Midwest Save Our Ancestors Remains & Resources Indigenous Network Group
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Midwest SOARRING Dissolution—Transfer to Midwest SOARRING Foundation plus New Archives Department Opened
Midwest Save Our Ancestors Remains & Resources Indigenous Network Group AKA Midwest SOARRING has been dissolved by over 2/3 vote of the members attending the Annual Members' Meeting on October 21, 2000. All services, memberships, events, etc., have been tranferred to its sister organization, formed in 1996, Midwest SOARRING Foundation. (See story from Wings 22 (final issue), entitled A Fond Farewell—And The Next Step.)
Midwest SOARRING had reached its peak goal on October 1, 2000—land for reburial. A deed for 5.9 acres in Peoria, Illinois, was given to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska on that date, and the 6-year search for land had ended. The work of repatriation and burial site protection will not and cannot end here, however, the history of Midwest SOARRING can now be closed.
Several Midwest SOARRING Board members will move on to work directly with the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and continue to monitor unmarked burial site disturbances and related concerns. The new Board for Midwest SOARRING Foundation will continue fulfilling the goals of its own mission statement:
to educate the public about concerns related to protecting Native American ancestral remains, burial sites and goods, cultural and sacred sites, and resources via avenues such as lectures and the construction of a Native American model prehistoric village and cultural learning center. (See story from Wings 22 (final issue), entitled Midwest SOARRING Foundation—A Running Start.)
FOR CURRENT ISSUES, including the ongoing activities of Midwest SOARRING Foundation, contact:
(773) 585-1744 or MSOARRINGF@aol.com.
FOR ARCHIVES, repatriation information and burial site protection concerns, contact: msarchives@att.net.
PRESS RELEASES:
Midwest SOARRING at the Chicago Garden Show
* * * State Senate Resolution * * *
Springfield Prayer Vigil
Kickapoo Homecoming Pow Wow - Long Version
Kickapoo Homecoming Pow Wow - Short Version
Our Quarterly Magazine: WINGS
WINGS Index
WINGS Fall 2000 - Final Edition * * * NEW * * *
updated 11/12/2000
Midwest SOARRING Foundation - The Future
