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Date Posted: 09:29:03 03/12/01 Mon
Author: Anonymous
Subject: News and Issues

Advocate Reporter (no email / no homepage) wrote:

> > Hi Joanne ,
> > The protests are going on daily still ..
> > The protests are making some at Table Mountain uncomfortable so I think it
is imperitive that they continue and also that the heat gets a little hotter We need help and support in my neck of the woods....Could you please distribute this to your readers :)
> > We need Indian and Non Indian to respond to us and offer support for our cause.
> > Please read the Statement below and any and all who wish to help with the
> > peaceful protest to support and help this coalition please contact
> > PonieGirl8@aol.com by email or send letters by
> snail mail to
> > Table Mountain Casino
> > 23736 Sky Harbor Road
> > Friant , CA
> > or PHONE 559 822 2587
> > I have always felt that telegrams are also effective ... any way you choose please support the people of this coalition ! Table Mountain Casino and Rancheria chooses Genocide of their own people over doing the right thing !
> > This is an urgent action !!!!
> > Thanks in advance and read the notice below
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> TRIBAL WAR
> > STOP ; DO NOT SUPPORT THIS CASINO
> >
> > TABLE MOUNTAIN RANCHERIA STILL REFUSES THEIR PEOPLE!!!!!!
> >
> > OVER 20 YEARS AGO ( LONG BEFORE THIS CASINO) THE TRIBE SUED THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND WON. THE GOVERNMENT ORDERED THEM TO RE ORGANIZE AND NOTIFY ALL THEIR PEOPLE OF THEIR STATUS AS INDIANS. TABLE MOUNTAIN IGNORED THIS ORDER, THIS IS WHEN OUR FIGHT BEGAN.
> >
> > IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR WE BEGAN A MARCH ON THE TRIBAL BUILDING , THE COUNCIL STOPPED US AND WANTED TO TALK THINGS OUT
.....FINALLY !!!
> > LEANNE WALKER GRANT, TRIBAL CHAIR, AND THE COUNCIL, ADMITTED THEY HAD MADE A MISTAKE AND THEY WOULD DO EVERYTHING TO MAKE
THINGS RIGHT. THEY LIED , THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO KEEP US OUT.
> >
> > THEY TOLD US TO PROVIDE THEM WITH PAPERS PROVING WHO WE ARE EVEN THOUGH MANY OF US GREW UP WITH THEM HERE AND ARE THEIR COUSINS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.....THIS WE DID .
> >
> > THEY WANT MANY OF US TO PROVIDE THEM WITH DNA EVEN THOUGH OUR BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH THEIR VEINS AND WE ARE ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE ANCESTORS THAT ARE BURIED HERE AT TABLE MOUNTAIN.
> >
> > THEY BROUGHT IN A HANDFUL OF US TO SEPARATE US AND MAKE THE COALITION WEAKER IN NUMBERS....TO DIVIDE OUR FAMILIES ....TO WEAKEN
OUR HEARTS ....THEY FAILED
> >
> > THE TRIBAL COUNCILS ACTIONS ARE CRIMINAL AND THEY MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS TRIBAL LEADERS THEY HAVE STOLEN FROM US OUR STATUS AS INDIAN PEOPLE .....OUR MEDICAL ... OUR EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS.
> >
> > MORE THAN THIS THEY HAVE STOLEN OUR HERITAGE AND HAVE BROKEN THE SACRED CIRCLE OF OUR TRIBE!
> >
> > WE WILL NOT STOP THIS ACTION UNTIL EVERYONE OF US IS RECOGNISED !
> >
> > JOIN OUR FIGHT , CALL THEM, OR WRITE THEM.....STAND WITH US !
> >
> > DO NOT SUPPORT THIS CASINO ......THANK YOU !
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37 Date: 2001-02-10 04:51:25
Advocate Reporter (no email / no homepage) wrote:

Subject: [Native-American-Advocate] Position Announcement


Greetings!

Please Post the following attached Job Announcements. We are currently
Accepting applications and interviewing for three Job Positions: (1)
Youth/Teen Programs Coordinator (2) Chief Financial Officer/Human Resources

(3) Foster Care Social Worker.

