Calling all Nations!

Scott E. Tyler styler at MULTICARE.COM
Thu Jan 27 20:04:14 UTC 2000 

ilaxan !  ilaxan !  hiyu tilikam !
Help! Help!

hayas wawa kupa skukam cinuk tilikam-owas !
Call to the Great Chinook Nation!

hayas wawa kupa skukam cinuk wawa-owas !
Call to the Powerful Chinook Speakers Group!

tlaska tiqi iskam nesayka kul !
They want to take our money (gold)!

spus hyas tkope papa yaka tiqi iskam cikamin kupa hayak-wawa ikta !
The Great White Father (government) wants to charge us for the INTERNET !

spus hayas wawa-owas yaka tiqi mamook tolo kupa hayak-wawa ikta !
The telephone company wants to charge a toll for the INTERNET !

hlaXaym kupa nayka!
Please!

kopet wawa hayas wik' !
JUST SAY NO!

kopet wawa hilu kakwa!
SAY DON'T DO IT !!

mamuk hayas wawa kupa mesayka tilakam-owas-tyee !!
Complain to your congressperson!

Chinook Poem for the Occasion


	cikamin stik (money tree)

	ilaxan ilaxan hiyu tilikam
	wik' tlaska iskam cikamin
	tlaska hayas
	pi mesayka kakwa tinas
	algay tlaska chaku xwhim
	kakwa hayas stik

	help help denizens
	don't let them grab the cikamin
	they are great
	and we are small
	like a great tree
	they shall fall


Scott/ooshtaqi
	


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Scott E. Tyler [SMTP:styler at multicare.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 27, 2000 9:52 AM
> To:	'Northwest Native American Writers'
> Subject:	Calling All Nations!
>
> Northwest Native American Writers
>
> Calling all Nations!!
> There is currently an attempt in Congress aiding the government and the
> phone company to charge us for internet access.
> Read below and register a complaint to your congressperson.
> The internet connects the spirits of all nations, tribes and peoples--help
> prevent charging us for this service!
> Scott E. Tyler,
> 	Makah at large preventing a surcharge!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Chris Norleen [SMTP:ishkawi at worldnet.att.net]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, January 26, 2000 10:19 PM
> > To:	Betty & Joe Chong-Gerbracht
> > Subject:	Fw: Please read this is
> > important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > Dear Friends,
> >   Please take the time to visit this Web site and write a letter
> > concerning
> > this
> > issue and pass it on to others.
> > Thank you, chris
> >
> >
> >
> > > Please see the following link for information:
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_culture/Folklore/Hoaxes/1999_bill_602p.hoax
> > >
> > >
> > > Quoting JANICE <yayah at uswest.net>:
> > >
> > > > AND PLEASE FOLLOW THRU
> > > >
> > > >   Subject: FW: internet news
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >        CNN has reported that within the next two weeks Congress is
> > going
> > > > > to
> > > >    vote on allowing telephone companies to CHARGE A TOLL FEE for >
> > Internet
> > > access.
> > > >
> > > >       Translation: Every time we send a long distance e-mail we will
> >
> > receive
> > > a
> > > >   long distance charge. This will get
> > > >   costly. Please visit the following
> > > >   web site and file a complaint to your Congressperson.  We can't
> > allow
> > > > > this
> > > >   to pass!
> > > >
> > > >       The following address will allow you to send an e-mail on this
> >
> > subject
> > > >   DIRECTLY to your Congressperson.
> > > >   http://www.house.gov/writerep
> > > >
> > > >       Pass this on to your friends. It is urgent! I hope all of you
> > will
> > > > > pass
> > > >   this on to all your friends and family.  We should ALL have an >
> > interest
> > > >   in this one.
> > > >
> > > >       WAIT, THERE'S MORE! IN ADDITION, The last few months have
> > revealed
> > > > > an alarming trend in the Government of the United States
> attempting
> > to
> > >
> > > quietly push through legislation that will affect your use of the >
> > Internet.
> > > Under proposed legislation the U.S. Postal Service will be >
> attempting
> > to
> > bilk
> > > email users out of "alternate postage fees".  Bill > 602P will permit
> > the
> > > Federal Govt. to charge a 5 cent surcharge on every
> > > > > email delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source.
> > The
> > >
> > > consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP. Washington D.C.
> lawyer
> > > > > Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent this legislation
> > from
> > >
> > > becoming law. The U.S. Postal Service is claiming that lost revenue
> due
> > > > > to the proliferation of e-mail costing nearly $230,000,000
> > > >   in revenue per year.  (Oh, isn't that too bad?) You may have
> noticed
> > > >   their recent ad campaign "There is nothing like a letter". Since
> the
> > >
> > > average citizen received about 10 pieces of email per day in 1998, the
> >
> > cost to
> > > the typical individual would be an additional 50 cents per day,
> > > > > or over $180 dollars per year, above and beyond their regular
> > Internet
> > >
> > > costs.  Note that this would be money paid directly to the U.S. Postal
> > > >   Service for a service they do not even provide.
> > > >       The whole point of the Internet is democracy and
> > non-interference.
> > > > >  If
> > > >   the federal government is permitted to tamper with our liberties
> by
> > >
> > adding
> > > a surcharge to email, who knows where it will end. You are > already
> > paying an
> > > exorbitant price for snail mail because of > bureaucratic
> inefficiency.
> > > >
> > > >       It  currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered
> > from
> > > > > NewYork
> > > >   to Buffalo. If the U.S. Postal Service is allowed to tinker with >
> > email, it
> > > will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United States.
> > > >
> > > >       One congressman, Tony Schnell (r) has even suggested a "twenty
> > to
> > > > > forty
> > > >   dollar per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and
> beyond
> > >
> > the
> > > government's proposed email charges. Note that most of the major
> > > >   newspapers have ignored the story, the only exception being the >
> > > Washingtonian which called the idea of email surcharge "a useful
> concept
> > > > > whose time has come"
> > > >   (March 6th, 1999 Editorial).
> > > >       Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away! Send this
> > e-mail
> > > > > to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives
> to
> > >
> > write
> > > to their Congressman and say "No!" to Bill 602P. It will only take
> > > > > a few moments of your time, and could very well be instrumental in
> >
> > killing
> > > a
> > > >   bill we don't want.
> > > >
> > > >   PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE
> > > >
> > > >   YOU KNOW WHO USES EMAIL
> > > >
> > > >   REMEMBER THESE ARE TWO
> > > >
> > > >   SEPARATE ISSUES THAT EFFECT
> > > >
> > > >   ALL OF US ONLINE LET YOUR
> > > >
> > > >   VOICE BE HEARD NOW, NOT
> > > >
> > > >   AFTER.
> > > >
> > > >
>
>
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