REVA BARTA
MY FRIEND
Reva and I (Dee Randall) met in the
U.S. Air Force, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1954

Reva 1977

Photos of her grandchildren below

GENEALOGY
of
REVA BARTA

1. Morning Glory married Sebrevierra DeCorah

2. They had many children
3. Foster DeCorah, (grandson) KIA in WWI August 1, 1918
4. Henry, (s/o Foster DeCorah) in WWI
5. Reva Barta, (b. March 1, 1934 Winnebago, NE) (d/o Henry) married George Barta
6. Sandra, Susan, and Scott (b. April 13, 1960) are Reva and George's children
7. Scott's daughter, Kimimila Waci Win (b. December 5, 1985)
Scott's son, Inyan (b. November 3, 1988)

INDIGENOUS RED NATIONS
AND THE AMERCIAN CONSTITUTION
A HO CANK WINNEBAGO STORY

The Ho Cank Indigenous Red Nation and Peoples have always and forever resided in what is now called Wisconsin. Contrary to migration theories planted in U.S. history books , the Ho Cank, called Winnebago Indians , possess well substantiated, ancient, language based creation and origin stories. Attempts by historians to make Indigenous Peoples see uncivilized, or appear to be wandering nomads or caveman-like is dehumanizing and racist. Such racism represents a denial-based attempt to cover-up the oppression and genocide committed against 100 million innocent victims by the pilgrims and U.S. government officials, intent upon occupying Indigenous lands.

Indigenous Nations were the caretakers of the original democracy concept attempted by the United States. Democracy of the United States was copied from Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy governing -- minus the crucial and necessary female inclusion, which insures balance, peace and happiness.

During the mid 1700s, there lived an excellent orator and highly respected spokesperson of the Ho Cank. Her name was Morning Glory Woman. Morning Glory's great skill as a speaker found her with the title of chief. However, a misconception about the rank or "power" of a chief - being synonymous with that of a king, leader, dictator or ruler, is an unacceptable comparison. Within the Indigenous way each person is an expert at something, and no one is better than or 'above' another.

The governing system within Indigenous communities prior to non-Indigenous contact comprised of all adult male and female coming together in a lquote "Circle Meeting of The People" or talking circle - democracy in its purest and truest form.

Morning Glory married a French fur trapper who had settled in the central Wisconsin area by the name of Sebrevierre DeCorah. They had many children together. Non-Indigenous peoples were always welcome into indigenous nation communities. The greedy expansionist mentality overtook the non-Indigenous, causing them to attack Indigenous peoples unrepentantly for their land holdings and homelands -- in many cases forcing the Indigenous Nations to defend themselves and their way of life.

Morning Glory and Sebrevierre had many children together. By the time they had met, previous explores had already taken the trademark Indigenous kissing style back to Europe and Sebrevere were well aware of the world renowned "french kiss."

In 1917, Morning Glory's grandson, Foster DeCorah, joined the fighting in World War I alongside allied forces. The Ho Cank set aside differences caused by the oppression handed out to them by corrupt officials within the U.S. government and the military. Foster and the other Ho Cank men -- as well as his 17 year old son Henry --fought with American troops in the famed Red Arrow Division to defeat the threat of world domination by foreign nations and to ultimately protect their own "Great Turtle Island - the western hemisphere.

Great Turtle Island has always been the Indigenous homelands to the Ho Cank, the same home as the mighty Buffalo and graceful Elk of the sacred Four-legged Nations; the majestic bald Eagle and beautiful red-tailed Hawk of the sacred Bird Nations; and the tasty Corn and delicious Potato of the sacred Plant Nations. The Ho Cank, like the DaNakota, Omaha, or Ponca Nations, represented well the Indigenous human Two-legged Nations.