Positions are open until Filled. We would like to hire immediately. PLEASE CONTACT CHRISTINA FOR ATTACHMENTS> COMPLETE DESCRIPTIONS>
Agency Info:
Indigenous Nations Child and Family Agency (INCFA) is an Indian-managed, Oakland-based 501(c) 3 non-profit, incorporated as the Bay Area American Indian Council. INCFA's overall goals are to restore and strengthen the family circle through comprehensive, culturally based services that promote family stability and wellness. INCFA is a licensed foster care agency that provides advocacy and placement pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA); child abuse and domestic/family violence prevention programs; counseling services; and parenting/ family reunification support. INCFA also provides services and case management for Unity Village, a transitional housing program for formerly homeless Native Americans. Unity Village units serve four target populations: (1) domestic violence survivors; (2) adults in
drug/alcohol recovery; (3) veterans' families; and (4) family unification housing.

Please mail, fax, or e-mail your resume with cover letter and two
references to the address listed below:
ATT: Cristina RodrĖguez de La Mar, INCFA Executive Director
INDIGENOUS NATIONS CHILD & FAMILY AGENCY (INCFA)
Bay Area American Indian Council, Inc.
440 Santa Clara Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610
(510) 645-1430 (510) 645-1434 FAX
E-Mail: edincfa@aol.com

Many Thanks!

Cristina Rodriguez de La Mar
Executive Director
Indigenous Nations: Child & Family Agency
Bay Area American Indian Council
--

André Cramblit, Operations Director

The Northern California Indian Development Council NCIDC is a non-profit organization that meets the social, educational, and economic development needs of American Indian communities. NCIDC operates a fine art gallery featuring the Tribes of N.W. California. (
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36 Date: 2001-02-10 04:41:32
Advocate Investigator (no email / no homepage) wrote:

Mother Sues School For Intimidating Child, Religious Harassment
by AP, The Associated Press
http://www.imdiversity.com/Article_Detail.asp?Article_ID=3054


DULCE, N.M. (AP) - The Dulce Independent School District has been accused of
violating the civil rights of a fourth-grader by physically and emotionally
harassing him and using a religious rite to intimidate his mother when she
complained about her son's treatment.

Veronica Christie alleges school officials used corporal punishment to
discipline her son, Jonathan Tilley, then tried to use a religious rite
against her, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in
Albuquerque.

The lawsuit contends district regulations do not authorize corporal
punishment or other force against students as disciplinary measures and that
the religious rite violated the Constitution by establishing religion in a
public school.

Defendants include Superintendent Levi Pesata, Dulce Elementary Principle Jim
Cruice, Assistant Principal Terry Nunneley and school counselor Dorothy Gomez.

Pesata said Tuesday he couldn't discuss the lawsuit and referred questions to
the district's attorney, who couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

Last September, Jonathan was taken to the principal's office for being
uncooperative in class and was confronted by Cruice and Nunneley, the lawsuit
says.

"Without any warning or further explanation, the defendant Cruice walked up
to Jonathan and began to scream at Jonathan," the lawsuit says. "The
defendant ... vehemently grabbed Jonathan by the arm, and began dragging
Jonathan down the hall."

The lawsuit, which doesn't specify damages, said the boy suffered emotional
distress and was traumatized because of the incident.

Christie asked Pesata for a report of the incident. The lawsuit claims
Pesata, Gomez and Cruice conspired to withhold information from Christie in
violation of federal law.

Pesata, identified in the complaint as an elder and former president of the
Jicarilla Apache Tribe, then "smoked" or "smudged" areas of the school in
which Christie had worked or been present, the lawsuit says.

"Smoking" or "smudging" is a tribal rite in which smoke from burning
sagebrush is allowed to fill an area to rid the area of evil, believed to be
brought by outsiders or non-members of the Jicarilla tribe, the lawsuit said.

The rites resulted in Christie "being shunned, and otherwise treated as evil
or undesirable by members of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe employed at,
attending or otherwise present at Dulce Elementary School," the lawsuit says.

Christie, who is Cherokee, works at the school as a food service employee.

Juanita Roibal Bradley, the family's attorney, said the lawsuit, filed in
December, was about addressing the conflict between tribal sovereignty and
public schools.

"They have denied what happened and feel sovereign to do what they want and
there is no liability," she said. "It seems appropriate that other people
know what's going on up there. It's a public school and subject to public
scrutiny."

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35 Date: 2001-02-10 04:38:14
Advocate Reporter (no email / no homepage) wrote:

From: tom kunesh
To: Tennessee Indian Affairs email list
Subject: [tn-ind] "Indian nations back Bend plan"

This story appeared in The Times Free Press on Saturday, February 3,
2001
12:00:00 AM
http://www.timesfreepress.com/2001/feb/03feb01/webmoccbend.html

Indian nations back Bend plan
----------------------------------------------------------------
By Kathy Gilbert, Staff Writer


Five American Indian nations agreed Friday to support legislation
proposed
by Congressman Zach Wamp, R-Chattanooga, to add Moccasin Bend to the
federal park system.

