Wambli Ho, Voice of the Eagles
and Wambli Ho News Will Close June 1, 2006
Message from Jim Beard, President
Wambli Ho, Voice of the Eagles and
Wambli Ho News
February 6, 2006
Wambli Ho, Voice of the Eagles, may we all forever listen for your voice with ears that hear, and see your messages with eyes that see.
It is unfortunate that, after more than five years, the Wambli Ho News voice will no longer appear on this internet forum. Sadly, because of the change of logistics of those of us who have been involved since the beginning of Wambli Ho as well as to our inability to recruit local committed volunteers, Wambli Ho News will close our website June 1, 2006.
February, 2006 will be our last newsletter but we will continue to send special updates until June 1.
Please note: archives of our articles will still be able to be seen at this web address:
We are deeply grateful to Mr. Keith Rabin who has graciously agreed to archive the Wambli Ho News website and all its articles on his company website, www.nativeamericanlandscapes.com
Wambli Ho, founded with noble purpose and numerous goals, soon discovered one of its primary purposes was reporting FACT instead of the conjectured opinions of the mainstream press and to provide a forum for diverse perspectives. Later the “mainstream press,” universities, and various agencies utilized the factual reporting of Wambli Ho News and quoted and credited us in their reprints of Wambli Ho articles.
Another purpose arose in the collaboration of Wambli Ho with the He Ska Tokala Sobriety Society for the annual winter holiday toy drive for the Porcupine District of the Pine Ridge Reservation. To bring joy to children is possibly one of life’s greatest gifts and the toy drives brightened the lives of all of us involved.
Wambli Ho is truly grateful for the hard work of all the volunteers involved in making these toy drives a real success. We’d especially like to express our thanks to Paula J. Gruentzel and her music students of Vikan Middle School in Brighton, Colorado for working so hard in sorting and wrapping gifts. We’d also like to express our gratitude to the many volunteers who helped to coordinate, transport, sort, collect, and often work feverishly for about two to four months each year: Wendy and Michael Hackwith, Eileen Ohliger, Audrey Link, Steve Fry, Stephanie Schwartz, Larry Dunn, Brandi Short, Keith Rabin, Janet Hume, Michelle and Gary Christensen, Misun Swallow, Alfred Swallow, Vanessa Helper, and Mary Johnson..
Additionally, I’d like to thank all the contributors to these toy drives. Without you, it couldn’t have happened at all.
I am very, very pleased to announce that the annual Toy Drives for the Porcupine District of Pine Ridge will continue through the He Ska Tokala Sobriety Society (who has been our co-sponsors throughout the years).
I’d like to thank David Swallow, Jr. and his wife, Nyla Helper Swallow, of Porcupine, South Dakota. Without David’s vision and determination in founding Wambli Ho, Voice of the Eagles (and continuing as its Advisor), we would not have existed.
I’d also like to thank all the people of the Pine Ridge Reservation and the Rosebud Reservation who supported us and opened their homes and their hearts to us throughout these years.
The biggest “thank you” goes to Stephanie M. Schwartz for the thousands of volunteer hours as our Webmaster and as our Editor. She possesses the Penultimate Interview and Writing Skills that made Wambli Ho News the success that it was. I take my hat off to her with respect and admiration. Her product has reached many, and has influenced many to re-think their postures and attitudes.
I’d like to name and thank our correspondents, the Board Members of Wambli Ho, for their dedication and hard work through these past five years: Board Officers Paula J. Gruentzel (former President), Stephanie M. Schwartz (Vice-President), Audrey Link (Secretary-Treasurer), and Board Members Gary Christensen, Dr. Steven Fry, T.W.W. Buffalo, Adelina White Crow, and Tim McCarthy.
I’d also like to thank the wonderful long-term Wambli Ho volunteers who have helped us off and on throughout the years: Nyla Helper Swallow (Editorial Assistant), Keith Rabin, Wendy and Michael Hackwith, Randi Bergman (our current webmaster), Leslie Black Elk, Mary Ann Buffalo, Holly Bangert, Natalie Kindrick, Devera Denker, and Michelle Salvatore Christensen.
My gratitude also goes to our guest writers. Each one of you added grace and dignity to our newsletters.
Ultimately, I’d like to thank our readers. You gave us a reason for existence and your continuing support will never be forgotten.
With almost no money, no paid staff or members, and only a handful of volunteers at any one time, I believe that Wambli Ho News was still able to create a noticeable space in this world for Truth. I believe we “made a difference.” It is our prayer that others will look to the example we set and create their own space for Truth.
After all, the Truth DOES belong to the People!
