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CYBERSKINS: LIVE AND INTERACTIVE -
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by Buffy Sainte-Marie
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special to ATI
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On an airplane, my Powerbook is singing to me in Lakota, while the words
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to the song appear onscreen in both Lakota and English.
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In the Canadian Rockies, Indians carrying portable computers trudge
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through a herd of elk and into the Banff Center for the Arts where the
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"Drumbeats to Drumbytes" thinktank confronts the reality of online
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life as it affects Native artists.
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A week later in Bismarck, North Dakota, the American Indian Higher
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Education Consortium votes 'yes' to V-SAT technology that will
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facilitate distance learning in and out of various Indian communities
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and 30 Indian colleges.
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Across Canada, thousands of First Nations children network their
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observations and life experiences into mainstream education, as
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the Cradleboard Teaching Project/Kids From Kanata partnership
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provides both Native content and connectivity to schools as far
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away as Hawaii and Baffin Island.
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I make a commercial record in a tipi on the Saskatchewan plains, and CBC
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television films the event for international broadcast. Navajo E-mail
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markets crafts to 40 foreign countries. A six-foot high painting of
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Indian elders graces the front office of the American Indian College Fund
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in Washington, D.C.: it's digital and it's Indian made.
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The digital scene in Indian country at the moment is a microcosm of the
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way it is most everywhere else, with people at various stages of
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expertise and enthusiasm going through the big shift. Issues of
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sovereignty are often the first to come up among Native intellectuals,
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and the spectre of digital colonialism frightens some and challenges
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others. Questions of control and ownership arise of course, as they do
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in the mainstream, but with perhaps a sharper edge, given the facts of
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Native American history. Indian educators, artists, elders, women,
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tribal leaders and business people have plenty on our minds when it comes
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to counterbalancing past misinterpretations with positive realities, and
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past exploitations with future opportunities. The reality of the
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situation is that we're not all dead and stuffed in some museum
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with the dinosaurs: we are Here in this digital age. We have led the pack
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in a couple of areas (digital music and online art). Although our potential
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at the moment exceeds the extensiveness of our community computer usage,
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our projects are already bearing fruit, we expect to prosper and to
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contribute, and we will defend our data.
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Among Indian people online as elsewhere, we continue to observe the
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usual gangs of unknowledgeable non-Indian and/or
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"I-was-an-Indian-in-my-last-life" opportunists and exploiters, who now
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are upgrading their acts, trying to take advantage of rumored tax breaks
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and other scams in the cyber-sector of Indian country; but we are
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pretty much used to this 'vapor-speak' phenomenon, having lived
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with it lo these past 500 years. "Beware of White man bearing good ideas
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and grant proposals" is a tacet refrain we laugh about over the phone.
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However, I am glad to report that usually this observation does not
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interfere with honest deals among knowledgeable people of different races;
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and personally I do believe that we're smart enough to know who our
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friends are; and they come in all colors.
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Sometimes I am asked, where did all the brain and fire of the sixties
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American Indian activism go? In my observation, in Canada we went into every
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field; but in the United States, where things were far more dangerous,
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those of us who were not killed, imprisoned, put out of business or otherwise
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sacrificed to the uranium industry, went into education. If I have a
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message in this scant overview, it is this: real Indian people are
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rising to the potential of the technology, in school and out. We were
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born for this moment and we are solidly behind our pathfinders.
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/Glad you like CyberSkins: Live and Interactive./
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/If anybody is interested here is a story that/
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/appeared 3 days ago in the Philadelphia Inquirer/
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Online at http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/98/Apr/30/tech.life/SKUL30.htm
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/ Buffy Sainte-Marie /
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Hello, and welcome to ATI128.TXT the special 8-bit nostalgia page.
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A little bit of tchotchkas for everybody. It's the weekend of May 8-10,
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so we'll "lets..."
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http://www.downcity.net/sonj/contents.html
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/street muscians are/
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/a treasure. Stop for/
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/a moment and listen;/
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/ then leave a /
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/ small donation. /
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/ May 5, Tuesday /
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/ from Life's little /
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/Instruction Calandar/
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Hey look, man! It's.... Tickle-me Tara Lupinzki...
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AA TTTTTTTT IIIIII
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AA AA TT II
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AA AA TT II
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AA AA TT IIIIII
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AA AActivist TTimes IIIIIIncorporated
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TOP 10 REASONS KURT VONNEGUT SHOULD WEAR SUNSCREEN TO THIS YEAR'S
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COLLEGE GRADUATION SPEECHES.
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10 Eight to 10
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9 Eight to 10
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8 Eight to 10
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7 Dance, sing, floss and eat Wheaties.
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6 A chance for wife Jill to rub his body.