"We encourage you to proceed expeditiously. Generations have waited for
this moment," stated officials of the Five Civilized Tribes in a letter
to
Rep. Wamp. The Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek) and
Seminole nations say they believe they have ancestral homes and burial
sites on
Moccasin Bend.

Rep. Wamp could not be reached for comment.

Friday's letter is good news for Chattanooga, said Mickey Robbins,
president of the Friends of Moccasin Bend. Friends is a non-profit
organization named by the city and Hamilton County in 1996 as an agent
to
pursue national park status.

The park will be linked to the Tennessee Riverwalk and add a
"second-night"
attraction to the Tennessee Aquarium, Mr. Robbins said. A 1996 economic
study estimated the park could attract 600,000 people every year and
spark
$21.2 million in new spending in the county, he said.

"It's going to become a tremendous asset to Chattanooga," Mr. Robbins
said.

Last week, Rep. Wamp said he planned to move quickly on the park
legislation. His proposal excluded a 156-acre parcel owned by the city
and
county and leased to Wes Brown through 2005 for the Moccasin Bend Public

Golf Course. A 1998 National Park Service study recommended the golf
course
property be included in the park. The park service still stands by that
recommendation, said Pat Reed, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National
Military Park superintendent.

Tom Kunesh, a member of the Chattanooga InterTribal Association,
protested
the golf course's exclusion.

But the Five Civilized Tribes said the park was too critical to hold out

for perfection.

"We prefer the National Park boundary include what we consider to be
hallowed ground contained in the golf course," states the letter from
members of the cultural preservation committee of the Five Civilized
Tribes. "However, the goal of creating the park is the most important
objective. We ask that appropriate language be made part of the
legislation
so that the golf course may be added later."

Local attorney Mike Mahn and Jay Mills, co-vice president of the
Friends,
talked to the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma this week, along with
Vicky
Karhu, local liaison to the tribes. Ms. Karhu also is director for the
Chattanooga Indigenous Resource Center and Library in Red Bank.

Moccasin Bend, named for its foot-shaped appearance and location at a
curve
in the Tennessee River, is rich in American Indian and Civil War
archeological and historical sites, Mr. Mills said.

Rep. Wamp's legislation would add 896 acres to the federal park system.
It
grandfathers in the state mental health hospital at the tip of the bend
and
includes a nearly completed donation of 96 acres from the Rock-Tenn
Corp.
to the Trust for Public Land.

In 1950, Congress enacted legislation authorizing the secretary of the
interior to accept a 1,400-acre donation of Moccasin Bend land to
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. In 1953, Tennessee
Gov. Frank Clement blocked the appropriation. Soon after, the city of
Chattanooga built a sewage treatment plant near the site of historic
Brown's Ferry. Much of the area, including the golf course land, was
named
a National Historic Landmark in 1969.
-------------------------------
Chattanooga InterTribal Association (CITA)
http://www.chattanooga.net/cita/

Native American Indian Association of Tennessee
http://www.chattanooga.net/naia/index.html

Native Nashville
http://www.nativenashville.com/




34 Date: 2001-02-10 04:36:53
Advocate Reporter (no email / no homepage) wrote:

]

Inter-Tribal Council
of the
Five Civilized Tribes
Cultural Preservation Committee


Honorable Zach Wamp,
Member of Congress
United States House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

Re: Moccasin Bend National Park

Dear Representative Wamp:

We wish to express our appreciation for your commitment to introduce
legislation that will create the Moccasin Bend National Park. We
encourage
you to proceed expeditiously. We pledge our support through the
legislative
process.

We are pleased the proposed boundary includes the property owned by
the
State of Tennessee that contains the mental health hospital. We
recognize
the importance of this resource to the regional community and support
the
'grandfathering' of this facility. We are also pleased the park will
include the Trail of Tears Federal Road.

We prefer the National Park boundary include what we consider to be
hallowed ground contained in the golf course. However, we believe at
this
time that the goal of creating the Park is the most important objective.
We
ask that appropriate language be made part of the legislation so that
the
golf course may be added later, should the public owners choose to add
it
to the Park.