The Red Arrow Division rose to fame by piercing "like an arrow" through the most well fortified enemy from - the "Hindenberg Line" in France. Its fall led, ultimately, to the victory of World War I. During the intense battle, Foster was shot and Killed In Action -- not fifty feet from Henry. Despite the death of his father, Henry could only forge ahead to insure victory -- so that his father's supreme sacrifice would not be in vein. Henry was wounded with mustard gas poisoning during the Hindenberg Line liberation. He would apply to the U.S. army for military benefits and medical care, but because he was "Indian" -- and the Ho Cank people were not U.S. citizens, his request for aid went unheeded. Ironically, a few years later in 1924, bureaucrats in the legislature passed a congressional bill attempting to force U.S. citizenship onto Indigenous Nations and Peoples. Most Red Nations struggle still today against the illegal act, which infringes so terribly against the very existence of nationhood and denies recognition of the great Red Nations. The 1924 Act represents a violation of Indigenous peoples rights to nationhood and basic respect as a people.

Even today the Red People represent the only race of human beings denied their rightful place within the community of world's nations - the United Nations (UN). Some recent suspect actions of a seemingly "U.S. controlled UN" make it questionable if any Indigenous nation would want a seat within such an organization anyway.

The state of New York continues its attempts to force members of the Six Nation Confederacy into submitting to "states jurisdiction" and illegal "taxation" -- blatant violations of Article 1, Section 2, Part 3, which states "Indians shall not be taxed."

There also looms the threat of illegally "taxation" forced against Indigenous Nations who own and operate "casino gaming."

Article VI of the U.S. Constitution states "Treaties made with Indian nations shall be the supreme law of the land." Many Red Nations have legitimate land titles to lands now occupied by "states." The area known as the Black Hills in "western South Dakota" is such an example. Trillions of dollars has been extracted in gold, mineral resources, timber and tourism, yet the owners -- the Lakota and other 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie signatory nations remain in abject poverty.

Foster DeCorah, as well as great Indian patriots of earlier years like Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, all fought to defend the freedom of their people. They fought for the right to be whom and what they were. The respect to those who make the ultimate sacrifice must be afforded to not only U.S. veterans, but also to the Indigenous Patriots who have always fought for peace and freedom. The Constitution must be protected and honored. So many have lost their lives fighting to uphold each and every Article of the United States Constitution -- fighting for the freedom to just be human.

The story of Foster and Henry must live forever. It is the ultimate display of honor and courage by a father and his son protecting their people. It truly goes down in history as a chapter in the human story.

Henry DeCorah passed into the "Spirit World" in 1993. Today, his daughter Reva - an Air Force veteran - remains the National Secretary of the American Indian Movement (AIM). AIM rose to fame during the 71-day siege at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in 1973. Reva and her husband, George Barta, of Ihanktunwan DaNakota ancestry, coordinated regional efforts to supply those surrounded at Wounded Knee with food, clothing, ammunition, and other necessities they were in desperate need of. The Indigenous peoples under siege were defending themselves against military attacks by corrupt government and law enforcement officials who, at the time, were decimating the poorest reservation in the country.

The Yankton Dakota remain one of the last Indigenous Nations struggling to hang on to Oyate Omniciye governing. In 1993, Reva's son, Scott, successfully reestablished -- for the first time in over 140 years -- an Oyate Omniciye "Circle Meeting of The People" within 1851 Treaty Territories in the community of Rapid City, SD. The reestablishment shared the great history of the Lakota with non-Indigenous residents leading to changing the name of a racist school building and racist public school mascot. The Oyate Omniciye also uncovered a scheme by school district officials to force Indigenous students into a juvenile detention center (JDC) for the smallest of "offenses" (i.e., chewing gum, pencil tapping, staring out the window, etc.) The forced mass exodus to JDC was coordinated to make profit for the district -- each child represented approximately $1,200 dollars in extra funds to the districts general account.

