Herland Sister Resources : v.3: no.10(1986)
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- The Herland Sister Resources newsletter is the monthly publication of Herland Sister Resources, a womanist organization with a strong lesbian focus based in Oklahoma City.
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VOLUME 3, NUMBER 10
NOVEMER 1986
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BERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
1630 NW 19, Oklahoma City, OK 73106
RISISTANCB
Continued Proa Lut Month
Tiu. forced aicration ended with the Navajo'1 literally 1urroundina the Hopi throash a aeries of federally initiated
ezpanaiona of Navajo land. In 1882, a Presidential Executive Order establilhed the JUA, an area to be lhared by
the Hopi and the Navajo and any other people the pvernment NW fit to aettle thereon. Thia JUA ii the area in
dilpate today becaaae of lesal initiatives by Peabody Coal
and the Hopi Tribal Council, who lhare the aame attorney,
John Boyden. Boyden also drafted the lesillation that becaae PL 93-531 and hired a public relations firm to atase
a fabricated "ranee war" darins the period of time when
Consr- deliberatins on the lecillation.
Actually, there wu no land dilpate or "ranee war." All
active hmtilities between the Pederal pvernaent and the
variou indisenoaa tribes of thil country, u well a wan
between the tribes themaelves, really are a part of hiltory. The traditionel cultures of aany tribes, thoash popularly believed to have paaaed into hiltory, in fact have
not. The Hopi and the Navajo are both euaplea of the
handful of tribes who were siven the land of their anceaton and therefore did not INlcome refas- or dilplaced
penon1. Al a renlt, their calturee are intact and are
lived today by thoee who call thfllDlelves traditionaliltl,
i.e. people who have never recopized the Tribal CouncU.,
who never aade a treaty with the U.S. pvenuaent, and
who andentand th-elvea to be aovereip peoples, nationa, "aanivOn of pnocide hiltory," within the United
States of Aaerica. Hopi traditionaliltl NY they do not
bow who Ivan Sidney ia but they bow that he ii not
Hopi. They are referrins to hil c:omcioamesa, hil WllY of
beinc in the world, hil white aale ayatem aentality and
values. Be ii the Hopi'1 Clarence Pendleton, PhyU.
Schlafly, etc. Roes Swiamer, newly-appointed UnderaecretarY of the Interior for Indian Affain and the fint Indian
to fill thia pomtion, filla thia role for all traditionaliata of
all tribes in the country.
All other Indian land clailu ever to coae before the Conor other pvernaent body that were aetUed in favor
of the tribe makinc the claim have been 1etUed by the
aovemment •• payins cab to the tribe brinsins the 1ait. In
all these cues, the land in question wa occupied by
whites. Rot one white pet'IOD hu ever been uked to relocate in order to acbowledse that the rishtful title to the
landa he or 1he occupied belonsed to any Indian tribe. PL
93-531 breab with all previoaa precedent. in Indian Land
Claims cues and ii at.a the oaly caae where the occupant. of the land in question were not white.
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We cunot cbanse rules at will. If the Navajo aaat relocate, then we all can be removed and not to where our
ancestora came from, but to wherever the pvenuaent decides they want to pat aa. The restoration of ancestral
Navajo landa beyond the boandaries of currently occupied
landa baa never been niaed u a coapanion i1111e throashout thil entire procedure. It lhould be a lesitiaate ques·
tion for the Navajo, a it ii for the Hopi. Whites occupy
former ancestral Navajo landa oataide their preaent reaervation. Racilm, includins the lonptandiq line of the
invilibility the i1111e ha had with the Aaerican public, ii
a keyfactor. The aajority of Aaericans are not even
aware of the exiltence of the Navajoa or the Hopil, much
1- the preaent cenocidal federal policies beinc implement·
eel by the nation which leads the world in "Human Richb."
Traditionalilta of both tribes view the encroachment question u a non-line, aince the occupancy of land hu alWllYI been in an overlappinc chain (one tribe'• territory
overlappinc another'•), and, in fact, that i9 part of how
the land ha been "held" in covenant with the Creator.
The reaervation and allotment l)'ft.ema are the alllloraalities. Both tribes have at.a auccesafally foasht individual
allotaenta and ltill have c:omaunally lhared landa. The
JUA ii merely an extension of that cultural imperative of
lhared communal land uae, and hu never been an i1111e
aaonc either tribe'• tradition~. Hopi traditionalilta
have a covenant with the Great Spirit to hold thia land
for all people who want to live in peace, and they are
adaaantly resiltinc the reaoval of their Navajo neishbore.
They view the proposed reaoval u aacrilese, u llD act
that ii acainat all thet i9 aandated by their covenant wi~
the Creator. In addition, they believe that .Uch an event
would have consequences for all pe0ple, everywhere.
People have died from the effect. of relocation to a nhome in a border town, and people are dyinc from the
chronic unrelentinc ea-. cauaed by fear of havinc to relocate. Recent federal cancellation of the July 6, 1986,
deadline for forced military removal (became the pvern·
aent doesn't have a place to which the people can be
aoved at the present tiae) aaounta to a deadline auapended in liabo that can be "called" at any tiae in the future.
Thia ii an even creater ea-. than bowinc when the
deadline ii. It at.a aerves to defuae the clobal aolidarity
around the deadline date and render it inoperable if no
future date ii aet, bat, rather, the rewaininc people are
juat nibbled away at, one by one, or faaily by family.
Removinc the people of the JUA i9 an act of cenocide.
Their culture, relicion and even penonal identity ii fuaed
with the land in a way that cannot be tnnaplanted, relocated, tramferred. Thia ii a reality thet ii limply oataide
the nperiential fraae of reference for people of the
clmainant calture.
A new houae in a border town i9 a PQ'Cho-qiritual death
MDtence, a tramfondnc of a Hlf-dficient people into
welfare recipient. and refusees. Aaerican tupeyen will
pay for the coeta of cmocldal relocation, the welfare
coeta reaaltins froll relocation, and then the cost of the
llininc and conversion of coal to electricity a we conn11e
eneqy. We at.a will finane<e the ar111 race when the ilrlm·
lam i9 llined and proce.ed and finally pat into wmbeada.