Generations have waited for this moment. May you be guided by the same

Spirit to whom we all entrust our lives, our hopes, and our dreams. As
representatives of our respective nations on the Cultural Preservation
Committee (CPC) of the Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized
Tribes,
we are,

Sincerely yours,

Terry Cole, CPC Chair, Choctaw nation of Oklahoma

Rene Duncan, CPC Vice-Chair, Chickasaw Nation

Mary Tidwell, CPC Secretary, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

Joyce A. Bear, Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Ted Underwood, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

[fax transmission date: Jan 31 2001 ]


33 Date: 2001-02-10 04:34:46
Advocate Reporter (no email / no homepage) wrote:

Neighboring tribes set for court battle
FEBRUARY 9, 2001

Citing an 1865 treaty, the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska is seeking the return of
the northern portion of the reservation and has filed suit against the
Department of Interior and other federal agencies.

But also named as a defendant is the neighboring Winnebago Tribe. It was
under the 1865 treaty that the Winnebago Reservation was created after tribal
members had been forced from their ancestral home in Wisconsin and were
subsequently herded throughout the Plains by the government.

They ended up in Nebraska Territory and the Omaha Tribe agreed to sell a
portion of their land for $50,000. Under a provision in the treaty, the tribe
has the right to repurchase the land if their new neighbors caused any
trouble.

Apparently, that trouble most recently came when the Indian Health Services
decided to locate a new hospital on the Winnebago Reservation instead of the
Omaha one. The suit also seeks to stop the contruction of the hospital.

Still, the dispute has old roots when Omaha tribal members began to feel they
were being treated like second-class citizens by the government after
agreeing to sell the land for the benefit of the Winnebagos.

A lawyer for the Winnebago Tribe says the lawsuit is frivolous.

Get the Story:
Omahas Go to Court to Oust Winnebagos (The Omaha World-Herald




32 Date: 2001-02-10 04:32:57
Advocate Investigator (no email / no homepage) wrote:

http://www.ctnow.com
SIMMONS HOSTS HEARING ON INDIAN POLICIES

Simmons Hosts Hearing On Indian Policies
By LYN BIXBY And DAVID LIGHTMAN
The Hartford Courant
February 09, 2001

If Democrat Sam Gejdenson had done what freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Rob
Simmons is doing today - conducting a hearing on Indian issues - Gejdenson
might have won an 11th term last fall in eastern Connecticut's 2nd
Congressional District.

But Gejdenson didn't have a hearing, and he lost by less than 3,000 votes.

Tribal recognition, casinos and reservation expansion are big issues in the
2nd District, and are gaining momentum around the state. One indication of
their importance was the surprise appearance of U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd
in Hartford Monday advocating a national moratorium on the tribal recognition
process.

Though Simmons has been in Congress for only a month, he clearly caught the
attention of Connecticut's senior senator.

The congressional field hearing that Simmons leads at 10 a.m. today in the
Legislative Office Building in Hartford fulfills a pledge.

"When it came up during the campaign that constituents wanted a hearing, I
was sympathetic to that, and I promised I would do it," Simmons said
Thursday. "It's my hope that we can get some information and recommendations
on the table ... that will allow me to join my colleagues in some legislative
proposals, maybe somewhat along the lines of what Sen. Dodd has offered."

Dodd, a Democrat, announced new, stronger positions on Indian issues at his
Monday press conference and said he would introduce legislation to reform the
tribal recognition process. He applauded Simmons for organizing today's
hearing, and he said he would try to attend.

There has been talk that Dodd is considering a run for governor in 2002 - a
notion he laughed about Thursday but would not completely dismiss - and
having a well-attended Hartford press conference four days before Simmons'
hearing is good politics.

Dodd's positions on Indian affairs show an evolution in his thinking and a
growing sense of outrage over the recognition process. Members of
Connecticut's Washington delegation have felt pressure in recent years to
inch away from tribal constituencies, but Dodd has tried to steer a middle
course.

Even before his Monday press conference, the senator and his staff contacted
representatives of the state's two federally recognized tribes, the
Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegans.

"Informally, they did not see a problem with what I was saying," Dodd said.
"These cases [of other groups seeking recognition] could be dangerous for
them. It could devalue who gets recognition."

In addition to advocating a moratorium, Dodd also said he would ask Interior
Secretary Gale Norton to re-examine preliminary decisions last year by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs to recognize two North Stonington groups, the
Eastern Pequots and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequots.

The Eastern and Paucatuck decisions have been challenged in court by Attorney
General Richard Blumenthal and three eastern Connecticut towns, North
Stonington, Preston and Ledyard. They accused bureau officials of acting
illegally, in part because the bureau's historians and anthropologists found
that neither group met the seven mandatory criteria for recognition.

