Wednesday, 7-11-07, on American Indian Airwaves
"In Memory of Corbin Harney, Western Shoshone Spiritual Leader"
Part 1:______________________________________________________________
Theda Purdue, Professor of History at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (http://history.unc.edu/faculty/perdue.html) joins us live to discuss her newest book "The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears." This will part 1 of an ongoing series leading up to the Cherokee Nation's recent decision to disenroll over 2,800 Freedman.
Professor Perdue's research focuses on the Native peoples of the southeastern United States, on gender in Native societies, and on racial construction in the South. Her book, Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835 (1998), won the Julia Cherry Spruill Award for the best book in southern women's history and the James Mooney Prize for the best book in the anthropology of the South. More recently, she has edited an anthology, Sifters: The Lives of Native American Women (2001), for which she wrote an essay, "Catherine Brown: Cherokee Convert to Christianity," as well as the introduction. In conjunction with Professor Michael D. Green, she has published The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast (2001) and The Cherokee Removal: A Brief History with Documents (1995, 2nd ed., 2005). In October 2001, Professor Perdue delivered the Lamar Lectures at Mercer University, published as "Mixed Blood" Indians: Racial Construction in the Early South (2003). She has served as president of the Southern Association for Women Historians (1985-86) and the American Society for Ethnohistory (2001).
Professor Perdue currently is working on a book on Indians in the segregated South. In 2006-2007, she is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.. She also has a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship.
Part 2:_____________________________________________________________________________
Various Guest (Larson Bill and Joyce McDade) will provide good words about Corbin Harney
Corbin Harney, Western Shoshone Spiritual Leader Passes On Public Statement by Corbin's Immediate Family
July 10, 2007 (Turtle Island). Corbin Harney Spiritual Leader of the Western Shoshone Nation crossed over at 11:00 a.m.this morning in a house on a sacred mountain near Santa Rosa, CA (Turtle Island). He had dedicated his life to fighting the nuclear testing and dumping.
That battle claimed his life through cancer.
Before he passed, he said to remember:
�We are one people. We cannot separate ourselves now.
There are many good things to be done for our people and for the world.
It is important to let things be good. And it is important to teach the younger generation so that things are not lost.�
According to witnesses present, in the morning fog, the spirits of four Shoshoni dog soldiers were outside on horsebackbefore Corbin�s passing. But then one of the Shoshone present, Santiago Lozada, yelled �Tosawi Tosawi!� (White Knife). And then the fog shifted and there were thousands of spirits waiting.
Corbin passed peacefully at the end. He was only worried that he still had more to do. When he finally let go and went with the dog soldiers, Red Wolf Pope, grandson of Rolling Thunder, was present and sang him the Tosawi death song to call the dog soldiers to come take him home. Golden eagles continue to circle the house hours after his crossing.�
True to form Corbin joked around several days ago that he was going to go at 11:00, and kept his promise.
Over his lifetime, Corbin traveled around the world as a speaker, healer and spiritual leader with a profound spiritual and environmental message for all. He received numerous national and international awards and spoke before the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Corbin also authored two books: �The Way It Is: One Water, One Air, One Earth� (Blue Dolphin Publishing, 1995) and a forthcoming book, �The Nature Way�. Numerous documentaries have been made about his work and message. In 1994, Corbin established the Shundahai Network to work with people and organizations to respond to spiritual and environmental concerns on nuclear issues. He also established Poo Ha Bah, a native healing center located in Tecopa Springs, California. He will be missed but always honored for his work and dedication to traditional ways.
Corbin Harney is descended from generations of Newe (Shoshone) traditional healers and was always grateful for the many extraordinary teachers who shared their knowledge in his lifetime. Corbin is survived by his daughter Reynaulda Taylor; granddaughters Ann Taylor and Nada Leno; grandsons Keith, Jon and Joel Leno and William Henry Taylor; seven great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; and his sister Rosie Blossom�s family and many cousins and other family members as well as many, many friends around the world. Corbin was preceded in death by his mother, father, sister, grandparents, uncle, great granddaughter, cousins, and friends. A very special thanks to Patricia Davidson, Corbin�s caregiver in his final months; Dominic Daileda, Corbin�s friend and companion for his support and compassion in hard times, and the family of Dixie and Martin van der Kamp for opening up their home and their hearts to Corbin and his family and friends during his time of need.
Dates and times for services are being made with official announcement to follow. Three day services are planned at the home of Larson R. Bill, So Ho Bee � Newe Sogobe (Lee, Nevada �Western Shoshone Territory) with burial services at Battle Mountain Indian Community, Battle Mountain Nevada.
Family contact information (non-media only):
Donations may be made either to the immediate family through:
Reynaulda Taylor
P.O. Box 397
Owyhee, Nevada 89832
775-757-2610 or 775-757-2064
annietaytay@yahoo.com
Or, to:
The Corbin Harney Way
6360 Sonoma Mtn. Rd.
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
No other individual, organization or entity is authorized to receive donations on behalf of Corbin�s immediate family or Corbin Harney.
http://www.shundahai.org/Corbin_Harney.htm
