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All My Relations,

  The Tena Council is in dire need of a printer that can print approx.
4,000 8.5x11 10-15 pg. brochures for our upcoming Honoring of The Elders
Gathering at Mt. Madonna County Park.  If anyone knows someone willing to
help out, please contact me! Free is what is needed, heavily discounted
would be better than nothing... :-)

  Below is a letter the Tena Council sends out each year to help raise
support for the Honoring of The Elders Gathering at Mt. Madonna County
Park in California held the first weekend in June.  It seems that every
year, it takes more and more effort to raise support for important events
that try to keep alive the ceremonies and spirit of the Native American
way.

Please help.  Also, please post this anywhere you think appropriate.
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Dear Friend
  Sensitive people across the Earth are struggling to maintain a spiritual
life in an increasingly dark and hostile environment.  The Tena Council is
a group of Indian and non-Indian people devoted to keeping alive native
spirituality for future generations.  we respectfully ask for your help.

  Our Council supports weekly gatherings, the Big Mountain Sundance, hosts
the California Bear Dance, and contributes to youth drum and dance groups,
among other things.  We also foster dialog between inner city gang
members.

  Each year we organize a special event called �The Honoring of the Elders
Gathering�.  In it�s tenth year, this is a weekend Pow Wow held at Mt.
Madonna County Park in June.  As many as 4,000 people will come together
to enjoy themselves in a traditional way without drugs or alcohol.  Not
only do we honor our elders with dances and presents, we teach our
children to respect the preceeding generations.  In so doing we
participate in the interconnectedness of life.

  The Elders Gathering has become increasingly complex and costly since
the first event in 1985.  We need to pay for a park permit, sheriff�s
patrol, liability insurance, portable toilets and more.  The cost of
sponsoring this event has become more than a group such as ours can bear.

  We can use monetary donations of any size.  Your generosity will help to
ensure the continuity of the gathering this year and for years to come...

-- 
"Boy, ya gots ta be smarter than the mosheenery"
                                       Jerry Hill
"There's a Monster on the loose, it's got our head's into the noose.  And it just sits there watchin..." John Kay

"Move, and I'll blow your fuckin' head off boy..." Houston Police stopping me for a traffic violation.