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A few people will become richer while the rest of u1 are
eii:ploited for that purpose.
In his last letter, Roa Swimmer uaed the lansuage of
Apartheid: "Resettlement to the new homelands," and this
was presented as "Opportunity for all involved." Relocation
of the Navajo ii domestic Apartheid and needs to be adctr-ed as such.
There are presently two pieces of Concreaional lecillation
resardins PL 93-531, a moratorium bill sponsored
by
Richardson of New Mexico, and a repeal bill 1ponaored by
Rep. Mickey Leland of Texas. Both of these billl are expected to draw 111pport from those resiltinc relocation.
Their content ii not specifically known at present, but the
seneral undentandins ii that the moratorium bill will provide for a year's time out to reconsider PL 93-531, and
the repeal lecislation will stop relocation and provide for
the return without penalty of any relocatees who desire to
reverse their relocation. All expen1es involved are to be
incurred by the federlil irovermnent.
In addition to lobbying actioDI 111Rested by both National
NOW reeolution1, there are other needed action1 in which
NOW activists and units can become involved. There ii no
exiatiq body or person who connects individuals or sroups
with individual Blden, traditional activists or resisting
families for the purpose of sponsoring them with aid and
financial aailtance so they can nrvive and do the work
of resi8tance. All of these have a desperate need for
direct aid ._d financial aailtance.
Thia ia aimilar to aponaoring NOW activists durins the BRA
countdown. If you or your chapter ia interested in beins
pat in direct contact with people on the land for this
parpoae, please contact Darlita Blanc, National NOW Field
Representative to the Bis Mountain Resistance, Box 487,
Plaptaff, AZ 86002, phone 602-779-2397.
Thomae Banyacya, apokeaman for the Hopi Kikmoqwi,
traditional relisioua leaden, attended the June 15 NOW
Plenary as an observer. Aa a reault, be aaid, "The Hopi
Prophecy predicts that after times when women have been
led by men, there will be times when men and women will
walk aide by aide. Later atill, at the time when the fate
of the earth itself will be determined, women will move
forward and lead and the men will follow. When this happens, it will be a very positive aisn for the outcome of
the fate of the earth. I have been noticins this besinnins
to happen for the last four or five years. I really aaw it
in Denver."
THIS SPACE FOR RENT
$10
write:
BERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
1630 N.W. 19th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
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HERLAND PRESENTS WOMEN'S WORD
Herland Sister Resources, Inc., is proudly an•
nouncing an exciting program, Nancy Brooks onewoman performance, "Women's Word," to be presented Thursday, November 26. The 7:00 p.m.
performance will be held at the · Pebbletree Playhouse, 2200 N.W. 39 Expressway (in the Pebbletree Inn).
Tickets for this for women only performance are
$4 in advance, $5 at the door, and . are available
at Herland.
"Women's Word" is an anthology of women's writings which celebrate creativity, work, relationships and spirituality. The performance was highly acclaimed when performed at the National
Women's Music Festival.
Brooks has been performing since she was six as
a dancer, singer and actress. Her study of theatre has included work in all areas of this highly
collaborative art form, including directing, cheorography, lighting technician, properties manager,
costuming, and many more.
In 1977 she helped found WomanShine Theatre in
order to provide a place to nurture the talents
of creative women and to present professionalquality theatre without the usual stereotypic
female characters. Since that time, Brooks has
served as artistic director of the company, performed in ensemble pieces and developed two
one-woman plays for touring.
Nancy Brooks is the mother of two sons, 17 and
19, and has recently completed a B.A. at Indiana
University in heatre, women's studies, folklore
and American Sign Language. She is currently
the director of the Office for Women's Affairs
at l.U.
This performance promises to be entertaining,
informative and inspirational about women's lives
and women's work.
FALL PEACE FEST TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK
The Benedictine Peace House and the UnitarianUniversalist Service Committee Action Unit of
Central Oklahoma are sponsoring a Fall Peace
Fest, Saturday, November 15, at Christ the King
Church, 1905 Elmhust Ave., in Oklahoma City.
The Fest will feature entertainment, food, arts
and crafts, educational films, children's activities
and informational tables.
Agencies and organizations whose focus is on
· peace and justice--whether in the family, community, nation or among nations--will have information tables.
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NAT'L RAINBOW COALITION TO VISIT OKC
The state organizing . convention for the National
Rainbow Coalition will be held December 6 and 7
at the Jimmy Stewart Building, 1500 N.E. 4,
Oklahoma City. The NRC is an independent progressive political organization, operating within
the framework of the U.S. Constitution. Most of
its constituency base is currently active within
the Democratic Party.
Helen Holgate
Certified Alcoholism & Drug Abuse
Counselor
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"We believe the solutions to many of our planet's social, political and economic problems can
be realized by increased understanding cooperation and participation among different racial, religious, social and ethnic groups," says spokesperson Opio Toure.
Members of the Rainbow--blacks, Asians, whites,
native Americans, Latinos, lesbians and gay men-will strive to end economic, racial, regional and
sexual violence which have greatly intensified
under Reagan era politics.
CLASSIFIED
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HOME FOR RENT, N.W., heat, air, 2
furnished or unfurnished. Call 672-4141.
bed,
NEEDED: STORAGE/PART-TIME HOUSING during
extensive travels. Must have temperature and
humidity control for storage of archival materials
and household goods on long-term basis. Housing
between trips. Prefer large bedroom with kitchen
and bath privileges.
Smaller room okay with
additional storage space available in same bldg.
Responsible, considerate, can furnish references.
Phoenix Wheeler, 405-360-2585, P.O. Box 924,
Norman, OK 73070.
DESK--Large 6 drawer, walnut, swap for roll-top.
