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Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume XXXIX, Number XVII, Saturday, August 20, 2011
Rez Hosts Back to School Festival
Bago Bits…
U.S. Senator & past Governor of the Great
State of Nebraska, Mike Johanns was in
Winnebago last week to meet with the
Winnebago & Omaha Tribes to hear their
concerns regarding the Flood of 2011.
The Winnebago Tribal Organization hosted a “Back to School” festival for the youth of Winnebago last week. Youth were treated to a ‘cook
out’ prepared by our friends at the SSC HyVee, a 3 on 3 Co-ed Basketball Tournament, 6 on 6 Co-ed Volleyball Tournament, a Badminton
Tournament and a mini health awareness fair at the Blackhawk Community Center Gym. This past week was back to school for most area
schools including WPS, St. Augustine’s, and Little Priest Tribal College. Head Start begins next Tuesday the 23rd.
Project Woska Pi held a successful Youth
Leadership Conference in Winnebago last
week, update inside this issue.
The HoChunk Village continues to grow,
grow & grow, check out the Village’s boss
man’s update in this issue.
The Whirling Thunder Wellness Center
held a Youth Track meet in honor of past
employee, T.J. Smith, recently, a lot of the
kiddies turned out to participate.
Sunshine, Caden & Cory of the Common
Ground Garden “Farmers Market” in
Winnebago, they will be out there every
Thursday, until harvest time is over. Stop
and check out their rezgrown produce.
HCCDC News and Home Ownership
Even though the economy is moving very slowly in parts of the United
States, and home sales are at record
lows, the need for affordable housing
continues to grow in Winnebago. To
meet this need we are continuing to
add more infrastructures to the Ho
Chunk Village so that more housing
units can be created. There are new
housing units being constructed in
Ho Chunk Village. There was a recent
Open House to let the community
members see one of the home types
that are available to purchase. There
are more being constructed to show alternative styles. As the infrastructures
are put in place, many more lots will
become available for building.
Are you tired of rowdy apartment
neighbors? Are you tired of renting?
Do you want to have something of your
own that you can be proud of? Do you
want to buy your own home? Let the
Ho-Chunk Community Development
Corporation (HCCDC) help you.
It is the goal of HCCDC to assist
persons and families to secure safe,
comfortable, healthy and affordable
housing within the Winnebago Indian
Reservation in Nebraska. You could
get a $160,000 home for a loan of
$80,000. There are forgivable loans
available to tribal members. See Joy
Johnson at HCCDC for the details.
HCCDC can provide information on
Section 184 Indian Home Loans that
require only 1.25% to 2.25% down
payments. Some of these programs
are for Homeownership and for Housing Rehabilitation Opportunities for
Native Americans. In 1922, Congress
established the Section 184 Indian
Home Loan Program. The program was
designed to offer homeownership and
housing rehabilitation opportunities
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for eligible Native American individuals, families, tribes and tribally designated housing entities on their native
lands and within an approved area.
The Section 184 program was designed
to improve access to capital for Native
Americans and provide private funding opportunities for tribal housing
agencies.
Some of the programs HCCDC
works with include the Down Payment Assistance Program, which is
available to help with up to $90,000
for the down payment of a new home.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY: For the full
amount, all applicants must have completed the homebuyers education class
sponsored by the Winnebago Housing
Authority, Winnebago, Nebraska, and
must present, at the time of their application, a certificate of completion. You
can also sign up for classes at HCCDC
for these classes now. Either the applicant or an immediate, family member of the applicant who will reside in
applicants home must be an enrolled
member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Those considered immediate
family members are: Spouse, child,
parent, and grandparent. Only one
applicant per household needs to be
eligible.
INCOME ELIGIBILITY: Income restrictions for eligibility of this program
will be based on the source of the funds
awarded to the applicant. Generally,
private sources of funding will have no
income restrictions. Source of funds
and income restrictions will be provided to the applicant prior to award
of funds.
