FW: Circle of Justice Public Notice

["Craven, Jim" <jcraven@xxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: James Michael Craven [mailto:cravjm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, September 28, 1998 12:50 PM
To: jcraven@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Circle of Justice Public Notice


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From:          "James Michael Craven" <cravjm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization:  Clark College, Vancouver WA, USA
To:            sisis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, warriornet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:          Mon, 28 Sep 1998 18:44:10 PST8PDT
Subject:       (Fwd) Circle of Justice Public Notice
Reply-to:      warriornet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To Whom it may concern. I was contacted by the Cicle of Justice on
September 24th and told that Mr. Kevin Annett had been dismissed from
the COJ on September 23rd. This was followed by faxes sent to me
asking that I put this out on the Internet as none has access to the
Internet and because the Circle of Justice feels that some things
were put out on the net on which they had not voted and about which
they had no knowledge.

The headings below should attest to when this was originally written
and sent as a draft copy pending a full vote of the Circle of Justice
which they required before full release on all aspects.

The following was approved by the Circle of Justice by a unanimous
vote.

I had no part in the voting, dismissal and edited their documents for
clarity etc. My assistance was at their request as they had contacted
me about their concerns and I had not contacted them prior to their
contacting me and requesting my assistance.

Jim Craven

DRAFT COPY NOW A FINALIZED AND AUTHORIZED COPY

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From:          "James Michael Craven" <cravjm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization:  Clark College, Vancouver WA, USA
To:

Date:          Sat, 26 Sep 1998 15:30:41 PST8PDT
Subject:       Circle of Justice Public Notice
Priority:      normal

           DRAFT COPY NOT FOR CIRCULATION OR PUBLICATION
           FINAL AUTHORIZATION FOR PUBLICATION PENDING




                        For Public Distribution

The following letter is a public annoucement and notice by the Circle
of Justice of Vancouver, B.C. Canada of  the breaking any and all
connections with Mr. Kevin Annett and the non-association of The
Circle of Justice with the  activities and positions of Mr. Annett
past,  present and future. Anyone who might question the origin,
reasons for and authenticity of this letter may contact Amy Talio of The
Circle of Justice at (604) 253-1891. This letter is to be circulated on the
internet to all newsgroups on which Mr. Annett posted views and  allegations
that were posted noting Mr. Annett's connections with The Circle of
Justice and thus connecting The Circle of Justice with views and
allegations about which the members knew nothing, that had not been ratified

through a vote and that had not been authorized for Mr. Annett to present as
views and allegations of the Circle of Justice.


                          The Circle of Justice   September 23, 1998


TO KEVIN ANNETT:

We, the members of the group known as "The Circle of Justice" hereby give
you notice that you are to cease any statements, implications or
representations that you represent our group in any capacity or have
any association with our group. We also hereby give you notice to
cease the use of the name of The Circle of Justice or the name of any
individual of the group in any association with you in any book,
newspaper, on the internet, television or through any medium or in
any conversations or representations with anyone.

We also give notice to you Kevin Annett to cease any and all
fundraising in the name of the Circle of Justice and to turn over and
account for any monies collected in the name of The Circle of Justice
or when the name of The Circle of Justice was associated with your
name in any way. We also demand that you turn over any and all
materials in whatever form taken specifically through your interviews
and other work with Survivors of the Canadian Residential Schools.

Signed:

Amy Talio, Intermim President
Jim Belcourt, Interim Treasurer
Caroline Nelson
Irene Starr
Ethel  Wilson
Dennis Talio
William Quinn
Sterling Talio
Rita Blind
Bill of Particulars and Concerns:

As you well know, we of The Circle of Justice are firmly committed to
justice for the Canadian Residential School Victims and indeed are
committing to the cause of justice for all victims. With respect to
Residential School Victims and in solidarity with all Victims of All
Nations,  we seek to have: facts uncovered; true stories told;
lessons learned; Victims justly compensated;  victimizers exposed and
punished; true histories told and written;  historical and present-day
injustices and conditions of oppression exposed and recognized;  educational
curricula changed to tell the truth about various forms and instruments of
oppression of First Nations Peoples and other Victims of Oppression; past
and present forms and instruments of genocide recognized and eliminated;
support systems for Victims suffering trauma from Residential School
abuses and other forms of abuse.