LIVING ROOM FURNISHINGS--LOAN TO GOOD
"HOME"--sleeper couch, 3 swivel rockers, coffee
tables. Coordinating drapes, paintings, metal art,
etc., optional. Phoenix, 360-2585.
ANN CARLTON IS LOOKING FOR WOMEN to
rent a house in the Miller Addition and one in
the Putnam City School district.
Both have
fenced yards, storage/or garage. Good condition.
Will consider discount for care of roses. Call
525-6000.
To receive brochures or make reservations for
the convention, please call Dee Crockett, 427 1330 or 427-2665, or write to the National Rainbow Coalition, 1301 Martin Luther King Ave.,
Oklahoma City, OK 73117.
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BOOK OF LETTERS VERY SPECIAL EXCHANGE
by Mary McLachlin
Women Well at Ease, by Dr. Beatrice Silverman
and Dr. Sally Goldin
As we all know, when women talk seriously about
the people and ideas that matter to them, the
results can be enriching. An extension of that
fact can be found in a new book, Women Well at
Ease, a paperback that should be in local bookstores by the time you read this.
Something special about Women is that it's an
exchange of letters between two educated, accomplished and articulate women of different
generations. Who they are makes it even more
special: Dr. Beatrice Silverman, Daytona Beach
psychiatrist, and her niece, Dr. Sally Goldin, psychologist and computer science professor at the
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.
In the series pf letters from September 1983 to
March 1985, they discuss womanhood from their
individual life experiences. Dr. Silverman bases
much of her commentary on case histories from
her practice over the past 25 years.
Silverman opens the correspondence with a historical perspective on "Biology as Destiny," emphasizing the beginnings of woman's subservience
to man as a product of the primitive female's
vulnerability and need for protection during pregnancy and while caring for children. Goldin responds with a more deterministic view that women's supposed vulnerability is partly a "societal
fabrication--one of the many myths inavented by
the male dominated culture to keep women in
their place."
Succeeding letters deal with a wide and now
familiar range of problems and options faced by
women who dare to seek independence and equality at varying times in their lives. Along the
way, both writers reveal much about their personal. efforts to escape bonds and reach for fuller lives. Silverman's experience of wartime marriage, child rearing, divorce and flight to Mexico
to enter medical school is juxtaposed with
Goldin's accounts of falling into what she calls
the Perfection Trap--studying to exhaustion, suffering anorexia--communal living, open marriage
and, ultimately, self acceptance.
The book is subtitled "A Primer For Independence," and so it might be--a condensation of personal and observed experience by women capable and unafraid of expressing it. The title,
incidentally, is from a line in Chaucer's "Troilus
& Crisedye," which says:
"I am myn owene
woman, wel at ese." (I am my own woman,
completely free.)
An interesting note: Bea Silverman was told by
several publishers that the topics . examined in
Woman are passe and no longer commercially
viable. (Translation: Nobody's interested in the
woman's movement anymore.) Knowing otherwise,
she produced the book on her own through a
local publishing company.
--Politica, Vol. III, No. II
"LOVE MAY BE BLIND, BUT
HANDWRITING AIN'T!"
Professional Analysis of Compatibility
Shelly Zaikis, C.M.G.
405-946-6928
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL HERLAND RETREAT
In case you missed it and haven't heard--the 2nd
Annual Herland Fall Retreat was a gigantic success. Over 90 women enjoyed a rather cold,
damp fall day which was made sunny and beautiful by the talents of local musicians Peggy
Johnson, Mary Black, Cindy B., Mary K. H., and
the
positively
scintillating
performance
of
Rosy's Bar and Grill.
Veteran retreaters said, almost in unison, that
this was the "best one yet," and the Saturday
night concert had a great deal to do with that.
Even for those who had heard their record, the
personalities of the three kept the audience in
stitches, with such classics as "I Enjoy Being a
Gull" and the famous "F-Word Song." The music
was great, but their senses of humor made the
total evening just so much fun. Of course, the
food spread was up to its usual standard. (The
nicest addition this camp made was in providing
"troughs" for meals, rather than plates.)
As soon as a spring weekend is set, HSR will
announce it so you can begin making your plans
for the next retreat. (Start rehearsing your pets
now for the talent show!) The retreat has to be
in April or May, so if you have suggestions, let
the Collective know.
HERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
announces its monthly
Collective Meeting
Sunday, November 16, 1986
6:30 p.m.
1630 N.W; 19, OKC
Open to the Public
HERLAND LOSES GOOD FRIEND. 'MURRAY'
Herland's housemother and .overseer, Goldie
Murray, or "Murray" as she was called by most
of her friends, died October 8.
Murray and her husband had operated ·a grocery
store in the front of their house and that space
became Herland Bookstore about four years ago.
During the next few years, Murray became a
good friend to those of us who worked at the
store, attended functions there or just dropped
by. She brought us ice water the summer we
replaced the ceiling in the store and always was
interested in who was working and how things
were going.
HERLAND TO BE CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS
Because so many Collective members and volunteers will be out of town, Herland Sister
Resources, Inc., will be closed both Thanksgiving
and Christmas weekends.
Buy your Christmas
gifts early while the selection is still good.
"I spent more time with her during the last few
years than I have with my mother," a Collective
member remarked at the graveside service. "But
then, she was nicer to me."
405/
848-5429
It was rather remarkable that Murray was able
SHIRLEY M. HUNTER, M.A.
to overcome 80+ years of many prejudices and
be as accepting as she had become, but she did
and we all benefited from it. She also taught us
about growing old and maintaining independence.
COUNSELING
5009 N. Penn, Suite 102
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Born December 14, 1899, Murray will be remembered by everyone associated with Herland for
her feisty spirit, her sense of humor and her
caringness, which allowed a bunch of women she
had never seen before to invade her home, use
her bathroom and her phone, plop ourselves down
and visit at our convenience.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CONTINUES
On August 17 the body of 22-year old Pamela
Dunn was found at a Lexington, Mass., dump.