PROPERTY LOCATION: The location of the new home construction
must be within the boundaries of the
reservation of the Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska.
All homebuyers shall sign a Promissory Note equal to the amount of
the award. A subordinated lien in
the form of a Deed of Trust will be
placed upon the property at the time
of signing the promissory note in an
amount equal to the loan. This lien
shall be in favor of Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation and
will take a subordinate position to all
existing liens.
At the appropriate annual anniversary date of the loan, the lien on
behalf of HCCDC shall be released
and the funds awarded to the homebuyer shall be automatically and
totally forgiven, without further resell
restriction on the homeowner. In the
event the homebuyer fails to occupy
the home for the required time period
as a homeowner, the lien shall stay
in effect and the loan must be repaid
to HCCDC before the new owner can
secure a free and clear title to the
property.
HCCDC is looking for a Housing
Advocate/Apartment Manager to help
with the housing program. The ad is
in the paper. We need someone with
Real Estate experience for this job.
A third year of funding has been
awarded effective July 1, 2011 for
the Winnebago Tribe’s Strategic Prevention Frameworks Tribal Incentive
Grant (SPF-TIG). This third year of
funding is specifically designated to
Step 3 of SAMHA’s SPF model, Implementation. The previous two years
where devoted to building the Tribe’s
case to assess the community’s data
collected by project staff in prioritizing the focus of the tribe’s strategic
plan. As reported in November, the
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I Was Thinking
Thoughts from Canada… by Lance Morgan
The stock market took a big hit in the
last few weeks. Standard and Poor’s,
a credit ratings agency, downgraded
the United States credit rating one
degree from the best AAA to AA+. This
combined with some other bad news
resulted in a 15 percent decline in the
stock market in the last month.
The downgrade was bad news for
America and bad news for investors.
But it is really bad news for President
Obama. In order to get reelected the
economy has to be doing well. “It is
all about the economy,” is a common
political phrase. If we don’t have more
jobs and growth, it will be tough for him
in 2012.
Anyway, I was watching the Daily
Show with John Stewart last week. For
those of you who don’t watch it, it is
a satirical news and political show on
Comedy Central. Strangely, for a large
portion of young adults, the Daily Show
is their primary source of news.
On the Daily show, they had an interview with their “leading black reporter”
who was talking about the United States
credit downgrade. His basic point was
that it was no coincidence that we get
a black president and then they downgrade the country’s credit rating. He
implied that black people are notorious
for bad credit and that was why Standard and Poor’s downgraded the whole
country’s rating. He then suggested a
few tips for the Federal Government, like
skipping a few payments, being careful
when you answer the phone, and doing
some “rent to own.”
I am not sure they are related, but
it is true we got a black President and
our credit rating dropped one grade. I
wonder what would happen if we got an
Indian President? I suspect Standard
Poor’s might downgrade our rating to
junk status and it would raise interest
rates overnight, costing a lot of people
a lot of money.
But when you think about it, there
is a scenario that might work out pretty
good for Indian Country. We don’t have
good credit now. Even well off Indians
can’t really get a loan on the reservation
for much. So a downgrade is just business as usual.
However, a white person is going to
take the credit downgrade pretty bad
and they might all have to move to
Canada, who still has a AAA rating. So
although it is somewhat unlikely, if an
Indian were to become President, and
we experience enough “white flight” to
Canada, then Indian’s might be the only
one left in the country and poof, we are
back in charge.
I wonder if Adam Beach has any political aspirations. He was pretty good (if
a little subservient to Harrison Ford by
calling him “boss” all the time) in Cowboys and Aliens, but if you think about it
he is our best chance. President Reagan
parlayed his western movies roles into
the Presidency, why can’t Adam Beach!
Wait, I think he is a Canadian and isn’t
eligible to be our President.
It is always something.