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5 Slaughter House Five
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4 Hoaxes. They're not just for breakfast anymore.
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3 "Gingrich isn't fat; he's racist."
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2 Merger Madness; all our graduation speeches are INSANE!!
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and the number ONE reason V... should W... S...
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Rice University - Named after a starchy food, or Gary Hart's siren?
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PRESS RELEASE: 5-5-98
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The Native American Music Awards will be open to the general public and
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take place in May 1998 during the national music awards season.
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Tentatively scheduled preproduction and rehearsal dates are from
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May 18 - May 22, with an event date to be held on Sunday May 24rd at
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the Fox Theatre at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
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The First Native American Music Awards, or the Nammy's will be nothing
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short of monumental.
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Awards show special guests and presenters will have mainstream appeal
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and be either of Native American heritage, or known supporters of
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Native American culture and the arts.
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The Awards will serve as a Who's Who in Native America, playing a major
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role in educating the general public about nationally renown artists of
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Native heritage who have achieved various levels of success. Some of
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these artists can range from Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley to
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Robbie Robertson and Rita Coolidge. Nammy winner presentations will be
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based on musical contributions released in the US throughout the 1997
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calendar year. Two consecutive voting ballots are
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being distributed nationally in a variety of national publications
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including: Rhythm Music Magazine, Native Peoples, Indian Artist and others.
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Five to seven live performances will be interspersed with approximately 20
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Awards presentations. Confirmed performers include: Robbie Robertson,
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Joanne Shenandoah, Robert Mirabal, and RedBone.
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Performance participants will incorporate both contemporary deliveries
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and some traditional influences in their music, traditional meaning;
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vocals performed in tribal dialect utilizing non-electric
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instrumentation ranging from drums, rattles, gourds, bells or flute.
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A special HALL OF FAME tributes will be made to the now deceased
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visionaries such as; Buddy Red Bow and Jimi Hendrix. This could take
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place in a speech form or as a live performance. As dance and song have
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played an important role to Native American culture, a leading dance
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troupe should be featured as part of the opening of this Awards ceremony.
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Additionally, the Awards show will showcase the music culture of its host,
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the Mashantucket Pequots.
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However, the Awards will avoid taking any political positions,
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as this is a forum only to commemorate and celebrate the survival
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and traditions of Native American music culture.
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Now: The Activist Times won't avoid taking any political positions.
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As ours is a forum protected by God, the First Ammendment the Earth
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my mother, and some unnamed essences to name a few.
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So, how are you doing?
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I do believe that's the most unusual use of that expression for the most
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unusual event I've ever seen, but I've gotta report...
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"Looks like this one wants to grow another," says the construction
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worker just outside the administration building as he's straining his
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triceps to close a pair of bolt cutters that are about as tall as I am
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around a copper twist about the diameter of my wrists.
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That is the news from the Point, watching someone prune power
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at Plante's old palace.
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THE YUPPIE JOGGING
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CEREMONY: Notes From a
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Native Anthropologist. by
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Beverly Slapin.
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When we began our dig, we were not prepared for the
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enormous amount of material we found about this ancient
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civilization of previously unknown people, who were
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called "yuppies." No one knows what this name means or
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its origins.
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One of the more bizarre ceremonies we learned about
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came as a result of several pairs of shoes with the
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legend, "NIKE," assumed to be one of their gods.
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"NIKE" was found emblazened on many items of their
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clothing, but most notably shoes. From these artifacts
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we learned of the early morning "jogging ceremony,"
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thought to be the only ritual in which they attempted
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to demonstrate their oneness with nature.
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The ceremony was said to have begun with a "shower.,"
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in which the people simulated a short rainstorm, during
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which they took off all of their clothing symbolizing
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the innocence and vulnerability of birth, and allowed
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the water to wet their bodies. During this part of the
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ceremony the people often chanted to the spirits, an
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entreaty for magic powers. At the same time they
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rubbed their bodies with a sacred object which they
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called "So-ap." Perhaps named after another of their
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deities. It seemed to be a method of cleansing.
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After the cleansing ritual they would run and
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every so often they would stop and time their heartbeats,
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a way of asking creator to continue allowing them to live
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another day.
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Many did the cleansing ceremony again after jogging
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and then congregated in small groups where they feasted
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on sacred foods called "creosants," and "cappijeno," as
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a thanks offering to the spirits.
