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r/Äjssfiaos JOHN TUUMII by KaUrtsi F wm in b ig o try it m u st have b ee n for these EvfrybaJy i Thru trnrd by Homo{>bobiu p o o r p eo p le p la te how jl HFY NIC KEL UST W H F N YOU T H IN K Al I T M t artist* in the c ultural p o c k « * o l world m u te have hern founded up J It 's in te re s tin g to c o n te m these b igots reacted U> the k n o w le d g e th a t they w ere p u m m e lin g a w i i r and h e r h u s b a n d "Ds> / k ite wry b rv th tr b ^ a u u h t n m in J t and driven in to urban area.* io verve o th e r as plugged-in, t e c h n o « ! up itiw i i vlave* or a* ground up vpu.es fo r the like* o f Paul S im on '» bland pop o f f * v n lf , or Ja I b an ^r, bnn tn r btt a m t ka 'm ttn d i m t a t tam eatn tcAo u 'n o f' my- n i P IT hand, a medicine m an come* along and g«v * record >.onira«.t H b o w f i k v>i Jo / b a u , tb t o m mk> u m t, or tb t m u tuk> u jm r k in g b u t m t ‘ ‘- E lie W ie s e l to hold up a nurror in which you can see both your reflection and h i*, standing vide by ude. while an elec tnc blue* guitar and p o rtry o f pain T 1 p o « . a rt or and activist H e has a new disc o ut — ,4A 4 ( if i i / l m 'fu n and a in tw o new A im *. Zn« aJenr uf t ’»lain and I h u n d r'h ru rt Moth m ovie* the fust a docuinem aiy and tlie second a fictionalized account *rc ahout I « x u u d Peltier, who is currently A s im ila r e v e n t took p la c e u i I e w e s , D e la w a re iust last vear A m a n w a lk in g d o w n the street w ith his a r m a ro u n d the s h o u ld e r o f h is m a le f r ie n d was s tru c k a ftrr the d riv e r veiled he answ er is basth H u t k m * * in * that u> he o f litt le h e lp (A ir taggot ” at h im A vesond m a n in th e tru c k th e n h it h im ui the head w ith a beer b o ttle D ie n , the W e re d r iv e r backed th e tr u c k o ve r a c u r b a n d rig h t to tell A m e ric a o f the h o rn s r* th a t o tth i th e sid e w a lk w h e re th e m a n was fla tte d v is it* u p o n us, o f th e h u m ih atso n , s ta n d in g , c ru s h in g th e m a n s legs be b ro th e rs unr h a te d , sisters, too like smoke fro m a peace pipe The h e a l« '» name is John I rudell. m is to o k y o u fo r som eon e else ” a n d sera h i sly im u re d by a p ic k u p tr u c k , w o u ld te e m and heahnu '» i r l 'ro u n d your lieadv " O h - w e 're very sorry to have b ro k e n vvnir b o n es , b u t we th e is o la tio n , a n d even th e k illin g s p er tw ee n the rear o f the tru c k a n d th ree m e p e tu a te d , all in the n am e o f h eten w exu al tai m a ilb o x e s hegem ony reverse o nce a g a in in o rd e r tn ru n over These sho uld be e n o u g h to H e th e n p u t th e tr u c k tn c o n v in c e this c o u n try th a t it's been te rn th is m a n a second tim e , a p p a re n tly in b ly w ro n g a b o u t w h o sse are o rd e r tn fin is h h im o ff H ut th e re 's servuig tw o life sentence* in the fed cd « a l prison at L eavenw o rth . Kanvav, for the IV75 m u rd e r o f tw o I Hl w h a t h o m o p h o b ia c o u ld n 't gain th e necessary m o m e n tu m ly — d o e * to o /A en. those w h o are p er agent* on the P in e Ridge Reservation cetsed to be ^ iv . thuwr w h o are ¿ Iraki they in South D a k o ta Peltier »ays he d id n 't do n Am nesty In te rn a tio n a l and most o f the rest o f the w o rld believe him Hut the pow er* in A m eric a have refused to look at the Peltier ca*e, th o o u n g invtcod to continue the suppression of indigenous Am ericans The oppression and slaughter o f m ight b e. a n d everyone else w h o c le a rly isn't b ut iv n ey e n h e le s * t o n e d to leel big c ia a e to every*m e c o u ld re a llv u n d e rs ta n d ll o n ly They ib tit th in g s , too; As .M ie n G in s b e rg w ro te . " Ih e v c a n ' school c h ild in A m e r k a k n o w s th a t a ta g g o t" is the w orst th in g they could be m t ' K k ls d o have the vague p e rc e p tio n th a t th e re are p « s p le in th e w o rk ! ca lled h o m o s e x u a ls , th o u g h th a t's a b o u t all they k no w k * » * '* * 7 * '* 9«.