Dunn had gone to court in March seeking protection from her husband. The judge issued the order but told her she was "doing a terrible disservice to the taxpayers" by taking up the court's
time when it "has a lot more serious matters to
contend with."
We '11 miss you, Murray. More than we knew we
would. The saddest part is, most of us never
told her we really cared about her.
(Note: There will be a special clean-up weekend,
November 15 and 16, of the living and storage
quarters back of Herland. Bring brooms, vacuums,
boxes, etc., and help clean up those rooms. We
will be working during store hours both days.)
Dunn was with her mother at a bus ...top on August 16, when her husband accosted them, maced
her mother, shot his pregnant wife in the abdomen and dragged her into his car. Her stabbed
and strangled body was found the next day.
All the Sisters of Herland received this note
from Murray's daughter and son:
I really apreciate all that all of you did for
Mother in the past few years.
She en.ioyed
knowing and visiting with all of you and looked
forward to the weekends when the store was
open and she could visit with you.
Ann Dooley
Gene Murray
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GROUP ANNOUNCES LOCAL ABUSE STUDY
A new group, WASAD (Women Against Sexual
Abuse by Doctors), is seeking information about
sexual abuse by doctors in Oklahoma, and is asking victims for vital information.
For a copy of the questionnaire, write: WASAD,
P.O. Box 700235. Oklahoma City, OK 73107. Your
privacy will be protected.
"The judge contributed to* this woman's death,"
said Paula Becker, a law student advocate for
battered women. "His attitude destroyed the credibility of the order; his attitude told Dunn that
the court didn't take her seriously."
--Arkansas Gazette, 9-22-86
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SWISS EASING SOME CHAUVINISMS
One of the cornerstones of Swiss male chauvinism is gradually being chipped away as the country phases out compulsory housekeeping classes
for girls.
The country's largest canon Zurish is the latest
to abolish the once widespread practice of training girls in special schools to become good
housewives. In a recent referendum, Zurich voters approved lifting the requirement that all
schoolgirls must complete several weeks of
"further education" in housekeeping after they
leave school and before they reach age 20. Now,
boys as well will learn some knitting, cooking
and needlework as part of their basic education.
Zurish made housekeeping classes, similar to the
U.S. 's home ec, compulsory in 1931, but in 1981,
10 years after Swiss women were first granted
the right to vote in federal elections, a national
referendum enshrined equality for women in . the
Constitution and sounded the death knell for
girls-only housekeeping classes. "It is high timne
that the obligatory classes disappeared, not only
because of the injustice between boys and girls,
but, above all, because of the changed makeup
of households," wrote columnist Eva Maria Borer
in the weekly Zuri-Woche.
She said many people now live alone and both
partners in many marriages had jobs, so the tradition of training women to run homes for their
working husbands had become obsolete.
There are still three canons who have not gotten
rid of their compulsory classes.
At present, Zurich schoolgirls attend institutions
such as the Domestic Economy Further Education
School for courses lasting an average of 3-8
weeks. The school's director, Dr. Erika Welti,
says the school is very progressive. "We don't
just teach them cooking and sewing, but they
learn nutrition, how to manage a budget, how to
shop, how to repair and recycle things, how to
unblock drains--everything necessary to create an
environment in which human beings will feel
well."
Courses at the school are already offered to
boys, but few attend. Starting next year, students of both sexes will take the same basic
houseke~ping courses in their own schools. Local
authorities will still be obliged to offer voluntary
further education classes for teenagers and
schools such as Welti's will be retained for that
purpose.
Beatrice Grotzer, an Education Ministry official,
says many Zurich schools began offering mixedsex classes in skills such as knitting and crochet
to eight-year olds last year. "The classes have
certainly become livelier since the boys joined."
The Zurich newspaper Tages-Anzeiger hailed the
electorate's 69 % support for ending compulsory
classes as welcome recognition of the fact that
running a home is not purely a job for women.
"The clear Yes is also a Yes to the legal
equality of women," it wrote.
Group for Lesbians
WHO ARE CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT
or love someone who is
For Information, Call
Bette Kelley, M.Ed., CADC
(Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor)
405-949-2301
JEB PHOTO EXHIBIT TO SHOW IN DALLAS
If you saw Women: Images 1850-1980, a slide/narrative presentation by JEB, a few years ago
at Herland, you may want to make plans to travel to Dallas in November to see it again. . If you
missed it, you may really want to make sure you
see it this time.
The photographic images by and of lesbians of
JBB (Joan E. Biren), in a slide/narrative presentation, range from portraits and documentary images to the comic and the erotic. They are a
powerful evocation of our own experience as lesbians and as women.
Sponsored by Little Feather Productions, the presentation will be at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, November 15, in the Activity Building at Revercbon
Park, 3400 Maple, between Oak Lawn and Turtle
Creek.
In celebration of all women artists, Little Feather will mount an exl.ibit of photographs by North
Texas women, to be displayed the night of the
presentation.
JEB is also interested in conducting a photography workshop for women, tentatively scheduled
for Sunday, Nov. 16, from 1:00-5:00 p.m., at the
NOW office, 3107 Routh. This workshop will be
held only if enough women register in advance.
Call Mary (214-826-3692) or Becky (214-827-8318,
evenings) for more information.
For more information, write Little Feather, P.O.
Box 14037, Dallas, TX 75214, or call 214-8278318.
Publisher:
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UNIVERSITY GUARDS WITNESS RAPE-MURDER
ANOTHER TV FILM ABOUT STEVEN BIKO
Clarkson University security guards Donald
Shanty and Kim Avadikian thought they had
stumbled on two students consensually making
love by a campus arena, the first week in
September, and declined to intervene.
"I have seen students having sex in unusual
places before,.. Shanty said.
Contrasting with last fall's Showtime special
about anti-Apartheid activist Steven Biko, the
one being shot now focuses on the young black
man himself.
