Portland observer., August 22, 1984, Page 2, Image 2

Pege 2 Portland Observer, August 22, 1964
Native Americans protest prejudice___
by C t l ^ r i n t S itg n tr
C itin g a "ca m p a ig n o f smear and
p re ju d ic e " directed against N a tiv e
A m erican* by O u t d o o r L i f t
m a g a iin e , th e N a t io n a l T r ib a l
C h a ir m e n 's
A s s o c ia tio n
in
W a s h in g to n , D C ., has called fo r a
b o y c o tt
of
a ll
T im e s - M ir r o r
publications
T h e N T C A said in a re s o lu tio n
passed
at
its c o n v e n tio n
in
O k la h o m a C i t y , Jun e 2 8 th , th a t
T im e s - M i r r o r has " a llo w e d th e ir
p u b lic a tio n ( O u t d o o r L i f t } . . . t o
publish editorials and articles which
a re based on ra c ia l p re ju d ic e and
w h ic h (a r e } based o n a n t i- In d ia n
propaganda . . "
T h e re s o lu tio n fu rth e r said O u t­
d o o r L i f t is le a d in g a n a tio n w id e
cam paign intended to " in fla m e an ­
t i-In d ia n fe e lin g " in the U .S . and
strip A m erican In d ia n tribes o f their
special status and treaty rights such
as h u n tin g , fish in g and the rig h t to
o c c u p y c e rta in la n d s on w h ic h to
conduct their lifestyle.
Portland Attorney Jack Schwartz,
w h o is re p re s e n tin g N a tiv e A m e r ­
ic a n s in c u rre n t la w s u its o ver
fis h in g rig h ts a lo n g the C o lu m b ia
R iv e r, said he was not surprised by
th e O u t d o o r L i f t a rtic le s c ite d by
the N T C A
" T h e interesting thing is that the
L A T im ts (a n o th e r T im e s -M ir r o r
p u b lic a tio n ) was c o o p e ra tin g w ith
the N a tio n a l M a rin e Fisheries agen­
cy years ago. They used the govern­
m e n t as a sole s o u rc e o f i n f o r ­
m a t io n a n d p rin te d it t o t a lly u n ­
c ritic a lly ."
S c h w a rtz a d d e d th e re has been
" p r e t t y g o o d c o verag e la t e ly ," o f
the boycott, but had not yet taken a
s ta n d . " I t w o u ld be fa n ta s tic i f
th e re w o u ld be a u n ite d th in g we
c o u ld g o fo r as a n a tio n , b ut
because o f diverse interests, w e 're
split (o n the is s u e )." M a n y fin g e rs
said th e b o y c o tt c a ll is n o t w e ll
k n o w n , p a r tly because " O u t d o o r
L i f t m agazine is not on the top ten
o f magazines people re a d ," so many
Indians may not be aw are o f the a r­
ticles.
T h e N T C A re s o lu tio n q u o te d
fro m articles and e d ito ria ls printed
over the past year by O u td o o r L if t .
including, "In d ia n s are all pow erful
...a n d they must be sto p ped;" " I t is
time to end the treaties w ith Indians
b e fo re th e s itu a tio n gets w orse
...o th e r w is e we m ig h t yet give (his
cou ntry back to the In d ia n s ;" and.
" N o state is safe . . . "
In response, T im e s -M irr o r m a n ­
a g e m e n t has s ta te d e d ito rs o f
th eir p u b lic a tio n s have " f r e e r e in "
to p rin t w h a t they w an t to , a c c o r­
ding to the resolution. T h e N T C A is
askin g O u td o o r L i f t e d ito rs C la re
C o n le y and L o n n ie W illia m s o n to
meet w ith its board fo r a " f a i r e x ­
ch a n g e o f view s so th a t th e y m a y
b ec o m e e d u c a te d as to th e tru e
n a tu re o f th e leg al a n d s o v e reig n
rig h ts o f the A m e r ic a n In d ia n
T r ib e s ...."
In a d d itio n to th e b o y c o tt, th e
N T C A is a s k in g th a t a p u b lic
a p o lo g y be m ade to A m e ric a n I n ­
d ia n T rib e s and that an agreem ent
a c c e p ta b le to the N T C A b o a rd o f
d ir e c to rs be signed by T im e s -
M irro r, Inco rp orated , managem ent.
the boycott.
" T h e O u t d o o r L i f t w rite rs are
very stupid T h e y are m akin g some
very erroneous statem en ts."