Our missions and goals put us in conflict with very powerful and very
ugly forces seeking the opposites of the above-mentioned missions.
These forces are very determined, in positions of power and influence
and possess resources we do not possess. Therefore, we act as a
democratic collective because what each does, affects the security
and welfare of the others as well as the name, credibility and
effectiveness of the Circle of Justice as an organization. For these
reasons, we take very seriously anything represented or done by any
member of  the Circle of Justice, in the name of The Circle of
Justice that has not been democratically discussed, voted on,
ratified and authorized by the organization. Further we take very
seriously any allegations or documentation of unethical, disruptive,
divisive or destructive behavior on the part of any member of  The
Circle of Justice especially when such behavior has been done in the
name of The Circle of Justice as a whole.

You were asked to attend a meeting of The Circle of Justice on
Wednesday, September 23, 1998. You said that you would attend that
meeting but would be late. In fact, not only did you fail to attend
that meeting, you failed to call and notify anyone waiting to see you
that you would not attend and failed to contact the members for some
time after that. You routinely sign your name on the internet as
associated with the Circle of Justice but showed  contempt and
arrogance when requested to attend a meeting to discuss matters
critical to the survival, effectiveness, missions and credibility of
The Circle of Justice.

Had you attended that meeting on September 23, 1998, you would have
been confronted with and given an opportunity to respond to the
following allegations with supporting documentation:

a) That you have repeatedly in print and in word represented certain views,
allegations and representations as having been voted on ratified and
supported by The Ciricle of Justice that in fact had never been
brought before the Circle of Justice or voted on or authorized by the
Collective as positions of the Circle of Justice;

b) That you have repeatedly in print and word spread unproven gossip,
conversations given in confidence for reasons of security, information,
sources of information and ongoing investigations  that could compromise and
has compromised First Nations activists and certain struggles and
activities;

c) That you have repeatedly in print and in word, slandered and
libelled, without evidence, trusted and dedicated First Nations
activists ( who dared to disagree with you or pose some penetrating and
tough questions) with summarily-declared labels like"RCMP agents" or "The
Eyes and Ears of the RCMP" or "Government-paid stooges" and with no regard
to the damages done to them personally or to the struggles of which
they have been trusted and effective instruments;

d) That you have summarily and for purposes of self-promotion,
assigned to yourself and used in print and in word non-existent titles like
"Advisor", Chief Researcher" (we have not seen even one piece of your
research), "Chief Expert Witness to the Vancouver Tribunal" and others that
were neither authorized nor voted on and ratified by the Circle of Justice;

e) That you have summarily and without authorization or
vote/ratification by the Circle of Justice, using The Circle of
Justice as your authority and base,  declared for yourself self-conducted
and self-declared supposed missions with unstated goals and objectives  to
organizations like Amesty International in  London;

f) That you have in word and print designated yourself as the sole
contact person for raising monies to support the work of The Circle
of Justice and given no accounting or release to the Circle of
Justice, certain  donations known to have been specifically raised and
designated for use by the Circle of Justice as a whole;

g) That you have demanded of others to release to you and not others
of  the Circle of Justice, tapes, personal testimonies and other materials
associated with abuses of Residential School Vicitms that were not properly
released for general use by those who had them in their possession and,
when asked the same of you,  for tapes and other materials of
Residential School Abuse Victims in your possession, you have delayed
and obstructed release of those materials back to those who have
legitimately requested them and suffer daily wondering how they might
be used by you;