«,»»««« ka<k»e r>b«*l lo k a '4 W-lg»« * « • • .m«4 •« , . . . 4*»lf»r>«f «k« !•■«•»* • » »K« A <■*««>«•« l*»4»««a M*w««*«wt ( A I MI was thesr spokeapenon. and fro m IV7J to 1979 he was the national c h airm an o f the A m erican Indian M o v n n e n l, rac king up along the way a 17 .(M > page I H I file Then, on le b ru a rv I I . 1979. Ir u dell burned an A m « lean flag in I font o f the I-H I headquarter» in W ashing ton . I X H e said he did it because the flag had been desecrated by injustice and racism A few hours later an H «was **• Hv.a *♦»«♦ • *» Jaa» M ISIS t— »W »a*» (C • » ..a ■ (*»• > » .» ..a(>»a • *«4 fk**k «gì Rrwak A »K m * ww * M4 w ** »4 Ua* «*•-** w*»4 • A««. i . b » 4»*4 Z\ - f t * 4«»»k U4 *» «-*• <4 / * _ >C. -a - f \ kww«*s I arso n»! m fire to h i* hom e on the Shoshone P aiute reservation ut Ne vada. burning T ru d e ll'» w ife, three children and m o t h « in law to death t ailing it an accident, the F B I refused •* th e e x p la n a tio n , w h e n in tact for th e m , r«*» «a gw«a*« U. • »»—*• »'•w4f«a’ts « ••»•••-wg 4-4 «•» Usa I* * » " * Ox* Asa»«« 4« • B « ** ta H o w m a n y boys w h o d o n 't yet " l i k e ” g ir l* t h in k h o m o s e x u a lity is é + f * a»«4 >• am < **• it 's not? I f gav sseren't " b a d ” in th e ir m in d s , they w o u ld leel n o m o re a n g u iy h D ap« B u i a 1» fcea ad« — d k«aw wka fc-H«4 »fc« • th a n that ex|K -nem .cd by a c h ild w h o 4 » covers she's left h an ded *•« *•» *• I 1 *• H ut gav u b ad in th e c o u n try 's c o n ic u h i sness, *0 c h ild re n •• d i w* .rrv a h ell o f a kvt abo ut b euig it " la te b k « > m c r” ag %•««• •*•••►«♦ a a a»*» •« in tt7 F . H»« «•*«»• !»•«• « ^ «»4 1*^ «pp««*e G~ *• ’ * • ' \ Mw-Kwi «J I t » . . - . . . I . taa aa I A - . » th in k s . \ " 1 V - ■ »•<••••4 4w* •• ’ • • • b ts ila s ia VwA atkau aaaatw>«*»4 « * KF4 wk»» • io investigate the fire A f t « this tragedv I rudell w ith drew fro m activism and went inside him self, eventually w riting the pain out ut poem * he published in a b oo k. Zzvtng in H euiiiv. in 19HI Then in 19*5 he m f l guitarist c o m p o s « Jesse I'd D a v u , an O k la h o rtu K io w a , and the tw o began to collaborate Hut back then, before cross cult ut a) music, aka w orld music, was making cash tegiatefs ring, no one was irster ested in T ru d e ll and D a v u * ground te » a U 4 « 4 »ket ' •> *^ « » w g k Fg V « « a s *« r kaa4 *• l« *a M » > d F « t*^ « wW ( a « 4 > .» » 4 ' H,« W T ------ rfMWM k , *k« l«li«wt»»f 7«»> al'ar e . . <|wa t>*»»»k>« • ■ • « » 4 ■ • • « • I « « aa» Ce»«4e O».«»»»k«a»i ^>«t»«wH»aa aao.oxl la l*a s *-a> «>a .M ^ a .a , “*w - * a ■■— «■■■ _w . W W af w hat m ig h t be “ w r o n g ” w ith h im * w o u ld be re lie v e d b y th a t p la u s ib le c o n o ff thinking m u c h levs ta lk in g te m p t, a»« e«4 Cat ng De» I4w»r4a <k«<«a»«» a» I sk« M»wa* Judwevi (a w » w » s a « ^ e V.Uw—- •» ( « e a ’ '*w *w »*M » l * *k » a H r « » .# « * » » ■es*»r I « n » B w tk try kw »« abo ut it It » ibinh o fte n succeed people at in , How m is ta k e n ly ••« « « » > » • «»' »» A* A jAwi • »»« that 's o n ly a tantavv A *AA. -g , T kw « aa*w egei *4»4 aw> ac».,k 1J t r a i M Calwa u J I,,M S CUaaK Ca.