Bush lecturing on Tribal Sovereignity, having a breakdown.

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http://www.majorityreportradio.com/weblog/archives/000584.php

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1. LOL

“Tribal sovereignty means that; it’s sovereign. I mean, you’re a — you’ve been given sovereignty, and you’re viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities,” Bush replied.

Even worse as it was spoken. Whew!

Bush blasted for remarks
President stumbles over question from Native American journalist.
• Audio Clip http://64.62.196.98/docs/bushsovereignty080604.mp3 | Full Video rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/c04/c04080604_bush.rm

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2. Kerry campaign counting on Native American support

Tuesday, August 10, 2004

VOTE 2004: Sen. John Kerry appears with Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano and Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. at a rally in Flagstaff. Photo © Navajo Nation.
On the Web: Navajo Nation

From the leader of the nation's largest tribe to former members of the Clinton administration, the Democratic presidential ticket of Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards is lining up its Indian Country support.

With the election less than 90 days away, Kerry said his Native advisers will play an important role in the coming weeks. "Our Native Americans for Kerry-Edwards effort continues to grow every day and these leaders will play a critical role in helping to energize, organize and mobilize the Native American community as we head towards November 2nd," the Massachusetts senator announced in a statement yesterday.

The advisers include a number of prominent Indian leaders, like Mary Ann Andreas, the former chairwoman of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians of California and a candidate for state office. Wilma Mankiller, former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Stanley G. Jones Sr., chairman of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington and Loretta Tuell, a Nez Perce tribal member who served in the Clinton administration, are other supporters. Many had backed former Vermont governor Howard Dean.

The announcement comes on the heels of Kerry's weekend trip through New Mexico and Arizona. He met with several tribal leaders from both states and spoke at the 83rd annual Gallup Inter-tribal Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico, on Sunday.

http://64.62.196.98/News/2004/003784.asp
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Native Americans for Kerry-Edwards is:

Mary Ann Andreas, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California
Melanie Benjamin, Chief Executive of Mille Lacs Band, Minnesota Robert Stephen Bolinger, Osage / Omaha
Nicole R. Bowman, tribal council, Stockbridge-Munsee Band, Wisconsin
Deborah Ann Broken Rope, Oglala Lakota
Michael Chapman, tribal councl, Menominee Nation, Wisconsin
David F. Conrad, Osage
Holly Cook, Red Lake Band, Minnesota
Andrew Ebona, Tlingit Tribe, Alaska
David Gomez, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
LaDonna Harris, President of Americans for Indian Opportunity, Comanche
Laura Harris, Americans for Indian Opportunity, Comanche
Rain Henderson, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York
Lori Hildebrandt, Cherokee Nation
Elizabeth Homer, Osage
Jack C. Jackson Jr., Navajo Nation
Stanley G. Jones Sr., Chairman of Tulalip Tribes, Washington
Carol Juneau, Mandan-Hidatsa
JoAnn Kauffman, Nez Perce
D. Bambi Kraus, Tlingit Tribe
Marcy Campbell Krinsk, Cherokee Nation
Cynthia LaMere, Winnebago Tribe, Nebraska
Frank LaMere, Winnebago Tribe, Nebraska
Gwen Lankford, Gros Ventre, Montana
Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee Nation
Arlan D. Melendez, Chairman of Reno Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada
Carolee Morris, Cowlitz Tribe, Washington
Gary "Red Cloud" Neumann, Salish / Kootenai
Stephine L. Poston, Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico
David Rivas Jr, Tunica- Biloxi Tribe, Louisiana
Sue Shaffer, Chair of Cow Creek Tribe, Oregona
John Sinclair, Chairman of Little Shell Chippewa Tribe, Montana
Mary Smith, Cherokee
Patricia Smith, Yakima Nation, Washington
Loretta Tuell, Nez Perce
Brian Wallace, Chairman of Washoe Tribe, Nevada
Darnee Wambsgans, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, Louisiana
Rhonda Whiting, Salish / Kootenai
Judy Winchester, tribal council, Pokagon Band Potawatomi, Michigan

Relevant Links:
Kerry/Edwards Campaign - http://www.johnkerry.com/index.html
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Indians impressed by Kerry visit to Gallup pow-wow
Tuesday, August 10, 2004

New Mexico Indians say they were impressed by what Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry had to say at the 83rd annual Gallup Inter-tribal Ceremonial on Sunday.

Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, attended the pow-wow. Kerry said he would increase funding for the Indian Health Service and improve relations with Indian Country.

"He seemed pretty comfortable with us," Kay Roanhorse told The Farmington Daily Times. "Bush would never come out and be among the Indians."

On his way into Arizona, Kerry received the endorsement of Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr.

Get the Story:
Kerry stop had impact on locals (The Farmington Daily-Times 8/10)
http://64.62.196.98/myredir.asp?url=http://www.daily-times.com/artman/publish/article_13213.shtml

Kerry courts N.M., Arizona Indians (Capitol Media Services 8/9)
http://64.62.196.98/myredir.asp?url=http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/allheadlines/33459.php

Kerry, in Flagstaff, courts tribal vote (Arizona Daily Star 8/9)
http://64.62.196.98/myredir.asp?url=http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/allheadlines/33474.php

Kerry Captivates Indian Country (The Gallup Independent 8/9)
http://64.62.196.98/myredir.asp?url=http://www.gallupindependent.com/080904kerry.html

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3. Regarding sovereignty:

Taken from an interview with Chief Paul Waterman, Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee (6 Nations Iroquois Confederacy) from AHSKWA, volume 13, 1994:

Question: A professor from the State University of New York- Binghamton, recently had an editorial in the Press & Sun-Bulletin that said Indian sovereignty is "granted by a whim of congress." How do you define sovereignty?

Chief Waterman: Did someone really write that? And a newspaper actually printed it? That's funny!

Onondaga does not look to New York or to the United States for its sovereignty. We look to our Grand Council of Chiefs. Sovereignty is something within a people. It's a state of being that belongs to our people. It's not something that someone from another nation gives us. It's not something that can be bought or sold, and that's why it's so hard for that professor or American politicians to understand.