M a n y fin g e r s said she h ad read
O u r d o o r L i f t a rtic le s w a rn in g
readers about the power o f the " I n ­
d ia n lo b b y " in W a s h in g to n , D . C . ,
a n d th a t the w a rn in g s a re c o m ­
pletely exaggerated
" O u r lobby is w orking m ainly on
h e a lth a n d w e lfa r e issues an d in
keeping life and lim b together at this
M e a n w h ile , in f o r m a t io n a b o u t
the O u t d o o r L i f t a rtic le s a n d the
N T C A boycott request is slowly s ift­
ing d o w n to the in d iv id u a l trib e s
across the co u n try. Helen Peterson,
o f the P o rtla n d B u re a u o f In d ia n
A f f a i r s , said she k n o w s o f no
d e v e lo p m e n t to w a rd a u n ifie d
b oycott in the N o rth w e s t, but that
she had p ro v id e d copies o f the a r ­
tic le s to trib e s w ith in the B IA 's
ju r is d ic t io n . T h e s e in c lu d e the
Y a k im a , C o lv ille , a n d L u m m i
T rib e s in W a s h in g to n ; the W a rm
S p rin g s in O r e g o n , a n d the F o rt
H a ll T rib e in Idaho.
Peterson stressed she is not taking
sides because o f her s ta tu s as a
federal o ffic ia l, but said, " I can tell
yo u th e re has been w id e s p re a d
tim e ."
She added that the U rb a n In d ian
C o u n c il in P o rtla n d had discussed
astonishm ent and concern by tribes
over w hat they call ‘ h a lf-tru th s ' in
those articles because they deal with
N a tiv e A m erican issues com pared to
several years ago.
M a u r e e n a M a n y fin g e r s o f the
U r b a n In d ia n C o u n c il in P o rtla n d
had a strong statem ent to m ake on
such fu n d a m e n ta l issues as tre a ty
rig h ts ."
A ltho ug h he knew o f the O u td o o r
L i f t articles, Sid M ille r o f the C o n ­
fed e ra te d T rib e s o f W a rm Springs
and e d ito r o f the trib e 's new spaper
Sptlyay T y m o o (" C o y o te N e w s ” in
the W a rm Sp rin gs la n g u a g e ), said
he h ad n't heard about the call for a
boycott.
" I saw a c o u p le o f th e a rtic le s
p u b lis h e d . A t f ir s t , I fe lt a litt le
h o s t ilit y , b u t th e n I re a liz e d the
p eo p le d id n t k n o w w h a t they w ere
talk in g abo ut T h e things are really
not t r u e ...."
T h e N T C A re s o lu tio n calls upon
" a l l m in o r ity p e o p le w h o s u ffe r
fro m sim ilar p rejud icial oppression,
c iv il rig h ts g ro u p s , c h u rc h e s , and
the m a n y frie n d s o f A m e r ic a n I n ­
dians ...in the U .S . and C a n a d a " to
jo in the b o y c o tt o f T im e s - M ir r o r
publications.
These include: O u td o o r l i f t ; T b t
L o s A n g t l t s T im t s ; T b t D a lla s
T im t s H t r a ld ; N tw s d a y ; G o lf
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Al Daniela. Jr., of Portland, attended the Jack Remaay Baaketbell
Cam p at W illa m e tte U niversity, In S alem , fro m A ugust 5- 10th. Al
w as one of 360 students w ho received first hand In fo rm atio n from
Ramsey and Trailblazer's Sam Bowie. Jim Paxon. Darnell Valentine
and M ychel Thom pson. This was a w eek Al w ill alw eya rem em ber,
thanks to his uncle M ichael Jackson, of Portland, his father Alfred,
an engineer for the BPA. and his m other Rosemary, w ho is the prin­
cipal of Abernathy School.
BUF holds annual festival
T h e Black U n ite d F ro n t 5th A n ­
n u a l R o b e rt B o w d e n C o m m u n ity
U n ity D a y F e s tiv a l w ill be h eld
a g a in at P e n in s u la P a r k , 6 4 0 0 N .
A lb in a , S a tu rd a y , August 25, 1984,
fr o m 12 n o o n u n t il 6 :0 0 p .m .
R o b e rt B o w d e n was a d e d ic a te d
m em ber o f the A lb in a C o m m u n ity .
A g ra d u a te o f J e ffe rs o n H ig h
S c h o o l, R o b e rt was a p o s itiv e role
m o d e l fo r o u r c o m m u n ity . H e
represented the s p irit o f the Black
struggle fo r equality here in the state
o f O re g o n . C o m m u n ity U n ity D a y
is a P o r t la n d B la c k U n ite d F ro n t
" th a n k you” to its m any supporters
th ro u g h o u t the N o rth e a s t area and
the state There will be athletic events
an d in te lle c tu a l c o m p e titio n fo r
g ra d e scho ol th ro u g h h ig h scho ol
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Betty Cabine Proprietor
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seniors. Food w ill be available for a
sm all d o n a tio n and live e n te rta in ­
m ent w ill be p ro vid e d by C H A Z (a
B E A N P r o d u c tio n ). T h e Black
U n ite d F ro n t hopes to see y o u at
this fam ily event.