<< al K k ls m this c o u n try m u st run o n ly be s tra ig h t, they m u st m a k e a b s o lu te ly sure th a t they are nut They s h o u ld n 't h a r t tn n u k e sure o u t to w h e n I was seventeen c o n fid e d in m e that he oc c asm n allv had gas tho ug hts a n d d re a m s cause u> W ilT l TO St NATO» IN O U TI ANO CONGX1SSAAAN 1DWA10S TOIXM USS YOU» SUTtOtT fOtt th e re was no th a t v irtu a lly all je o p lc have same sex and o th e r sex tan taste* to H u t as e n lig h t en e d as he tr u ly was a b o u t h o m o sexu ah tv, H e says it's not a softening fro m his days as the le a d « o f A I M but a new way to approach the same struggle " W h a t I see is that the convcxnivne*» continues, hut the fo rm change*.” he explained " S o r a t h « than have n a tio n al p olitical structure* that are to o easy to attack and destroy, you go m ore a u to n o m o u s M ayb e you go through less p olitical structure*, you go through m ore cultural and artistic one* But the com ciousnets lives and I to ld h im worry, som e deg ree o r a n o th e r THII« tffO tT S ON M M A lf Of UONASD P i l l i l i Sw> Oorwi hcny* Owawoe Saikt Cor** or baden AAxs SJS Hot O « . WeiNn^en D t 20} 10 C a n ; O a r l i N s r S i Ckoraaon these th o u g h ts i n l l b o th e re d h im d e e p ly MThat w o u ld it be lik e for som e CwJlCaae Ivtai Sad aa«ai 2 K T l< M w n > H w w 0 « big o n e w h o b elie v e d th e w o rs t th in g s ab o u t » o c V ^ r iC h o m o s e x u a lity ? I k n o w w h a t it is to be X d lS gav an d leel th e g u ilt, b u t I have a fiard tim e im a g in in g w h a t it's lik e to re a lly be MOST IMPO»TANT s tra ig h t a n d feel it W liT I TO M il M W NT IUSH NOW! As a gav p erso n I'v e fiad the ' ‘c o m in g o ut p ro s e **” to sort out Pro Gatxje Ivsk TN Will» How» 160C NnniyA-cn« Ar» all th e m e a n in g s , b u t w h a t d o s tra ig h t Woshaagton DC JCSOO th e gav p e rs o n 's c o m in g to term s to ad p eo p le have? It d o e s n 't lessen the p ain of m il th a t these lee ling s are p ro b a b ly ex e ru c ta tin g k < m a m hetrrosexuals as w ell SHAH WITH PS ( SI Of NT gUSH YOU« SUPPOSI fO« A it's active, the form s change out o f necessity.** A n d as is tru e in o u r case COMMUTATION O f MS P flT lfl S MNTtMCt too, it's all for n o th in g OS A PSISJOf NTIAl PABOON I____ I te tn rm h e r, c v p c s u llv ui b o y h o o d , the a m a z in g level o f p ara n o ia th a t s u rro u n d rd D e o t P ta s id e n l Bush touring the N o rthw est l a i n th u yeat Hut having I ru d ell w ork in the ere anv fo rm o f m a le ttv m a le p hysical c o n tac t - a s id e p erh ap s fro m t p o r t a - as I batw v» d o t la a rx n d Pvtkaa d t i not raawva a low b<aat and I a*ga ] w e ll as am ' k in d o f in te r m ale e m o tio n a l W <cr<tnl»> o ( «•awaaciaaakoo ol M> Pad»» a e x p e rie n c e ot e P '« in i» n h o l po>doo I >•■{>»> d , * y o«o»t f w i (»ply. M ales can h ard lv touch eac h o th e r in this c u ltu re , e xcep t, as alw ays, bv alive arena. w h « h « in film s ot m unc, is bigger than his personal sue cease* It's a good sign that we are, perhaps, w aking up to the N a tiv e A m « x a n p «» p e vtiv e I hat an em tt culture u all aro u n d us. not to he ex ploited by tren d y, male d ru m m in g sessions and tou chy leel» healing lashin g (nit Susan Ira u s c h o f th e B o tt» , ( ilo b t put it m en an d boys too a tc lv to c o n tin u e w ell w h e n she said that m a m are fig h tin g desp er b re a th in g w hat she c a lle d " 100 p e rc e n t p u re m a c h o a i r " They w is h to be su p e r m e n , super- aggressise. s u p e r o b n o x K 'U i, and super m arathons tn the desert, but to o ff« truths that transcend the p n s o n a l and fuse the p olitical to a