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...calls himself Chief Quiet Hawk, and true to his name, he usually answers questions by fax. But on this day he is visiting Washington to press the case of his people, and he has agreed to meet at a restaurant favored by lobbyists, just a block from the White House. A solidly built man in a dark business suit, Quiet Hawk--born 55 years ago as Aurelius Piper--picks at a salad and steak as he explains his crusade to win federal recognition as an Indian tribe for himself and his 324 followers, most from the area around Bridgeport, Conn...
Three times over the past five years, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs has rejected the petitions of Quiet Hawk and his followers, ruling that they failed to demonstrate sufficient links to the Golden Hill Paugussett tribe from which they claim to be descended. The ancestral Paugussetts were hunting and fishing around Bridgeport when the first English settlers arrived in the 1600s, but their numbers had dwindled by the late 1800s. Despite his setbacks, Quiet Hawk, a former social worker who now labors full time on his crusade, has persisted--and has persuaded the BIA to take an unusual fourth...
...songs on the album each have a distinct sound, a few tracks seem out of place. "The Flood" incorporates an industrial sound that just doesn't fit the rest of the album, contrasting sharply with the next two tracks, "Cast No Shadows" and "Ordinary Night," both of which are quiet, meditative songs that could almost lull one to sleep. But the album does contain some promising music. Noteworthy tracks include "Last Weeks of the War" and "City of London," the latter of which contains traces of the Mekons' punk roots. The melodic voice of Sally Timms also deserves much praise...
...nudge the world toward peace. He climbed aboard history's caravan in 1948, when he won a Michigan seat in Congress; then he held on for the full ride. The record of that journey is two-dimensional now, in pictures and cartoons tacked up on the wall of his quiet office along the Rancho Mirage, Calif., fairways. But all that history is alive in his mind despite his 86 years--or maybe because of them--and it tumbles out in rich color. The sum of it is that Ford has been at the center of more history than any other...
...getting a little quiet at the White House. Hillary Clinton has moved away to New York and is running for the Senate there. Al Gore moved his campaign to Nashville, Tenn., and has been on the road seeking the presidency. And junior White House aides seem to depart daily for vaunted posts in private business...