Simmons, a 57-year-old former state representative from Stonington, said he
supports a review of the Eastern and Paucatuck decisions, even though he
knows some tribal members and sympathizes with their quest for recognition.

"I think we all respect the fact that Native Americans have a right to be
recognized for their diversity and for their cultural heritage," he said. "On
the other hand, this recognition carries with it what you might call the
casino benefit, which can be disruptive in the larger community. And that's
why this has become a concern, especially in Connecticut."

U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, a Republican from the 4th District who has been
the Connecticut delegation's most outspoken critic of federal Indian policy,
is not expected to attend Simmons' hearing because of a conflict.

He is in a position to exert some influence as a senior member of the House
Government Reform Committee and a member of its subcommittee that oversees
Bureau of Indian Affairs operations.

"This is a gigantic problem in our state," Shays said this week. "We're
looking at a state that's going to be filled with casinos."

The Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegans own two of the world's largest
casinos, both in eastern Connecticut, and an attempt by the Mashantuckets to
expand their reservation beyond boundaries set by Congress sparked a six-year
court battle with Blumenthal and the three surrounding towns. The case is
being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Simmons has opposed Mashantucket reservation expansion, as has U.S. Sen.
Joseph I. Lieberman. But Gejdenson did not join them, and he came to be
regarded as unresponsive on Indian issues, particularly in the towns of North
Stonington, Preston and Ledyard.

Anti-Gejdenson feelings hardened last year with the publication of a book
that made the case that the Mashantuckets are not a legitimate tribe and that
Congress was duped in 1983 when it gave them federal recognition. Gejdenson
was portrayed as the tribe's main congressional advocate in the book,
"Without Reservation," by Jeff Benedict.

In last fall's election, Simmons portrayed Gejdenson as out of touch with his
district. But Simmons declined to speculate Thursday on how the election
might have turned out if Gejdenson had simply agreed to have a hearing on
Indian issues.






31 Date: 2001-02-10 04:31:07
Advocate Investigator (no email / no homepage) wrote:

Tribe says land claim distorted
FEBRUARY 9, 2001

George Tiger, spokesperson for the Miami Nation of Oklahoma, on Thursday said
the tribe's 2.6 million acre land claim is about treaty rights not a casino.

The tribe last year filed its claim to the Illinois land but Tiger said the
governor's office brought up the idea of settling the claim for a casino.
According to Tiger, Chief Floyd Leonard didn't say a casino was the tribe's
goal but would be considered as "one of the negotiation points."

"From that day on, it's always: 'Tribe wants casino in Illinois," said Tiger.
Tiger made his remarks at an American Indian Chamber of Commerce luncheon in
Tulsa.

The tribe filed the land claim against 15 randomly chosen private landowners
because the state of Illinois didn't exist, said Tiger. Tiger says the tribe
is willing to negotiate with the state.

Thomas C. Wilmont Sr., a New York deveoloper, has said he was paying for most
of the tribe's lawsuit as a business investment.

Senator: Tribe must play by the rules
JULY 26, 2000

Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-Illinois) introduced legislation on Monday aimed
at helping citizens of his state fight a 2.6-million-acre land claims suit
filed by the Miami Nation of Oklahoma.

"Citizens are granted certain legal protections when they are sued by a
business associate, a relative, the government, or practically anyone else,"
said Fitzgerald on Tuesday. "Why shouldn't these protections apply when a
family is sued by a tribe?"

Fitzgerald said The Landowners Defenses Against Property Claims by Indian
Tribes will force the tribe to "play by the same rules ... as everyone else."
To level the playing field, the bill would allow the landowners in Illinois
to use state law against the tribe's claims.

Applying state law to an area traditionally governed only by federal law
might raise red flags for some, particularly in light of recent events
surrounding the Washington State Republican Party. Treaties, various Supreme
Court decisions, and the Constitution make it clear federal law governs areas
Indian affairs.

But a spokesperson for the Miami Nation says the proposed legislation doesn't
worry the tribe at all.

"It doesn't affect the claim one bit," said George Tiger on Tuesday. Tiger
said he believes the legislation is simply a response to criticism the state
has endured by its own citizens.

Since the law adds a new section to the portion of the United States Code
affecting Indians and tribes, it could presumably be used in all future land
claims filed by tribes, with one notable exception. The law would not apply
when a governmental entity, such as a state or the federal government, is
named as a defendant.