universal spirituality. John TrudeU's m usk ig n o ra n t T h e t r m e n ta lity has th e d u a l d tsadsan tag e o f m a k in g a u to m a to n s o f m e n , a n d ftg u n n e v o f w o m e n opens the door to that vision, and he invites us to w alk through a A lot o f th is m e n ta lity i t a tt r ib u ta b le to self an d o th e r d ire c te d h o rn o p h o b u W n practi c a lly have to go to c o u n s e lin g iust to be a b le to ta lk to each o th e r in real w ays ija s t lf W h a t a p o in tle s s c h a s m sse'se c re a te d . iu»t tn m a k e sure th a t c lo a e n e u is n ’t fija r p e t " m is c o n s tru e d ” C le a n in g h o m o p h o b ia h u rts h e trro s e x u a ls u n til I I h a d n 't th o u g h t m uch ab o u t how saw a p ie c e o n th e T V ' show 2 0 2 0 a b o u t twt> o r three sears ago T h e y had tascinat DONALD THOM P o BOX 773 CANNON BEACH O « 97110 1 - BOO - 3 0 0 -3 H K S ANTlCkUtS C C L U -C T M M -V b ’ Ö CCKS • l'J M F c » 10 11*5 COnntAClRL A ttoria OB : liv e m a n 's le g * w ere so severely im u re d that the d o c to r* fiad m graft muse lev. ten d o n s , a n d s k in fro m o th e r p a rts o t his I h ir in g the e n tire in c id e n t th e m e n o n th e u d c w a lk w ere p le a d in g w ith th e ir a tta c k e r* ot the m en attac ked was a m a rrv e d . hetcr A id th is year, th re e lA n s a c o ia teen ager* w h o said th e * w ere o u t to beat u p a gav jservon tn o rd e r to get b e e r m o n e y , d id so w ith a lead p ip e , fa ta lly , to a rnan n a m e d John B r a u n , w h o was a m a rrie d straigh t la th e r o l fo u r It 's in c re d ib le H e tero s e x u als have a c tu a lly died because o l h o m o p h o b ia Ix»r John B ra u n a i d m a n y o th e r * , it's to o late to u n d e rs ta n d t h e ir stake in e lim in a tin g p re ju d ic e against gav c e o p le It v too late lo t h im to tom I ’ l m a rc h o n G a y I*n d e D a y I.A f i a td H u t lo r m ost p e o p le , it is n 't too late B etöre th e ir c h il d re n k ill themselvxrs far fro m h o m e , b e fore they lie b le e d in g , m is ta k e n , and p ro n e , b e fo re th e ir b r o th e r * d ie s low ly a lo n e , it w e ta lk ab o u t it, they can u n d e r s t a id D ie s c a n ' D ie s can! Ih e v c a n ' "Where ever they burn books they will also, in the end, bum human beings." Heine 1823 r ing stories a b o u t several s tra ig h t p e o p le w h o w ere actually a tta c k e d -p h v x k a U v - because o th e rs th o u g h t th e * w e re gay. O n e h etero sexu al c o u p le h o ld in g h an ds r » w a lk in g down re p e a te d ly C u ltiv a tin g o u r Aesthetic Sense Margt Curtis re fre s h in g it w o u ld he lor A straight tn e n d o f m in e w h o m I cam e T hat creative path « the one that now give* since to T ru deU ’s politics in th e space « v a ila b le to tu m p th e c u r b k illin g 'iK p eo p le to be a b le to d isco ver th e ir s e x u a lity w ith o u t tear H u t rig h t now , w « ... --V » » 4 'S s w S S and and d ie k>r w h a t they gav breaking mix o f N a tiv e A m erican chants e i d d rum s and ro c k in ' blue* " W e took the original (Ir q /ltn M a r aro un d to all the m a jo r companies and sortie o f the independents, and basically they to k l us |<eople w eren't ready fu r this and w o u ld n 't lu t m to T ru d e ll said in an interview " T h e y gave u t this line o f excuses so we went on to m ake the music and re leaned u oursetvea ’ ’ fro n t even just as a w fu l th a t so m a n y s tra ig h t k id s U4 «k« l^kg t*> F«»w»a •» ( Hbl C«ss»»(lr ! • » t»»wg« • * • * • * e ...a .... W a he them selves because o f w h o they are I t 's A ll« ia g < «» «< e » s 4 because ta in e d , c h ild re n w h o , in a fre e r society, .