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Date Posted:
7/4/2005
5:47:25 pm EDT
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More: ACLU Intervenes At Winner High School
Author: David Melmer Source: Indian Country Today
Title: ACLU INTERVENES AT HIGH SCHOOL
Seventeen-year-old Zack Eagle Hawk will not return to school in Winner, S.D. He has had too many suspensions, court appearances and racially motivated harassments to allow continued learning in the public school.
Eagle Hawk moved with his mother from Indiana to Winner in 2003. Prior to that time he had never been in trouble at school; in fact, he loved math and reading mysteries, dramas and sports autobiographies.
But once in Winner, he was suspended for drawing a medicine wheel and writing ''Native Pride'' in his notebook - symbols of gang activity, the school administration said. Law enforcement authorities in Winner said there was no gang activity in the small border town, which abuts the Rosebud Sioux Reservation.
In January, Eagle Hawk, while in a physical education class overheard one white student say, ''I guess it is time to throw rocks at greasy Indians.'' The boy admitted he said that to Eagle Hawk and called him a dirty Indian.
Eagle Hawk was suspended for harassment.
Eagle Hawk's adversary also used racial slurs and curse words. School records do not show Eagle Hawk's harasser was ever punished.
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| Sick... | Jul 5th. at 6:05:27 pm EDT
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Rev. Cher (Wilmington, Delaware) - Email Me
Didn't we do enough by taking their land, breaking our promises, destroying their way of life and now in TODAYS world they cannot even go to school without harrassment. The schools should be hanging their heads in shame, as well as the parents who have not taught tolerance, acceptance and teach about diversity. How very very sad for us.
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| Not Surprising | Jul 5th. at 1:47:51 pm EDT
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Lady Dragonfly (Riverton, Wyoming) - Email Me
I live in a small town on the edge of the Wind River Reservation. It is unfortunate that some Caucasions feel that they are superior. As a very fair skinned Caucasion, when I see the way whites treat Native Americans, or pretty much anyone different from themselves, I feel incredible shame. From the news stories I have been reading, not to mention the comments I've heard, some in the white race feel that they are owed a great deal. They fail to realize the Native Americans, the wolves, the elk, the bison, etc. etc. were here before they decided to bring their cattle and their diseases. As far as I am concerned, we are owed nothing, and we should be ashamed because all we have done is take, Take, TAKE. I am so ashamed of the white man's greed, it makes me want to cry sometimes. We have everything. Yet, for some, it isn't enough. I hope this story has a happy ending and all involved get what they deserve...good or bad.
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| This Needs To End. | Jul 4th. at 10:34:36 pm EDT
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me
this is discrimination. one that has been practiced for a very long time. they deny indian kids to indulge in their culture or to bear the signs of their heritage. the school may be named winner- but it is anything but. they need to take some people to task for allowing that to go on- and this needs to end.
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| Equality | Jul 4th. at 10:29:58 pm EDT
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Ahr-Ohn (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Email Me
"The school asserts that there is no difference in the discipline policy for non-Indian and American Indian students and stands by the report it gave the Department of Education."
The Sheriff of Nottingham carried two maces, one for Saxons, and one for Normans, and those Normans had to be careful, 'cause their mace was factory fresh.
Arawn
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