Jackson speaks to Nicaragua State Council
by B ill C o llin s
O n June 2 8 th , Jesse Jackson ad ­
dressed the N ic a ra g u a n C o u n c il o f
S ta te , a le g is la tiv e bod y s im ila r to
the U .S . C o n g re s s . H is v is it to
N icarag ua was part o f a w h irl-w in d
to u r o f C e n tral A m eric a and C u b a ,
re fe rre d to by Jackson as a "p e a ce
m is s io n " to " la u n c h a s u m m e r
m o ra l o ffe n s iv e to h o ld b ack (he
threat o f w ar in the f a ll.” Jackson's
speech culm inated his meetings w ith
N ic a ra g u a n g o v e rn m e n t rep resen ­
ta tiv e s , c h u rc h le a d e rs , a n d o p ­
position leaders, and a sensitivity to
N ic a ra g u a 's p a rtic u la r history was
re v e a le d in the c o n te n t o f his
speech.
Jackson began by recognizing the
courageousness o f the N ic a ra g u a n
le a d e rs h ip a n d th a n k in g them fo r
the w arm welcom e he had received.
M a n y o f those present in the C o u n ­
c il o f S ta te had s u ffe re d ja il term s
and to rtu re under the Som oza d ic ­
tatorship which had been supported
p re d ic te d th a t “ if a ltitu d e s persist
o f re ta lia tio n , d o m in a tio n , and o c­
c u p a tio n , o u r hem isphere could go
up in f la m e s ." Jackso n c a lle d fo r
the " b u ild in g o f b ridg es” between
N ic a ra g u a and the U .S . as p art o f
"th e m oral o ffe n s iv e " necessary for
peace. T o w a rd this process, he and
the N ic a ra g u a n N a tio n a l G o v e r n ­
m e n t o f R e c o n s tru c tio n reach ed
nine points o f agreement in areas o f
c o n te n tio n b etw een the tw o c o u n ­
trie s . O n e p o in t in c lu d e d the c o m ­
m itm e n t to c o n v e n e a s u m m it
m eeting between the leaderships o f
th e N ic a ra g u a n g o v e rn m e n t, the
Protestant C h urch , and the C atho lic
C h u rch , to prom ote dialogue. O ther
p oints concerned the re a ffir m a tio n
o f e le c tio n s as s c h e d u le d in
N ic a r a g u a , th e d es ire to p ro ce e d
w ith n e g o tia tio n s w ith the U .S . at
the b a rg a in in g table as opposed to
the b a ttle fie ld , and a c o m m itm e n t
to pursue the C o n tra d o r a process,
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OBSERVER
by th e U .S . a n d w h ic h was o v e r ­
throw n by the Sandinista movement
in 1979. " Y o u have a special place
in the h e a rts o f fr e e d o m -lo v in g
p e o p le ," said J a c k s o n , an d th is
r e c o g n itio n set a to n e o f respect
la s tin g th r o u g h o u t th e rest o f his
...the community's
most talked about
newspaper.
speech.
S ta tin g th a t " a l l c o u n trie s have
the rig h t to t e r r it o r ia l in te g r ity , to
n a tio n a l s o v e r e ig n t y ," J a c ks o n
condem ned the C I A m in in g o f the
N ic a ra g u a n h arbo rs and the " a r m ­
ing o f m e rc e n a rie s " a tta c k in g her
borders. Jackson further condemned
the use o f U .S . d o lla rs c a u s in g
trem endous suffering which " c o u ld
in s te a d be used to feed p o o r
p eo p le ."
"H u m an
r ig h ts ,"
J a c ks o n
declared, "m u s t be measured by one
y a rd s tic k ." His im p lication was that
the Reagan a d m in is tra tio n is incon­
sistent in its to le ra n c e o f m assive
h u m a n rig h ts v io la tio n s in E l
S a lv a d o r w h ile a tta c k in g h u m a n
rig ht* violations in Nicaragua which
Jwsa Jackson eddrea.ee
th e N icarag u an C ouncil
of State during June 1984
vlalt.
I Photos Bill Collins)
am ong others.
T h e m o st in te n s e m o m e n t o f
Jackson's speech occurred when he
a dd ressed th e assem bled g o v e rn ­
...so m eh o w you survived ...ja il cells
c o u ld n o t c o n ta in the tru th . N o w
y o u sit h ere re b u ild in g a great
self-respect.”
T o d a y , (w o m o n th s la t e r , the
" th re a t o f war in the f a ll" rem ains.
P e rh a p s
th e e ffe c tiv e n e s s
of
h a * o ne o f th e best h u m a n rig h ts
m ent
d ir e c tly ,
n a tio n b ec a u se yo u w e re m o ra lly
r ig h t . Y o u r m o r a l a u t h o r it y is in
records in the region.
Frequently returning to his theme
o f " t h e m o ra l o ffe n s iv e ," Jackson
" I ’ m all too aw are o f your years o f
pain und er S o m o za and the ro le o f
fe e d in g
p ro g r a m s ,
e d u c a tio n
p ro g r a m s , h e a lth p ro g ra m s , and
Jackson's "p e a c e m is s io n " can be
measured by the degree to w hich the
A m e r ic a n p eo p le a c tiv e ly jo in the
th e
housing p ro gram s, big program s o f
" m o ra l o ffe n s iv e ."
re p re s e n ta tiv e s
U .S .
d u rin g
th is
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