Also, Scott's second born son, Inyan ("Rock" in the Lakota language), is an expert percussionist conga and bongo drum player. Inyan plays "part time" with his cousins - the famous blues band "Indigenous." Inyan is also a World Champion Jr. Boys Traditional Indigenous Dancer, capturing the titles at the Winnebago Tribe's Annual Homecoming Celebration held each year in July and the United Tribes International Championship Pow-Wow held each September in Bismarck, ND.

It is Inyan's great desire to one day participate in an Indigenous Pow-Wow at a site near the gravesite of his great, great grandfather, Foster, with the family of Sebrevierre DeCorah -- relatives he has yet to meet.

For more information about the family of Morning Glory Woman,
contact Reva or Scott Barta, at
revaaim1@aol.com

History of "Morning Glory Woman"
further information from Scott Barta April 2004

It has been more than 500 years since Columbus found himself washed up on the shores of Great Turtle Island (misnomer "western hemisphere") at Guanahani in the Caribbean Sea, where he chose to rename "San Salvador". It was there that the first communities of unsuspecting and amiable Indigenous Peoples were encountered; a Red Nation called "Arawak" known as "Taino". Did he think he had landed in the Indonesian Islands, or "East Indies", and therefore decide to call the people "Indians"? Or perhaps, as "India" was called Hindustan at the time, Columbus looked upon these gracious peoples and in his own language called them "god-like" or "una gente Indios"?

Now, during this 512th year following the first onslaught of genocide brought upon the Indigenous Red Nations and Peoples - their accurate name - by perpetrator Columbus and his misguided disciples, the Ho Cank (pronounced HO-chahnk; called "Winnebago Indians") Indigenous Red Nation and Peoples remain strong and have endured the largest, quickest, and deadliest "holocaust" the Europeans or any group has ever dealt "in the name of god" to any of the world's people, the loss of over 100 million lives - 95% of the entire Indigenous population.

Around 1734, in what is now called Wisconsin, an Indigenous Ho Cank baby girl was born. Her proud parents gave her the name of "Morning Glory Woman." Morning Glory Woman's mother gave birth to her in a Caputeke "wigwam" Lodge, an ancient, happy home where the Ho Cank People raised their children, or "Sacred Little Ones" for millions of years.

During the time of Morning Glory Woman's childhood, many non-Indigenous European explorers and immigrants began making their way into Ho Cank territories. Due to the fact that there were so few people of the white race in this area at the time, those who came were relatively peaceful towards the benevolent Indigenous Red Nations, who had been with the land, their land, for millions of years - having always come from homelands on the east side of the "Great Lakes" upon Great Turtle Island.

Morning Glory Woman's father was a "Talking Expert" - often misunderstood as the misnomer, "chief". Within Indigenous governing (a duty for all adults) there were many experts in all areas. There were no "leaders, kings, presidents, dictators, chairman", which is a common misconception thrust upon Indigenous Nations. True democracy, all the adult men and women coming together in a circle to discuss and take action upon a specific subject of the called meeting.

Because of Morning Glory Woman's exposure to the meetings, she also became an expert facilitator and presenter for her people at important gatherings. Her expertise was such that she soon became the selected spokesperson at national and international meetings for the entire Ho Cank Nation!

After Morning Glory Woman grew into womanhood, Morning Glory married a French fur trapper named Sebrevierre Decorah - who had been previously welcomed by Morning Glory's mother and father into the Ho Cank community where they lived. The two had many children.

During the mid 1800's, non-Indigenous encroachment into Ho Cank Territorial Homelands forced half of the Ho Cank to become refugees into present day Iowa, then Minnesota, then Iowa, back to Minnesota, then over to Fort Thompson in South Dakota - where the Ho Cank finally escaped and where taken in by the great Omaha Nation and Peoples just north of Omaha, NE. Today, these refugee Ho Cank are called the "Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska".

From this resplendent and spirited history, comes a man from Nakota Hills along the Big Muddy "Missouri River" (what is now called "Sioux City, Iowa") - the ancient and traditional homelands of the Ihanktunwan DaNakota Nation. He is the third grandson and seven generations away from Morning Glory Woman. His name is Scott Barta.

