Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook - Abenaki People
Ik8ldimek Legal Clinic
Public Statement of Goals
The Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook People are pleased to sponsor a Native American Indian Legal Clinic.
- Ik8ldimek -
People Defend Each Other
The goals of the
Ik8ldimek Legal Clinic are to ensure that the basic human - civil and religious rights are protected for all Native American Indian prisoners, as guaranteed by the United States Constitution.
Our legal clinic intends to provide basic Information & Referral (I&R) services to aid and assist incarcerated Native American Indian men and women and their families whose civil rights and their right to practice their religious beliefs are being violated.
The I&R services to be provided include, but are not limited to the defense of:
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS -
> Securing a Time and Place for Cultural and Spiritual Gatherings,
> Access to Spiritual Advisors,
> Sacred Items for Ceremonial use,
> Hair Length - having long hair,
> Possession of Medicine Bags & Personal Sacred Items,
> Sacred Purification Rights & Sweat Lodges,
> Books, Newsletters, and Library Resources about and from Native American Indian sources.
CIVIL RIGHTS -
> Issues of Visitation,
> Rights to Receive and Send Mail,
> Use of Corporal Punishment,
> Use of Segregation as Punishment.
The Cowasuck Band has incorporated a nonprofit social and cultural services organization called COWASS North America. It is nationally incorporated, (FEID# 223229024) and is registered as a 501(c)3 organization with the IRS.
The Cowasuck Band provides:
> Educational & Cultural Programs-
Library & Information Resources
Language & Music Programs
Traditional Drum & Singing
Aln8bak News©
> Social Services -
Information & Referrals (I&R)
NEDOBAK Network Help Line
Food Assistance
Franklin Food Pantry
Ik8ldimek Legal Clinic
(AIRS & MAIRS members)
> Religious Services -
Ceremonies & Marriages
Memorial Services
Spiritual Counseling
> Environmental Programs -
Adopt - A - Highway Cleaning
Land Trust
The social services work that the Cowasuck Band performs is an indication of the commitment that we as a family support not only our own Native People but that we support the community and region around us. In our society we are judged not by what wealth we hold but by what wealth we can give to others; this is our way of life.
ALL OF CREATION MUST BE GIVEN EQUAL RESPECT AND REVERENCE
Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook - Abenaki People - People of the White Pines
COWASS North America, Inc.
P.O. Box 554
Franklin, MA 02038-0554
Telephone: (508) 528-7629 / FAX: (508) 528-7874
EMAIL:
cowasuck@worldpath.netWebsite:
www.cowasuck.orgNEDOBAK Help Line - (800) 566-1301