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«.«,»»««« kab«*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 » • «»' »» 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 « . 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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 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 | 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