Scott's father is George Barta, whose parents were Sylvester Barta, a "full blooded" Bohemian Czechoslovakian and Lillian Petit who was "half" Ihanktunwan DaNakota (misnomer "Yankton Sioux"), and whose grandfather is "Red Horse" of the Ihanktunwan Crow Creek Reservation. (Their descendants also include the members of the present-day blues/rock band, "Indigenous".

Scott's mother is Reva Decora, who is the National Secretary for the famous "American Indian Movement," an exemplary human rights organization during the early 1970's. Reva's father was Henry Thomas Decorah. Henry's father (Morning Glory's great, great grandson), Foster Decorah, was killed in action - not 50 feet from Henry during intense battle - in France along the famed German stronghold "Hindenburg Line", which the Ho Cank "Red Arrow Division" pierced that day during World War I. Foster is buried in a military cemetery in central France.

Scott has a son named "Inyan" which means "Rock" in the Lakota language. Inyan's mother is a "full-blood" Sicangu "Rosebud Sioux" Lakota. Her grandfather was the famous "Eagle Elk."

Eagle Elk was a good friend of Tasunke Witko "Crazy Horse" - one of the greatest Lakota "Hunting Experts" of all times. Tasunke Witko defended the Lakota 1851 Treaty Territorial Homelands from greedy and dishonest u.s. government officials. In 1877, they began to send u.s. citizenry into the Sacred "He Sapa" or "Black Rocky Mountains (misnomer "Black Hills") to dig "gold". The government used media propaganda against the Lakota - calling them "hostile", yesterday's "buzz" word, used much like they use today's word "terrorist", in order to justify their wrongdoing and to steal the Lakota Nation's gold - which continues to be kept as stolen property in places like Fort Knox (see www.1851treaty.com). All this while today the Lakota were forced into becoming some of the most oppressed, unemployed, impoverished people in the world - unable to access their gold or keep their cola reserves, which are daily transported in thousands of train boxcars illegally across state lines to provide lights and gas to millions of americans.

Tasunke Witko was assassinated by federal government agents when he was called in to "Fort Robinson" to "negotiate for a home in the Black Hills" in September of 1877. Eagle Elk was one of eight pallbearers who carried the body of Crazy Horse to a secret location to prevent looting and exploitation of his remains by Americans in search of profit or fame.

Today, Inyan, the great grandson of Morning Glory, Eagle Elk, Red Horse and Foster Decorah, participates in the projects and activities of "Morning Glory Foundation" an organization developed to maintain and enhance the beautiful Indigenous Way of Life for today's Indigenous Peoples. The Morning Glory Foundation (MGF) (see www.morninggloryfoundation.org) currently is developing six projects to assist the enhancement of Indigenous Peoples - specifically indigenous youth - and promote their Great Way of Life through the beautiful mannerisms of Inyan's great Indigenous ancestors.

One such project of the Morning Glory Foundation is the development of the "Red Nations Lacrosse Club", reestablishing the ancient Indigenous game in Sioux City, Iowa and across the Midwest. "Lacrosse" (as it was first called by the French who were the first europeans to witness the game) is a "team sport", which was an unknown concept to the white, black, and yellow nations of the world prior to 1492. Nearly all Indigenous Red Nations and Peoples played various forms of "Hitting The Ball With A Stick" for millions of years. It is the root of the famous "ice hockey," as well as the basis of all of today's "team" sports.

Inyan has also become very talented in mastering and sharing the traditional music and dance of his people, the Ho Cank and Lakota. He dances to and sings the beautiful Ho Cank and Lakota songs, and actively participates in the "Circle Way of Life Dance & Song Group" of MGF. In addition, Inyan practices the fascinating Indigenous Sign Language in the "Sign Language Talking Circles", yet another fine MGF Project.