-I ••• Be c h ild re n w ill he gas is n ’t even e n te r a w fu l th a t so m a m y o u n g gav ( • » of cause the m e rr /»»snMZiiv th a t som e of o u r À . ,t ....» a - la s d .t a a * tk « 7 «- — The c o n s ta n tly c lu s io n are instead shut . o n ly o te x u a l fath er H u t it d id n 't m a t t r r ITiev c a n ' T h e y c a n !” P r a c tk a ils eye H«wv m a m w o n d e r to them s e lv e s , » that and went to V ie t N am w ith the N avy H e [« u rn e d to fight on his own «oil at A lc a tra z laland . which the Indians o f AJI T rib e * occupied in I9 7 | (rudell so " ' X t re tust b u d d ie s , w e 're not gay ” O ne m a y b e they w o u ld see MUSIC IS MEDICINE d o in g b o d y in o rd e r to re p a ir th e m o tr y 's nasty b ite T h is 1* a k»< ot p eo p le N a tiv e Am ericans ts an o k! story to (ru d e ll. for be has lived it most o f his 46 year* Benn in <Hnaha to a Santee father and M e c x a n tt.o<her. he grew up on and aro un d the Santee Sioux reservation H is mother died when he was n x , and at 17 Trudell left hom e I rudell gave the keynote speech at the N ew M u n c So nin ar th u year, talkin g about music as an itu tru m e n t for change, so you know h e 'll be on college radio H e 's also been g « tin g a lot o f p re » , and say* his b an d w ill be p e rh a p s s u rp ris in g fro m H e was p re v e n t m o re to th e s to ry W e can also tell a b o u t th e street was beaten It seem s the w o m a n 's short h air m ad e it seem fro m the h a c k that they w ere tw o m e n '¿That an a w fu l e d u c a tio n Aesthetic , is a word difficult to spell, and just about as hard to say or define. Webster lists u as an adjective "relating to the principles o f beauty atd taste and o f art." Today the concept of aesthetics lias tar deeper significance than mere superficial ideas of what is tasteful. We are , as a culture in danger o f loosing our individual aesthetic sense via the clever and not always obvious manipulation o f our values by the mass tnedta/Madison Avenue The colors wc surround ourselves with, the shapes wc live in. ihe way we spetd our lives and the relation- ships we have with the natural world all relate to our aesthetic sense Is it any wonder then to sec the life ol the common wage slave as a compromise w ith average to non existent beauty in physical surroundings and the tragic lac k of time to appreciate the natural world? T ime ts spent working king hours to get more stuff The most tearful aspect ot our kise ol aesthetic sense is the specter of children whose main values gravitate toward what money w ill buy, toward the ideas and concepts propagated through television as opposed to real human interaction and experience Wc. as human beings, deserve to eat at the table of beauty, creativity, uniqueness and quality of everyday existence - not swallowing meals of cleverly marketed, cheap, non nutritious last food. Here arc some dcas which might encourage the individual rediscovery ol a personal sense of aesthetics, and model this to children •L im n the amount o f lime spent watching television Cut a show and lake a child outside to wale h the sunset. •Spend a IitUc more money to buy something solid and handmade. •Surround yourself with colors, sound, people and ideas which appeal to the joyful part o f your inner self. •Loivk long and hard al a flower, a wild animal, the lines and colors on the horizon, let the beauty o f the natural world creep into your soul, this also takes time. Could it be that we might change the world wonderfully if we consis tently connected to our innermost aesthetic sense’ What would you add ui this list ’ The lime is npe D