QUESTIONS ON WEBSITE

ON THE MOHEGAN WEBSITE, WHICH I DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO GET ON, THERE WAS THE FOLLOWING QUESTION WHICH I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO.

THE QUESTION WAS: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. WHY, WHEN I COMMENT ON THE BROKENWING SITE, HE DOES NOT PUBLISH MY COMMENTS. COULD IT BE THAT HE IS ONE SIDED AND ONLY PUBLISHES WHAT IS IN HIS BEST INTEREST.

THE ANSWER: THE BROKENWING BLOG IS A PRIVATE SITE THAT IS NOT UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT. ANY CONCERNS OF QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS SITE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE OWNER OF THE BLOG. FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, HERE IS THE DEFINITION OF "BLOG" FROM WEBOPEDIA: A BLOG, SHORT FOR WEB LOG, IS A WEB PAGE THAT SERVES AS A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PERSONAL JOURNAL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, TYPICALLY UPDATED DAILY, BLOGS OFTER REFLECT THE PERSONALITY OF THE AUTHOR.

THE PURPOSE OF BROKENWING EDITORIALS IS TO DO THE FOLLOWING: 1) PRESENT CONCERNS, FACTS, IDEAS, OPINIONS TO MOHEGAN TRIBAL MEMBERS, 2) HAVE TRIBAL MEMBERS THINK ABOUT WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THEM, 3) TO GET TRIBAL MEMBERS TO TALK AMONGST THEMSELVES ABOUT THOSE CONCERNS. FACTS, IDEAS AND OPINIONS, AND 4) MOTIVATE THEM TO ACTION, TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT THEY FEEL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE TRIBE.

ABOUT ONE IN FIVE (1 IN 5) COMMENTS FROM READERS, ARE MOVED OVER FROM THE BLOGS E-MAILS TO THE COMMENT SECTION. THE MAJORITY OF THE E-MAILS ARE POSITIVE IN CONTENT TO THE MATERIAL PROVIDED BY BROKENWING EDITORIALS. VERY FEW OF THE POSITIVE E-MAILS EVER GET PUBLISHED. THE MOST E-MAILS THAT ARE PUBLISHED ARE NEGATIVE ABOUT THE BLOG'S CONTENT.

THERE HAVE BEEN THREE WEIRD E-MAILS IN RECENT HISTORY THAT WERE NOT PUBLISHED. IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THOSE E-MAILS WAS FROM THE QUESTIONER ON THE MOHEGAN TRIBAL WEBSITE. I WILL NOT PUBLISH E-MAILS ABOUT TRIBAL MEMBERS MEDICAL CONDITIONS, HATRED, BIGOTRY , OR GENOCIDE OF NATIVE AMERICANS, OR CRAZED ILLICIT THOUGHTS OF MADNESS. AT NO TIME WILL I ALLOW PERSONAL ATTACKS ON TRIBAL MEMBERS. UNDER NO CONDITIONS WILL I PUBLISH OBSCENITIES.

IF THE QUESTIONER OF THE MOHEGAN WEBSITE, HAS DONE ANY OF THE THINGS I HAVE MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH, THEN YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS NOT PUBLISHED.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STATE THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO TRIBAL MEMBERS WHO USED THEIR NAMES WITH THEIR E-MAILED COMMENTS. THEY WERE PUBLISHED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE PUBLISHED. I WILL GIVE PEOPLE WHO GIVE THEIR NAMES PREFERENCE OVER PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL IN ANONYMOUS. I AM MORE THEN WILLING TO PUBLISH E-MAILS OF THOSE WHO E-MAIL IN ANONYMOUS. I WILL CONTINUE TO PUBLISH E-MAILS AT THE PRESENT RATE OF ONE IN FIVE (1 IN 5).

IN MY OPINION, I BELIEVE THAT MOST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (MAYBE A NEWSPAPER OR THE MOHEGAN WEBSITE) NEVER GET PRINTED. I THINK, THE QUESTIONER IS REQUESTING THAT BROKENWING EDITORIALS DO MORE THAN A TRIBAL WEBSITE, NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. THIS IS UNREALISTIC. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

BROKENWING EDITORIALS DOES NOT BELIEVE IN CENSORSHIP, I DO NOT CLEAN UP THE COMMENTS OF READERS. I WANT TO PUBLISH OPPOSITE OPINIONS. WHAT I WILL NOT DO IS ALLOW BROKENWING EDITORIALS TO BE REDUCED TO A TRASHY, UNETHICAL PRODUCT. WE WANT TO LEAVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF MOHEGANS, A CHRONICLE OF WHAT TOOK PLACE AND HOW TRIBAL MEMBERS FELT AND LIVED IN THIS TIME PERIOD. I STRIVE TO DO THE BEST I CAN AT INFORMING TRIBAL MEMBERS AROUND THE COUNTRY ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE MOHEGAN PEOPLE AND ABOUT THE MOHEGAN GOVERNMENT.