The proud tradition of Morning Glory Woman lives on through the Morning Glory Foundation!

DeCorah, Foster (Reva's Grand Father)
Killed In Action Aug 1, 1918
Cemetery Oise-Aisne
France

Plot B
Row 04
Grave 33

From Wisconsin
32 Division, 128 infantry

Cemetery location, information and photographs at
http://www.abmc.gov/oa.htm

http://mytwobeadsworth.com/IndigenousPerspective.html

www.indigenousrocks.com

GEORGE BARTA
b. April 25, 1933, Yankton, South Dakota
died December 13, 1995, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Husband of Reva

Obituary - December 16, 1995

AMERICAN INDIAN ACTIVIST BARTA DIES

Mr. Barta, former chairman of the board of directors and current director of the Native American Alcohol Treatment Program in Sergeant Bluff, has been active with American Indian affairs since the 1960s when he led an effort to protect Indian burial sites. He also served as executive director of the Sioux City American Indian Center for 10 years until 1985.

Mr. Barta, who served as chairman of Region VII of the American Indian Council and the National Urban Indian Council, was instrumental in developing Iowa's gravesite protection and repatriation policies. He also was involved in forming the Indian Studies department at Morningside College and the Sioux City Office of Indian Education, and was co-founder of the Sioux City chapter of the American Indian Movement.

Services will be held 10 a.m. Monday at the St. Boniface Church in Sioux City. Surviving are his wife, Reva, who is national secretary of the American Indian Movement; two daughters, Susan Barta of Sioux City, Iowa, and Sandra Barta Frank of Napa, Calif., a son, Scott Barta of Sioux City, Iowa; two sisters, Jean Groves of Vermillion, South Dakota, and Marjorie Smalley of Virginia Beach, Virginia; two brothers, Robert of Gayville, South Dakota and William of Napa, Calif ; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Reva's grand-daughter
Kimimila Waci Win
"Kimi"

Dancing Butterfly Woman

Reva's grandson
Scott's son

Inyan

Inyan is 14 years old,
the day of an earthquake!

Scott Barta's Nephews and Niece (on his father's side)
Their band
Indigenous
www.indigenousrocks.com
Photos, their music and popularity
and an Interview on NPR and more

Here are some websites regarding Reva and her son, Scott.
They participate in the Indian Movement.
Some articles are written by Reva here.

Many deCora's listed on this historical timeline
http://www.winnebagotribe.com/timeline.htm#1700's%20-%201750's

This book speaks of Scott Barta, Reva's son
Noble Red Man: Lakota Wisdomkeeper Mathew King
Harvey Arden (Compiler) / Hardcover / Beyond Words Publishing / September 1994
http://www.wisdomkeepers.com/noble.html

Preferred Name
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
by Scott Charles Barta

Indigenous Red Nations and Peoples are what Indigenous Peoples of Great
Turtle Island ("western hemisphere" [if Europe is the 'center'?]) call themselves;
not "Sioux" or "Winnebago" - but the true names "Lakota" and "Ho Cank".

The word "native" can sound "primitive".  Additionally, referred to or labeled as
"american" in effect denies Indigenous citizenship and the right of existence. 

However, you can find many "Indians" who may be unaware of their history,
beauty, uniqueness and trueness and who, under oppression
behavior dysfunction, accidentally refer themselves or allow others to call
them "native american" or "american Indian". 
Hopefully this truth can be shared and exposed so that
all can understand and be healed from such trauma.

Scott Barta in 2000

Scott Barta sends me url's from time- to-time regarding the Indigenous People.
Certain articles that I find of terrific interest to me, I will add here.

Battle at Little Bighorn 1876 - http://www.ibiscom.com/custer.htm
Massacre at Wounded Knee 1890 - http://www.ibiscom.com/knee.htm

Articles written by Scott Barta
http://www.argusleader.com/editorial/Saturdayarticle3.shtml