The Miami Nation's lawsuit, filed in US District Court in East St. Louis,
Illinois doesn't name the state, but it does name individual landowners. The
15 families were picked at random to represent land in 15 counties along the
Wabash River which the tribe says the federal government promised them in the
Treaty of Grouseland of 1805.

"The United States do hereby engage to consider them [The Miami and other
tribes] as joint owners of all the country on the Wabash and its waters,"
states the treaty. Although the tribe signed subsequent treaties ceding
parcels of land to the government, they say the Wabash land was not one of
them.




30 Date: 2001-02-09 12:25:29
Advocate Investigator (no email / no homepage) wrote:

FBI: We turned over confidential informant documents to locals
By Jay Lindsay,
Associated Press, 2/8/2001 18:40
http://www.boston.com/cgi-bin/new_passiton.cgi

BOSTON (AP) The FBI broke its silence Thursday on charges that it allowed
innocent men to go to prison to protect mob informants, saying local
authorities had FBI documents that could have exonerated the men.

The statement came the day Joseph Salvati who spent 30 years in prison
outlined plans to sue various government agencies he said framed him for a
murder he didn't commit.

The FBI has been taken a public relations beating since December, when the
Justice Department released confidential informant memos from March 1965,
when Chelsea thug Edward Deegan was murdered.

The documents showed FBI agents knew about the hit on Deegan ahead of time,
and had a list of six men who did it.

FBI informant Vincent ''Jimmy the Bear'' Flemmi was on the list, but was
never charged. Salvati, 68, Peter Limone, 66, and two others convicted for
the crime were not on the list.

Salvati and Limone were cleared early this month, and Superior Court Judge
Margaret Hinkle said there was a ''stain'' of the FBI's legacy because it
hadn't given the documents to prosecutors.

But the FBI statement Thursday said the agency did pass along the documents.

The statement said the FBI was conducting a review to find documents relevant
to the Deegan murder.

''To date, our review has disclosed documents indicating that the
confidential source information recently released, which directly relates to
the Deegan homicide, was disseminated to local authorities in 1965,'' the
statement read.

The FBI did not specify who the ''local authorities'' were, and would not
comment further. The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office prosecuted the
case, and the Chelsea police were involved in the investigation.

In a statement, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office denied
receiving informants' memos.

''As we stated in court during the Salvati and Limone hearings, this office
first became aware of the FBI confidential informant memos when they were
provided to us by the Department of Justice Task Force on Dec. 19, 2000. We
have discovered no evidence indicating that these memos were provided to this
office at any prior time.''

Chelsea police said no one was available for comment.

John Cavicchi, an attorney for Limone, said the police, the district attorney
and FBI are all to blame.

''Everybody's starting to point fingers at each other,'' he said. ''They all
lied and covered up the case.''

He added that the FBI allowed an agent to testify for the prosecution in the
Deegan case, even though they had the memos.

At Salvati's news conference Thursday, attorney Vincent Garo charged that
Chelsea police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office were also
part of the cover-up.

He released a Chelsea police report in which an informant reported that
hitman Joseph Barboza and Flemmi left the Ebb Tide cafe in Chelsea with four
men none of whom were Salvati or Limone the night of Deegan's murder, then
returned later, and one man said, ''We nailed him.'' Barboza later became the
prosecution's star witness.

Garo presented an affidavit from a prosecutor confirming the office had the
Chelsea police report during the trial.

Suffolk County District Attorney spokesman Jim Borghesani declined to
comment.

Members of Salvati's family watched the hourlong news conference at the Park
Plaza Hotel, at times holding hands and weeping.

Garo said he would seek a congressional investigation, and criticized the
government for not already settling with Salvati.

''They want us to spend years in litigation,'' he said. ''Damn them. If
that's what I have to do, we're going to do it.''

The Justice Department is investigating allegations that some Boston FBI
agents grew too friendly with mobsters who were their informants and were
corrupted by the mobsters.

Former agent John Connolly is already under indictment on racketeering
charges.



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29 Date: 2001-02-09 12:22:42
Advocate Investigator (no email / no homepage) wrote:

!

Thursday, February 8, 2001
Idaho panel OKs removal of word
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=020801&ID=s918387&cat=secti

on.Tribal_news


BOISE _ The Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously approved a measure to
remove the word "squaw" from Idaho place names Wednesday.

The bill would create a committee to identify all place names in Idaho with
the word squaw, a word that is offensive to Native Americans.

It would then set in motion a process to examine each case for historical
significance and decide if the name should be changed.

The bill now heads to the full Senate for approval


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