Show Standard-Examine- Sunday June 5 1988 r Utah Medicine man attending festival Red Earth ’88 a three-da- y OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — While workers for Red Earth ’88 prepared for the Native American festival in the heat and humidity outside the Myriad Convention Center J Kosheway serenely sat inside in a chair near the center’s entrance The hammering and drilling of nails into wooden planks and the chaotic atmosphere did not seem to phase the Otoe and Sac and Fox tribesman who came from Salt Lake City to dance in the Golden Age division of the powwow that has attracted hundreds of Indians from across the country One minute Kosheway sat talking to a woman about American Indian jewelry and the next minute he was walking with his wife Sophie to a nearby ticket booth Kosheway also known as “Black Thunder” describes himself as a “traditional Indian spiritual leader medicine man and family counselor all in one” Wearing blue jeans cowboy boots and a cowboy hat Kosheway 70 walked with a slow but deliberate gait od event to celebrate Native American culture His wrinkles and lines belie his years but not his apparent energy Kosheway said he came to the three-da- y event because it is a celebration of his culture And while some critics of events like Red Earth believe such festivals exploit American Indian culture Kosheway said people like that don’t belong in the powwows “This is my culture the roots of the traditional values of the ancestors given to us by the creator” he said Kosheway said the emphasis on American Indian customs is decreasing and that are infiltrating traditional Indian ways “All of our children are being educated in the white man’s schools and many times bring the white man’s ways into the arena and he doesn’t belong there” Kosheway said “What is right for the white man is not for the Indian Kosheway a former drug and alcohol counselor said the high rate of alcohol and drug abuse among American Indians are bad non-India- Committee wants Watson to resign SALT LAKE CITY (APf — The executive committee of the United Association of Community Councils is demanding that Salt Lake County Commissioner Dave Watson who pleaded guilty to drug and drunken driving charges step down But the freshman Democrat who was fined $400 and given six months’ probation for attempted possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia said he still has “a lot to contribute” “I still have seven months to redeem myself I want to feel I still can get some things done” he said citing completion of a computerized 911 emergency telephone network boundary agreements with Salt Lake Valley cities e contracts and Association President David Howick and his predecessor Norman Sims said Thursday that if Watson refused to quit or take a paid leave he likely could fact a petition or court action aimed at his removal Howick and Sims acknowledged their stance is not that of the association’s 22 member organizations They said councils representing 235000 residents of the unincorporated valley weren’t asked because it would take sev shared-servic- Reg $2999 eral months for them to vote on the matter Watson was arrested early May 15 and pleaded guilty to drug charges and drunken driving May 27 Sentencing on the alcohol charge is scheduled for Friday Howick said a paid leave would be a compassionate solution because it “provides for his needs (and) gives the opportunity for him to bring his life together” He said he realized that if Watson were to step down policymaking for Utah’s largest county would rest in the hands of Republican Commissioners Bart Barker and Mike Stewart “We feel two commissioners can handle the job” Howick said adding that the two could either agree on issues or delay decisions until a new commissioner takes office However Watson said the commission system was designed to work with three people For example Utah law says all three are needed to change contracts Larry Meyer administrative aide to Barker the commission chairman said Barker wants three commissioners working later this month when tax rates are set non-India- Featuring: HI-TE- Sale $1999 habits learned from European culture “We (American Indians) would be equivain lent to one grain of wheat in a truckload the field of alcohol and drug abuse” he said puffing on a filterless cigarette Kosheway said he recently attended a traditional religious ceremony in which there were fewer American Indians than in attendance “I found myself to be a minority in my own sanctuary” he said “I didn’t feel good about it “Some were there for prestige” he said of those that attended “Some were there to write a book and take pictures And some were there to identify themselves and get away from Christian life and find native spirituality” Kosheway smiling and gesturing talked only of the spirit “It is that spirit the spirit of happiness that made me drive thousands of miles just to be here” he said HI-- FI Don’t Settle for a ns Basket Sale The perfect all purpose basket for 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