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/and now /
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/a word /
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/from our/
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/numbers /
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http://bulldog.unca.edu/~tmpeery
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http://www.greenpeace.org/~comms/nukes/chernob/rep02.html
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http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~stolal/silicon_snake_oil.html
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http://www.i1.net/~mega
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-04/11/016l-041198-idx.html
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http://www.copvcia.com
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http://www.mojones.com
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http://www.danwinter.com/yarrow/
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http://www.angelfire.com/wi/kokopeli/tek.html
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http://digital.net/~cheshire/zap/murphy.htm
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http://www.teleport.com/~obu/hell.html
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http://www.nativeamerican.com
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http://pw2.netcom.com/~sleight/interactivemagic.html
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http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn
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http://www.rotten.com
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http://www.geocities.com/researchtriangle/lab/5851
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http://www.interactive.net/~bridget
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http://www.prensalibre.com
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http://www.vfemmes.com/letters_html/43.html
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To the Editor of ATI:
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Has anyone seen the fake drugwar footage on TV?
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I haven't yet.
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s/
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Mark Weisenheimer
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(401)
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Year 2000 Compliant Since 1965
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"IC," said the hacker; as he picked up some cobol
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and basically saw.
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(PAWN) Austrialialia - Austrialialian police have been unable to
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recommend a prosecution for the following scam: A company takes out
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a newspaper advertisement offering imported hard core pornographic
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videos. As their prices seem reasonable, people place orders and
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make payments by check. After several weeks, the company writes
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back explaining that under the present law they are unable to
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supply the materials and do not wish to be prosecuted. So they
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return the customer's money in the form of a company check. However,
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due to the name of the company imprinted on the checks, few people
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ever bother to present these to their banks. The name is "The Anal
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Sex and Fetish Perversion Company."
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http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
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AND HOW a poem from Da Rellik
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(you send it, we print it; it's that simple.)
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How do they get the fish to grow so perfectly for eating.
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How do they get the grass to grow so perfectly for weeding.
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How do they make the stouffers food so readily for heating;
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And how do they paint those little grains, kernels, husks,
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seeds greenly green for seeding?
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How do they cut the stones so stone-wall shaped.
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How do they eat all that meat, all that meat that they so eat.
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How do they cover for, so coveringly,
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The land that they so raped.
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And how do they eat all that meat,
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All that meat,
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All that meat that they so eat.
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And how.
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HEADLICE
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THAIS CELEBRATE BUDDHIST HOLIDAY
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AUSTRALIA MAY SEE TOURISM DROP
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COUNTRIES GET RICHER, EARTH POORER
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MALAYSIAN RESIDENTS WITHOUT WATER
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DEATH BLAMED ON BASQUE SEPARATISTS
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TRANSSEXUAL WINS EUROVISION CONTEST
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MEXICAN PRIEST KILLED, FOUND IN CAR
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BOMBS HARDEN EMOTIONS IN SRI LANKA
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We end ATI128.TXT with a Parody. Because a Pair of D's
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Beats a Royal Pain In The Butt anyday.
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WANNASEE
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to the tune of Wannabe, by Spice Girls.
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Yo I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
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So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
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I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
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So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
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I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really really really wanna eat-a-fig ha.
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If you want my supper forget my lunch,
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If you wanna get with me 'ya better make a bunch,
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Now don't get wasting my precious eggs,
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Get your act together we could be just legs.
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I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
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So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
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I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really really really wanna eat-a-fig ha.
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If you wanna see my navel, you gotta get with my seeds,
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Make it last forever foodstuff never feeds,
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If you wanna see my noodle, you have got to slurp,
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Talking is too easy, but that's the way to burp.
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What do you think about that now you know how I feel,
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Say you can handle my lemon, or I'm gonna peel,
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I'm really tasty, I'll give you a try,
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If you really bug me then I'll have to pie 'ya.
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Yo I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
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So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
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I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really really really wanna eat-a-fig ha.
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If you wanna see my nectar, you gotta eat tangerines,
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Make it last forever like some real good dreams,
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If you wanna see my hooter, you have got to wink,
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Staring is too easy, don't be rinky dink.
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So Here's a story from 1 to 3, you wanna get with me you gotta eat-a-real-big-peach,
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We got Em in the cafe who likes salt water taffy,
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We got J like a B who likes it on her knees.
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Easy V doesn't come free, she's a real shakey tree,
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And as for me you'll see,
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Crunch it with your teeth and pop it in your mouth
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Crunch it like a meat and slurp it in your mouth
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If you wanna see my tabasco, you gotta get in my cup,
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Make it hot as Hades friendship drinks it up,
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If you wanna see my poison, you have got to lap,
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Taking me's too easy, but put it in your mouth.
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If you wanna see my lovely, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta,
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you gotta, you gotta, slurp, slurp, slurp, slurp,
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Slurp your lovely down and chaser all round
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Slurp your lovely down and wind her up for sound
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Slurp it slippy down and wind her all around
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Slurp my body down eat-a-fig ah.
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If you wanna see my figleaf
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Send all everything to ati@etext.org
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Letter to the editor to editor@intst.com
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Confused? primeanarchist@thepentagon.com
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