They seem to have a little nu-age bend to them?
>>take care.
>
>Thanks, skin
>Is this the group you have heard about? If so, sounds
>like they've run into a little rough water up there at
>the Big Foot Memorial Ride .... from their call for
>help they are still claiming to be associated with
>Arvol Looking Horse, but from John Luke's post [over
>at Indianz.com] that's not so .... I'm only asking
>cause I've a friend who has recently met these people
>and she's going to be very disappointed if they're not
>all they're claiming to be :o((
>
>sunny
>here's the link to the site
>http://www.wilkesweb.net/sbf-home.htm
>
>Standing Bear Foundation A National Heritage Foundation
>Business Office: Falls Church, VA ~ Operations Office:
>Somerset, NJ (732) 422-6969 standingbear@rcn.com
>
>MISSION:
>Our Mission: To preserve Native American cultures,
>languages, and traditions; to facilitate contacts
>between cultural-educational institutions and Native
>representatives; to facilitate cultural and
>educational exchanges between representatives of
>indigenous communities worldwide and the general
>population; to promote literacy and education in
>Native American communities; to assist Native families
>with health and medical care.
>-------------------------------------------------------
>----
>Saturday, December 21:
>Chief Looking Horse's Support Team Vandalized,
>Annual Big Foot Memorial Ride in peril.
>
>Every year since 1996, a party of riders under the
>direction of Chief Arvol Looking Horse has re-traced
>the path of Chief Big Foot's people from Mobridge,
>South Dakota to Wounded Knee. [snip ...] Making the
>two-week, 200-mile ride, often in sub-zero conditions,
>is a test for horses, people, and the support team
>that accompanies them. It is also a chance for today's
>Native youth to connect with the teachings and
>traditions of their ancestors.
>
>Saturday morning, the riders and supporters found that
>every tire on every vehicle had been slashed. The
>support team is essential for riders and horses alike
>in the event of a life-threatening injury.
>
>I won't make any presumptions on who was behind this,
>but I know that Chief Arvol has been under attack for
>years as a "sell-out" for sharing the teachings with
>mixed-bloods and non-Indians. What I do know is that
>there's a self-appointed Inquisition misrepresenting
>themselves as AIM who are doing similar things
>elsewhere.
>
>I know it's a lot to ask just days before Christmas,
>but without your help, the Big Foot Memorial Ride may
>be cancelled this year. An emergency fund has been set
>up. Please send help:
>
>Wells Fargo trans #:091000019
>Wolakota Foundation/Sunkan Wakan
>acct #:9876665879
>Wells Fargo Spearfish Branch
>131 West Hudson Spearfish, SD 57783
>
>-----------------------------------------------------
>The Standing Bear Foundation was formed in 2001. A
>Cherokee tribal officer, teacher, and activist, Brian
>Wilkes(shown here with a few close advisors. realized
>that he needed a way to pursue his goals of
>strengthening Native communities and preserving Native
>cultures, a way that would avoid possible conflicts of
>interest with his tribal government.
>
>With the help of the National Heritage Foundation, the
>Standing Bear Foundation came into existence, with its
>business office in Falls Church, Virginia, and its
>operations office in Somerset, NJ.
>
>Founder & Executive Director: Brian Standing Bear
>Wilkes
>Journalist, Author, Educator Somerset, NJ
>Advisory Board: Dr. Joseph D. Armstrong, Ph.D.
>Medical Researcher Executive Director, Indigenous
>Outreach,
>Westfield, NJ
> Marti "Momfeather" Erickson Cherokee Elder and
>Author,
>Nebraska Indian Education Association, Omaha, NE
> Dr. Donald N. Panther-Yates,Ph.D. Department of
>Communications Georgia Southern University Statesboro,
>GA
> Evan T. Pritchard Director, Center for Algonquin
>Culture,
>Woodstock, NY

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