h) That in print and in word you have raised monies designated to
send Victims of Residential School Abuse to Geneva, given no notice
that you, a non-victim of Residential School Abuse planned to use
some of the monies to send yourself, and that you have conflicting
accounts of the actual amounts raised and given no actual accounting
of monies raised, by whom they were donated and how many Victims
could be sent to give representations to UN bodies about Canadian
Residential School Abuse and Genocide in Canada;

i) That in print and in word, you have released the names of Circle
of Justice Members and allies, and sensitive and confidential
conversations that could compromise the security and welfare of
others if released, without authorization or vote by The Circle of
Justice;

j) That you have sought inside and sensitive information from
Residential School Victims and their allies and given no sensitive
and needed information in your possession in return, in order to
inflate an image and public perception  of your own degree and depth
of  involvement in  the Circle of Justice and various struggles and
investigations;

k) That members of The Circle of Justice have left the Collective and
given as their reason, problems with what they considered to be
opportunism, self-promotion, duplicity and disruptions on your part;

It is our honest opinion, formed on the bais of evidence and without
malice, that the above allegations  are warranted and/or have enought
merit that we have no choice but to act. We believe that you
sensed what the meeting on September 23, 1998 was to be about--to
present and give you an opportunity to attempt to rebut these
charges--and we know that you made several calls to attempt to find
out what the meeting was to be about, and sensing the possibilities,
simply summarily avoided hearing and answering these charges after
first promising that you would attend the meeting.

We invite you at any time to answer these allegations in writing and
we will acknowledge any allegations found not to be substantiated,
but in as much as so much is on the line and our work and credibility
and membership are  suffering as a result of these allegations, we
have no choice but to act based on our opinion that you have been
aprised/are aware of these allegations  and have chosen to repond not by
attending a meeting to answer them or with counter-evidence, but
rather with slander and accusations against anyone who dared raise
them with you and invite responses from you.

Signed
Amy Talio
Jim Belcourt
Caroline Nelson
Irene Starr
Ethel Wilson
Dennis Talio
William Quinn
Sterling Talio
Rita Blind

Comments/Revisions Invited.

 James Craven
 Dept. of Economics,Clark College
 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Vancouver, WA. 98663
 jcraven@xxxxxxxxx; Tel: (360) 992-2283 Fax: 992-2863
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and
property shall never be taken from them without their consent."
(Northwest Ordinance, 1787, Ratified by Congress 1789)

Those who take the most from the table,
teach contentment.
Those for whom the taxes are destined,
demand sacrifice.
Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry,
of wonderful times to come.
Those who lead the country into the abyss,
call ruling difficult,
for ordinary folk.
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*My Employer  has no association with My Private and Protected Opinion*
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 James Craven
 Dept. of Economics,Clark College
 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Vancouver, WA. 98663
 jcraven@xxxxxxxxx; Tel: (360) 992-2283 Fax: 992-2863
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"The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards Indians; their land
and
property shall never be taken from them without their consent."
(Northwest Ordinance, 1787, Ratified by Congress 1789)

Those who take the most from the table,
teach contentment.
Those for whom the taxes are destined,
demand sacrifice.
Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry,
of wonderful times to come.
Those who lead the country into the abyss,
call ruling difficult,
for ordinary folk.
(Bertolt Brecht)

*My Employer  has no association with My Private and Protected Opinion*
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 James Craven
 Dept. of Economics,Clark College
 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Vancouver, WA. 98663
 jcraven@xxxxxxxxx; Tel: (360) 992-2283 Fax: 992-2863
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------
"The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards Indians; their land
and
property shall never be taken from them without their consent."
(Northwest Ordinance, 1787, Ratified by Congress 1789)

Those who take the most from the table,
teach contentment.
Those for whom the taxes are destined,
demand sacrifice.
Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry,
of wonderful times to come.
Those who lead the country into the abyss,
call ruling difficult,
for ordinary folk.
(Bertolt Brecht)

*My Employer  has no association with My Private and Protected Opinion*
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