Starring St. Elsewhere's Denzel
Washington in the title role, the film is based on
two books written by Donald Woods about Biko,
who was first introduced to many of us in song
by Holly Near and Ronny Gilbert. Kevin Kline
also stars as journalist Woods. Last fall's Biko
dealt with the trial of the police and doctors
who were judged to be responsible for the activist's death.
Watch for ..Biko: Asking for
Trouble" this fall.
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student Katherine Halwelka, 19, who died a few
hours later. Police arrested a suspect two days
later.
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RISISTANCB
Continued Proa Lut Month
Tiu. forced aicration ended with the Navajo'1 literally 1urroundina the Hopi throash a aeries of federally initiated
ezpanaiona of Navajo land. In 1882, a Presidential Executive Order establilhed the JUA, an area to be lhared by
the Hopi and the Navajo and any other people the pvernment NW fit to aettle thereon. Thia JUA ii the area in
dilpate today becaaae of lesal initiatives by Peabody Coal
and the Hopi Tribal Council, who lhare the aame attorney,
John Boyden. Boyden also drafted the lesillation that becaae PL 93-531 and hired a public relations firm to atase
a fabricated "ranee war" darins the period of time when
Consr- deliberatins on the lecillation.
Actually, there wu no land dilpate or "ranee war." All
active hmtilities between the Pederal pvernaent and the
variou indisenoaa tribes of thil country, u well a wan
between the tribes themaelves, really are a part of hiltory. The traditionel cultures of aany tribes, thoash popularly believed to have paaaed into hiltory, in fact have
not. The Hopi and the Navajo are both euaplea of the
handful of tribes who were siven the land of their anceaton and therefore did not INlcome refas- or dilplaced
penon1. Al a renlt, their calturee are intact and are
lived today by thoee who call thfllDlelves traditionaliltl,
i.e. people who have never recopized the Tribal CouncU.,
who never aade a treaty with the U.S. pvenuaent, and
who andentand th-elvea to be aovereip peoples, nationa, "aanivOn of pnocide hiltory," within the United
States of Aaerica. Hopi traditionaliltl NY they do not
bow who Ivan Sidney ia but they bow that he ii not
Hopi. They are referrins to hil c:omcioamesa, hil WllY of
beinc in the world, hil white aale ayatem aentality and
values. Be ii the Hopi'1 Clarence Pendleton, PhyU.
Schlafly, etc. Roes Swiamer, newly-appointed UnderaecretarY of the Interior for Indian Affain and the fint Indian
to fill thia pomtion, filla thia role for all traditionaliata of
all tribes in the country.
All other Indian land clailu ever to coae before the Conor other pvernaent body that were aetUed in favor
of the tribe makinc the claim have been 1etUed by the
aovemment •• payins cab to the tribe brinsins the 1ait. In
all these cues, the land in question wa occupied by
whites. Rot one white pet'IOD hu ever been uked to relocate in order to acbowledse that the rishtful title to the
landa he or 1he occupied belonsed to any Indian tribe. PL
93-531 breab with all previoaa precedent. in Indian Land
Claims cues and ii at.a the oaly caae where the occupant. of the land in question were not white.
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We cunot cbanse rules at will. If the Navajo aaat relocate, then we all can be removed and not to where our
ancestora came from, but to wherever the pvenuaent decides they want to pat aa. The restoration of ancestral
Navajo landa beyond the boandaries of currently occupied
landa baa never been niaed u a coapanion i1111e throashout thil entire procedure. It lhould be a lesitiaate ques·
tion for the Navajo, a it ii for the Hopi. Whites occupy
former ancestral Navajo landa oataide their preaent reaervation. Racilm, includins the lonptandiq line of the
invilibility the i1111e ha had with the Aaerican public, ii
a keyfactor. The aajority of Aaericans are not even
aware of the exiltence of the Navajoa or the Hopil, much
1- the preaent cenocidal federal policies beinc implement·
eel by the nation which leads the world in "Human Richb."
Traditionalilta of both tribes view the encroachment question u a non-line, aince the occupancy of land hu alWllYI been in an overlappinc chain (one tribe'• territory
overlappinc another'•), and, in fact, that i9 part of how
the land ha been "held" in covenant with the Creator.
The reaervation and allotment l)'ft.ema are the alllloraalities. Both tribes have at.a auccesafally foasht individual
allotaenta and ltill have c:omaunally lhared landa. The
JUA ii merely an extension of that cultural imperative of
lhared communal land uae, and hu never been an i1111e
aaonc either tribe'• tradition~. Hopi traditionalilta
have a covenant with the Great Spirit to hold thia land
for all people who want to live in peace, and they are
adaaantly resiltinc the reaoval of their Navajo neishbore.
They view the proposed reaoval u aacrilese, u llD act
that ii acainat all thet i9 aandated by their covenant wi~
the Creator. In addition, they believe that .Uch an event
would have consequences for all pe0ple, everywhere.
People have died from the effect. of relocation to a nhome in a border town, and people are dyinc from the
chronic unrelentinc ea-. cauaed by fear of havinc to relocate. Recent federal cancellation of the July 6, 1986,
deadline for forced military removal (became the pvern·
aent doesn't have a place to which the people can be
aoved at the present tiae) aaounta to a deadline auapended in liabo that can be "called" at any tiae in the future.
Thia ii an even creater ea-. than bowinc when the
deadline ii. It at.a aerves to defuae the clobal aolidarity
around the deadline date and render it inoperable if no
future date ii aet, bat, rather, the rewaininc people are
juat nibbled away at, one by one, or faaily by family.
Removinc the people of the JUA i9 an act of cenocide.
Their culture, relicion and even penonal identity ii fuaed
with the land in a way that cannot be tnnaplanted, relocated, tramferred. Thia ii a reality thet ii limply oataide
the nperiential fraae of reference for people of the
clmainant calture.
A new houae in a border town i9 a PQ'Cho-qiritual death
MDtence, a tramfondnc of a Hlf-dficient people into
welfare recipient. and refusees. Aaerican tupeyen will
pay for the coeta of cmocldal relocation, the welfare
coeta reaaltins froll relocation, and then the cost of the
llininc and conversion of coal to electricity a we conn11e
eneqy. We at.a will finane<e the ar111 race when the ilrlm·
lam i9 llined and proce.ed and finally pat into wmbeada.
