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Box 2574 :: :: Olympia, Wa Fido Net 1:352/333 :: :: 98507-2574 206-786-9629 :: :: USA The Quarto Mundista BBS :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: A F F I L I A T E D T R I B E S O F N O R T H W E S T I N D I A N S RESOLUTION (A resolution calling for a united and concerted effort to defeat Washington State Initiative 456 which seeks to declare that all "legal rights or privileges of Indians established through treaties" are extinguished and "were terminated" by the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act.) RECALLING, that the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians was founded and organized by Indian Tribes and Nations and individual Indians for the purpose of protecting and promoting Indian Rights, and to organize mutual support by and between Indian peoples to preserve, protect and guarantee the Rights and Property of Indian people, and NOTING, the persistent attempts by private U.S. citizens and organizations to create a negative political climate within U.S. society against Indian Rights and Treaty Rights, and BEING REMINDED, that the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians has demonstrated its past commitment to promote and organize efforts to preserve and protect Indian Rights and Treaty Rights against political campaigns aimed at undermining the original and inherent rights of Indian peoples such as the Jack Cunningham congressional campaign and campaigns of the Inter-State Congress of Equal Rights and Responsibilities, and RECOGNIZING, that anti-Indian and anti-treaty political forces in the State of Washington have succeeded in securing 208,000 signatures from registered voters to place on the November 1984 ballot Initiative 456. WHEREAS, Initiative 456 is a blatantly anti-Indian political effort which asks Washington State voters to support the following question: "Shall Congress be petitioned to decommercialize steelhead, and state policies respecting Indian rights and management of natural resources be enacted?", and WHEREAS, though Initiative 456 is and will likely be found unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution its success at the polls will have the effect of poisoning the political climate throughout the United States, and thus create pressures on the U.s. Congress to enact legislation to overturn favorable Supreme Court decisions, and enact legislation aimed at the abrogation of existing Indian treaties and undermine Indian Rights, and WHEREAS, the initiative process is being used by anti-Indian political forces to target Indian rights in Washington State and, with a success there, launch similar initiatives in as many as 23 other western states from Alaska to the Dakotas, Oklahoma and Main to force congressional action against Indian nations. WHEREAS, Indian Nations surrounded by the state of Washington, private environmental organizations, and private non-Indian fisheries organizations have joined together in an effort to defeat Initiative 456 by establishing the "No on Initiative 456" campaign. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians condemns Initiative 456 as a direct threat to Indian culture and a direct attack on the sacred contracts between Indians and the United States, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians calls upon its members to: support the "No on Initiative 456" campaign with financial help within the limits of their resources; support Indian governments in Washington to organize an Indian voter registration campaign; support the "No on Initiative 456" campaign by offering volunteer help to the campaign organization, and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians membership shall work with delegations at the Annual National Congress of American Indians Convention in Spokane to gain active NCAI support for the "No on Initiative 456" campaign and direct support from Indian nations across the United States to defeat Initiative 456. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To have a current Center For World Indigenous Studies Publication Catalogue sent to you via e-mail, send a request to jburrows@halcyon.com Center For World Indigenous Studies P.O. 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