President George W. Bush’s apparent lack of understanding on tribal sovereignty is examined by Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard, executive director and co-founder of the non-profit Turtle Island Project in Munising, Michigan.
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This video was made as Hubbard made two presentations on September 24, 2008 during the third annual UNITED Conference at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
This video is about infamous comments about Native American Tribal Sovereignty made by President George W. Bush on August 6, 2004 at the UNITY conference in Washington D.C.
President Bush was asked the tribal sovereignty question by Mark Trahant, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial Page Editor, a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe in Idaho and former president of the Native American Journalists Association.
Bush answered the question but that answer was so bizarre it caused journalists to laugh:
“Tribal sovereignty means that. It’s sovereign,” President Bush said. “You’ve been given sovereignty and you’re viewed as a sovereign entity.”
The conference involved about 7,500 journalists of color from the Native American Journalists Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Asian-American Journalists Association.
Hubbard said it’s funny, scary and sad that President George W. Bush doesn’t understand the important issue of Native American tribal sovereignty.
The Turtle Island Project thanks Democracy Now for the use of their video of President Bush’s remarks on tribal sovereignty.
Democracy Now
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Related Links:
White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. (WBCWS)
PO Box 227
Mission, S.D.
57555
For more info on the WBCWS:
Javier H. Alegree
Public Relations Specialist
Media and Education
(605) 856-2317
(605) 856-2494 (fax)
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Official website of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe – Sicangu Lakota
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Northern Michigan University (NMU)
NMU on Wikipedia
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NMU Center for Native American Studies:
Center for Native American Studies
Northern Michigan University
112F Whitman Hall
Marquette, MI
49855
(906) 227-1397
(906) 227-1396 (fax)
e-mail:
nasa@nmu.edu
April Lindala, Director
Center for Native American Studies
(906) 227-1397
(906) 227-1396 (fax)
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Grace Chaillier
NMU Adjunct Assistant Professor
Sicangu Lakota band of the Rosebud Sioux
112G Whitman Hall
(906) 227-1390
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Great quotes about American Indian women by nations:
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Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity (UNITED):
Northern Michigan University
September 21-23, 2008
Other UNITED links:
http://webb.nmu.edu/UNITED/SiteSections/2008Schedule.shtml
http://webb.nmu.edu/Webb/PDFs/UNITED/UNITED_2008.pdf
http://webb.nmu.edu/UNITED/SiteSections/GD989.shtml
UNITED Organizers:
Dr. Judith Puncochar
NMU Professor
Munising, Michigan
Turtle island Project Co-founders:
Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard
Rev. Dr. George Cairns
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Turtle Island TV (blipTV)
email the non-profit Turtle Island Project:
TurtleIslandProject@charter.net
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Anishinaabe News:
NMU Native American student-run newspaper
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Democracy Now:
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More from Democracy Now on President Bush comments on Native American Tribal Sovereignty:
“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.” — President Bush, Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2004
Asked about Indian tribal sovereignty issues, President Bush so fully flubbed his response that journalists in the room began laughing at him.
Watch following video first minute – then – got to 27 minutes into the 1 hour video – you’ll see Jesse Jackson joking about comment – and then interview with the reporter who asked bush the question
Video & Audio – several formats (do right click “save as”):
http://www.archive.org/details/dn2004-0810_vid
President Bush youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5xVRXLgLxw
Stories:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/186171_bushtribes13.html
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/bushvideos/v/bushismtribal.htm
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White House Press Release: What Bush meant to say if he’d stuck to his script:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040806-1.html
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Book “Pagans in the Promised Land” by Steven T. Newcomb (2008):
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28405454.html
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28407494.html
http://www.indypendent.org/2008/04/25/discoverer-delusions
http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=19853
http://www.kumeyaay.com/2008/01/johnson-v-mintosh-the-christian-right-of-colonization
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Lakota Sioux & Rosebud Reservation:
http://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov/history.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosebud_Indian_Reservation
http://www.tradecorridor.com/rosebud/spirit.htm
http://www.sicangufund.org/rosebud/index.html
http://www.travelsd.com/ourhistory/sioux/tribes/rosebud.asp
http://pie.midco.net/lmrose/sicangu.htm
http://www.tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=4571
http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/TheJourney/NativeAmericans/LakotaSioux.htm
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Native American Religious Freedom Act (1978):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Religious_Freedom_Act
http://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/FHPL_IndianRelFreAct.pdf
http://www.answers.com/topic/american-indian-religious-freedom-act
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During its first year – Aug. 2007 to Aug. 2008 – the non-profit Turtle Island Project held free concerts, free conferences, and many other events including fundraisers for the Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper Student Team in Marquette, MI and for the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society in Mission, SD.
During its first year – Aug. 2007 to Aug. 2008 – the non-profit Turtle Island Project held free concerts, free conferences, and many other events including fundraisers for the Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper Student Team in Marquette, MI and for the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society in Mission, SD.