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A few people will become richer while the rest of u1 are
eii:ploited for that purpose.
In his last letter, Roa Swimmer uaed the lansuage of
Apartheid: "Resettlement to the new homelands," and this
was presented as "Opportunity for all involved." Relocation
of the Navajo ii domestic Apartheid and needs to be adctr-ed as such.
There are presently two pieces of Concreaional lecillation
resardins PL 93-531, a moratorium bill sponsored
by
Richardson of New Mexico, and a repeal bill 1ponaored by
Rep. Mickey Leland of Texas. Both of these billl are expected to draw 111pport from those resiltinc relocation.
Their content ii not specifically known at present, but the
seneral undentandins ii that the moratorium bill will provide for a year's time out to reconsider PL 93-531, and
the repeal lecislation will stop relocation and provide for
the return without penalty of any relocatees who desire to
reverse their relocation. All expen1es involved are to be
incurred by the federlil irovermnent.
In addition to lobbying actioDI 111Rested by both National
NOW reeolution1, there are other needed action1 in which
NOW activists and units can become involved. There ii no
exiatiq body or person who connects individuals or sroups
with individual Blden, traditional activists or resisting
families for the purpose of sponsoring them with aid and
financial aailtance so they can nrvive and do the work
of resi8tance. All of these have a desperate need for
direct aid ._d financial aailtance.
Thia ia aimilar to aponaoring NOW activists durins the BRA
countdown. If you or your chapter ia interested in beins
pat in direct contact with people on the land for this
parpoae, please contact Darlita Blanc, National NOW Field
Representative to the Bis Mountain Resistance, Box 487,
Plaptaff, AZ 86002, phone 602-779-2397.
Thomae Banyacya, apokeaman for the Hopi Kikmoqwi,
traditional relisioua leaden, attended the June 15 NOW
Plenary as an observer. Aa a reault, be aaid, "The Hopi
Prophecy predicts that after times when women have been
led by men, there will be times when men and women will
walk aide by aide. Later atill, at the time when the fate
of the earth itself will be determined, women will move
forward and lead and the men will follow. When this happens, it will be a very positive aisn for the outcome of
the fate of the earth. I have been noticins this besinnins
to happen for the last four or five years. I really aaw it
in Denver."
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HERLAND PRESENTS WOMEN'S WORD
Herland Sister Resources, Inc., is proudly an•
nouncing an exciting program, Nancy Brooks onewoman performance, "Women's Word," to be presented Thursday, November 26. The 7:00 p.m.
performance will be held at the · Pebbletree Playhouse, 2200 N.W. 39 Expressway (in the Pebbletree Inn).
Tickets for this for women only performance are
$4 in advance, $5 at the door, and . are available
at Herland.
"Women's Word" is an anthology of women's writings which celebrate creativity, work, relationships and spirituality. The performance was highly acclaimed when performed at the National
Women's Music Festival.
Brooks has been performing since she was six as
a dancer, singer and actress. Her study of theatre has included work in all areas of this highly
collaborative art form, including directing, cheorography, lighting technician, properties manager,
costuming, and many more.
In 1977 she helped found WomanShine Theatre in
order to provide a place to nurture the talents
of creative women and to present professionalquality theatre without the usual stereotypic
female characters. Since that time, Brooks has
served as artistic director of the company, performed in ensemble pieces and developed two
one-woman plays for touring.
Nancy Brooks is the mother of two sons, 17 and
19, and has recently completed a B.A. at Indiana
University in heatre, women's studies, folklore
and American Sign Language. She is currently
the director of the Office for Women's Affairs
at l.U.
This performance promises to be entertaining,
informative and inspirational about women's lives
and women's work.
FALL PEACE FEST TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK
The Benedictine Peace House and the UnitarianUniversalist Service Committee Action Unit of
Central Oklahoma are sponsoring a Fall Peace
Fest, Saturday, November 15, at Christ the King
Church, 1905 Elmhust Ave., in Oklahoma City.
The Fest will feature entertainment, food, arts
and crafts, educational films, children's activities
and informational tables.
Agencies and organizations whose focus is on
· peace and justice--whether in the family, community, nation or among nations--will have information tables.
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The state organizing . convention for the National
Rainbow Coalition will be held December 6 and 7
at the Jimmy Stewart Building, 1500 N.E. 4,
Oklahoma City. The NRC is an independent progressive political organization, operating within
the framework of the U.S. Constitution. Most of
its constituency base is currently active within
the Democratic Party.
Helen Holgate
Certified Alcoholism & Drug Abuse
Counselor
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"We believe the solutions to many of our planet's social, political and economic problems can
be realized by increased understanding cooperation and participation among different racial, religious, social and ethnic groups," says spokesperson Opio Toure.
Members of the Rainbow--blacks, Asians, whites,
native Americans, Latinos, lesbians and gay men-will strive to end economic, racial, regional and
sexual violence which have greatly intensified
under Reagan era politics.
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extensive travels. Must have temperature and
humidity control for storage of archival materials
and household goods on long-term basis. Housing
between trips. Prefer large bedroom with kitchen
and bath privileges.
Smaller room okay with
additional storage space available in same bldg.
Responsible, considerate, can furnish references.
Phoenix Wheeler, 405-360-2585, P.O. Box 924,
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DESK--Large 6 drawer, walnut, swap for roll-top.
LIVING ROOM FURNISHINGS--LOAN TO GOOD
"HOME"--sleeper couch, 3 swivel rockers, coffee
tables. Coordinating drapes, paintings, metal art,
etc., optional. Phoenix, 360-2585.
ANN CARLTON IS LOOKING FOR WOMEN to
rent a house in the Miller Addition and one in
the Putnam City School district.
Both have
fenced yards, storage/or garage. Good condition.
