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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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w o u ld be re lie v e d b y th a t p la u s ib le c o n
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thinking m u c h levs ta lk in g
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that 's o n ly a tantavv
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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»
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all th e m e a n in g s , b u t w h a t d o s tra ig h t
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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of
cause the m e rr /»»snMZiiv th a t som e of o u r
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la s d .t a a *
tk « 7
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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