Will consider discount for care of roses. Call
525-6000.
To receive brochures or make reservations for
the convention, please call Dee Crockett, 427 1330 or 427-2665, or write to the National Rainbow Coalition, 1301 Martin Luther King Ave.,
Oklahoma City, OK 73117.
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BOOK OF LETTERS VERY SPECIAL EXCHANGE
by Mary McLachlin
Women Well at Ease, by Dr. Beatrice Silverman
and Dr. Sally Goldin
As we all know, when women talk seriously about
the people and ideas that matter to them, the
results can be enriching. An extension of that
fact can be found in a new book, Women Well at
Ease, a paperback that should be in local bookstores by the time you read this.
Something special about Women is that it's an
exchange of letters between two educated, accomplished and articulate women of different
generations. Who they are makes it even more
special: Dr. Beatrice Silverman, Daytona Beach
psychiatrist, and her niece, Dr. Sally Goldin, psychologist and computer science professor at the
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.
In the series pf letters from September 1983 to
March 1985, they discuss womanhood from their
individual life experiences. Dr. Silverman bases
much of her commentary on case histories from
her practice over the past 25 years.
Silverman opens the correspondence with a historical perspective on "Biology as Destiny," emphasizing the beginnings of woman's subservience
to man as a product of the primitive female's
vulnerability and need for protection during pregnancy and while caring for children. Goldin responds with a more deterministic view that women's supposed vulnerability is partly a "societal
fabrication--one of the many myths inavented by
the male dominated culture to keep women in
their place."
Succeeding letters deal with a wide and now
familiar range of problems and options faced by
women who dare to seek independence and equality at varying times in their lives. Along the
way, both writers reveal much about their personal. efforts to escape bonds and reach for fuller lives. Silverman's experience of wartime marriage, child rearing, divorce and flight to Mexico
to enter medical school is juxtaposed with
Goldin's accounts of falling into what she calls
the Perfection Trap--studying to exhaustion, suffering anorexia--communal living, open marriage
and, ultimately, self acceptance.
The book is subtitled "A Primer For Independence," and so it might be--a condensation of personal and observed experience by women capable and unafraid of expressing it. The title,
incidentally, is from a line in Chaucer's "Troilus
& Crisedye," which says:
"I am myn owene
woman, wel at ese." (I am my own woman,
completely free.)
An interesting note: Bea Silverman was told by
several publishers that the topics . examined in
Woman are passe and no longer commercially
viable. (Translation: Nobody's interested in the
woman's movement anymore.) Knowing otherwise,
she produced the book on her own through a
local publishing company.
--Politica, Vol. III, No. II
"LOVE MAY BE BLIND, BUT
HANDWRITING AIN'T!"
Professional Analysis of Compatibility
Shelly Zaikis, C.M.G.
405-946-6928
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL HERLAND RETREAT
In case you missed it and haven't heard--the 2nd
Annual Herland Fall Retreat was a gigantic success. Over 90 women enjoyed a rather cold,
damp fall day which was made sunny and beautiful by the talents of local musicians Peggy
Johnson, Mary Black, Cindy B., Mary K. H., and
the
positively
scintillating
performance
of
Rosy's Bar and Grill.
Veteran retreaters said, almost in unison, that
this was the "best one yet," and the Saturday
night concert had a great deal to do with that.
Even for those who had heard their record, the
personalities of the three kept the audience in
stitches, with such classics as "I Enjoy Being a
Gull" and the famous "F-Word Song." The music
was great, but their senses of humor made the
total evening just so much fun. Of course, the
food spread was up to its usual standard. (The
nicest addition this camp made was in providing
"troughs" for meals, rather than plates.)
As soon as a spring weekend is set, HSR will
announce it so you can begin making your plans
for the next retreat. (Start rehearsing your pets
now for the talent show!) The retreat has to be
in April or May, so if you have suggestions, let
the Collective know.
HERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
announces its monthly
Collective Meeting
Sunday, November 16, 1986
6:30 p.m.
1630 N.W; 19, OKC
Open to the Public
HERLAND LOSES GOOD FRIEND. 'MURRAY'
Herland's housemother and .overseer, Goldie
Murray, or "Murray" as she was called by most
of her friends, died October 8.
Murray and her husband had operated ·a grocery
store in the front of their house and that space
became Herland Bookstore about four years ago.
During the next few years, Murray became a
good friend to those of us who worked at the
store, attended functions there or just dropped
by. She brought us ice water the summer we
replaced the ceiling in the store and always was
interested in who was working and how things
were going.
HERLAND TO BE CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS
Because so many Collective members and volunteers will be out of town, Herland Sister
Resources, Inc., will be closed both Thanksgiving
and Christmas weekends.
Buy your Christmas
gifts early while the selection is still good.
"I spent more time with her during the last few
years than I have with my mother," a Collective
member remarked at the graveside service. "But
then, she was nicer to me."
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It was rather remarkable that Murray was able
SHIRLEY M. HUNTER, M.A.
to overcome 80+ years of many prejudices and
be as accepting as she had become, but she did
and we all benefited from it. She also taught us
about growing old and maintaining independence.
COUNSELING
5009 N. Penn, Suite 102
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Born December 14, 1899, Murray will be remembered by everyone associated with Herland for
her feisty spirit, her sense of humor and her
caringness, which allowed a bunch of women she
had never seen before to invade her home, use
her bathroom and her phone, plop ourselves down
and visit at our convenience.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CONTINUES
On August 17 the body of 22-year old Pamela
Dunn was found at a Lexington, Mass., dump.
Dunn had gone to court in March seeking protection from her husband. The judge issued the order but told her she was "doing a terrible disservice to the taxpayers" by taking up the court's
time when it "has a lot more serious matters to
contend with."
We '11 miss you, Murray. More than we knew we
would. The saddest part is, most of us never
told her we really cared about her.
(Note: There will be a special clean-up weekend,
November 15 and 16, of the living and storage
quarters back of Herland. Bring brooms, vacuums,
boxes, etc., and help clean up those rooms. We
will be working during store hours both days.)
Dunn was with her mother at a bus ...top on August 16, when her husband accosted them, maced
her mother, shot his pregnant wife in the abdomen and dragged her into his car. Her stabbed
and strangled body was found the next day.
All the Sisters of Herland received this note
from Murray's daughter and son:
I really apreciate all that all of you did for
Mother in the past few years.
She en.ioyed
knowing and visiting with all of you and looked
forward to the weekends when the store was
open and she could visit with you.
Ann Dooley
Gene Murray
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GROUP ANNOUNCES LOCAL ABUSE STUDY
A new group, WASAD (Women Against Sexual
Abuse by Doctors), is seeking information about
sexual abuse by doctors in Oklahoma, and is asking victims for vital information.
For a copy of the questionnaire, write: WASAD,
P.O. Box 700235. Oklahoma City, OK 73107. Your
privacy will be protected.
"The judge contributed to* this woman's death,"
said Paula Becker, a law student advocate for
battered women. "His attitude destroyed the credibility of the order; his attitude told Dunn that
the court didn't take her seriously."
--Arkansas Gazette, 9-22-86
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SWISS EASING SOME CHAUVINISMS
One of the cornerstones of Swiss male chauvinism is gradually being chipped away as the country phases out compulsory housekeeping classes
for girls.
The country's largest canon Zurish is the latest
to abolish the once widespread practice of training girls in special schools to become good
housewives. In a recent referendum, Zurich voters approved lifting the requirement that all
schoolgirls must complete several weeks of
"further education" in housekeeping after they
leave school and before they reach age 20. Now,
boys as well will learn some knitting, cooking
and needlework as part of their basic education.
Zurish made housekeeping classes, similar to the
U.S. 's home ec, compulsory in 1931, but in 1981,
10 years after Swiss women were first granted
the right to vote in federal elections, a national
referendum enshrined equality for women in . the
Constitution and sounded the death knell for
girls-only housekeeping classes. "It is high timne
that the obligatory classes disappeared, not only
because of the injustice between boys and girls,
but, above all, because of the changed makeup
of households," wrote columnist Eva Maria Borer
in the weekly Zuri-Woche.
She said many people now live alone and both
partners in many marriages had jobs, so the tradition of training women to run homes for their
working husbands had become obsolete.
There are still three canons who have not gotten
rid of their compulsory classes.
At present, Zurich schoolgirls attend institutions
such as the Domestic Economy Further Education
School for courses lasting an average of 3-8
weeks. The school's director, Dr. Erika Welti,
says the school is very progressive. "We don't
just teach them cooking and sewing, but they
learn nutrition, how to manage a budget, how to
shop, how to repair and recycle things, how to
unblock drains--everything necessary to create an
environment in which human beings will feel
well."
Courses at the school are already offered to
boys, but few attend. Starting next year, students of both sexes will take the same basic
houseke~ping courses in their own schools. Local
authorities will still be obliged to offer voluntary
further education classes for teenagers and
schools such as Welti's will be retained for that
purpose.
Beatrice Grotzer, an Education Ministry official,
says many Zurich schools began offering mixedsex classes in skills such as knitting and crochet
to eight-year olds last year. "The classes have
certainly become livelier since the boys joined."
The Zurich newspaper Tages-Anzeiger hailed the
electorate's 69 % support for ending compulsory
classes as welcome recognition of the fact that
running a home is not purely a job for women.
"The clear Yes is also a Yes to the legal
equality of women," it wrote.
Group for Lesbians
WHO ARE CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT
or love someone who is
For Information, Call
Bette Kelley, M.Ed., CADC
(Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor)
405-949-2301
JEB PHOTO EXHIBIT TO SHOW IN DALLAS
If you saw Women: Images 1850-1980, a slide/narrative presentation by JEB, a few years ago
at Herland, you may want to make plans to travel to Dallas in November to see it again. . If you
missed it, you may really want to make sure you
see it this time.
The photographic images by and of lesbians of
JBB (Joan E. Biren), in a slide/narrative presentation, range from portraits and documentary images to the comic and the erotic. They are a
powerful evocation of our own experience as lesbians and as women.
Sponsored by Little Feather Productions, the presentation will be at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, November 15, in the Activity Building at Revercbon
Park, 3400 Maple, between Oak Lawn and Turtle
Creek.
In celebration of all women artists, Little Feather will mount an exl.ibit of photographs by North
Texas women, to be displayed the night of the
presentation.
JEB is also interested in conducting a photography workshop for women, tentatively scheduled
for Sunday, Nov. 16, from 1:00-5:00 p.m., at the
NOW office, 3107 Routh. This workshop will be
held only if enough women register in advance.
Call Mary (214-826-3692) or Becky (214-827-8318,
evenings) for more information.
For more information, write Little Feather, P.O.
Box 14037, Dallas, TX 75214, or call 214-8278318.
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UNIVERSITY GUARDS WITNESS RAPE-MURDER
ANOTHER TV FILM ABOUT STEVEN BIKO
Clarkson University security guards Donald
Shanty and Kim Avadikian thought they had
stumbled on two students consensually making
love by a campus arena, the first week in
September, and declined to intervene.
"I have seen students having sex in unusual
places before,.. Shanty said.
Contrasting with last fall's Showtime special
about anti-Apartheid activist Steven Biko, the
one being shot now focuses on the young black
man himself.
Starring St. Elsewhere's Denzel
Washington in the title role, the film is based on
two books written by Donald Woods about Biko,
who was first introduced to many of us in song
by Holly Near and Ronny Gilbert. Kevin Kline
also stars as journalist Woods. Last fall's Biko
dealt with the trial of the police and doctors
who were judged to be responsible for the activist's death.
Watch for ..Biko: Asking for
Trouble" this fall.
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But the scene was actually a violent rape of
student Katherine Halwelka, 19, who died a few
hours later. Police arrested a suspect two days
later.
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