Contact me at [email protected]
Summer Youth Employment News…
MEET THE FACULTY OF LITTLE PRIEST
Youth workers were nominated for
Employee of the Month by their worksite supervisors. They also needed great
work attendance, attended orientation,
attended all workshops and participated
in those workshops. The three youth
workers picked for the June, July and
August months met these qualifications.
They are being commended by receiving
a certificate, $50.00 and their pictures
in the WIN.
We would like to thank all Summer
Youth Employees for a good summer. We
have heard great
things about how
much help each
participant was
to every worksite.
Keep up the good
work, do well in
school and we
hope to see you
next summer and
for years to come.
LPTC – D. Vandall
Carole Quaas was born and raised in
Iowa farm country near Cedar Rapids
and she says she attended and graduated from “Cow Pie High School.” She
went to Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA and graduated with a B.S. in
French and Art. That was in the 70’s
when “Do what ever you feel” was the
mantra of the day for young people.
“Forty years ago,” she says, with her
eyes widening, “and Alcatraz and
Wounded Knee were happening and I
never heard a thing about it.”
For the next ten years Carole worked
as a framer for various shops moving
from Iowa to Arizona, to Florida and
Ohio. She became skilled in the art of
framing pictures: matting,, cutting and
coloring, wood frames, and designing
shadow boxes. After ten years of moving and adventuring, she returned to
school at the University of Iowa to take
a degree in mechanical engineering. It
took five years to get this degree because
the classes had to be taken in sequence
as they were offered. She utilized a cooperative education, On-The-Job, training program and worked for Caterpillar
in Peoria, Ill which gave college credits
toward her degree.
Upon graduating with a B.S.M.E.
(Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering) she went to Minneapolis,
Minnesota to work for 3M in corporate
Headquarters for three and a half years.
She was in Project Management and
moved from there to Valley, Nebraska
to be near her brothers and their children. While at the 3M plant in Valley,
she worked in Occupational Health
and Environmental Safety. During
this time, she took a Karate class and
became interested in the words used in
Karate so she enrolled in a Japanese
Language Class. While in night classes,
she chose to leave her stressful job at
3M and enrolled at UNO to get a Masters Degree in English with a focus in
linguistics, a Graduate Certificate in
TESOL (Teaching English to Students of
“Marissa Thomas stands out she is
very friendly and always has good questions” - Mary Kelsey
“He also took
it upon himself
to supervise
the other youth
worker and
taught him how
to better use the
equipment in
a proper manner and made
sure he stayed
on task until the
job was completed.” - Frank Smith remarked on Craig Cleveland Jr. leadership skills.
“Justis par ticipated in a
Township Board
meeting. He
was very attentive and enjoyed
learning how
small gover nment worked.
He asked several
questions after
the meeting.” - Ramona Baker
Summer Youth Intern…
“I Love hanging with Friends”
Hello, my name is Samantha Justine Levering. I am 17 years old and my birthday is on January 14.
I have 12 brothers and sisters, (4 brothers & 8 sisters). My Indian name is
‘Wacoginiwinga’ which means, Leading Lady. This
name was passed onto me from my Great Grandma
Jeanette Rave.
I love hanging with my friends, and passing the time
with them. My mother’s name is Amy N. LaPointe, and
my dad’s name is James B. Levering. I am a Capricorn.
My hero is Nelson Levering, my Grandpa who was
a very good boxer. He taught me always get back up
and never give up.
I love to travel all around the world. I’ve been to
Florida, Texas and Washington, D.C.
I enjoyed my summer internship at the Tribal Personnel Office working as a clerk there. I thank Gerben,
Stephanie and Bess for teaching me all the new things
I learned there over the summer.
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Other Languages), and a Minor in Native
American Studies.
Carole met Carolyn Fiscus while attending UNO. Carole worked with the
Intertribal Student Council at UNO and
became their mascot, volunteering for
the organization where she was needed.
In December of 2004 she graduated and
taught at UNO as an adjunct professor
and taught at Metro Community College
(MCC) in Omaha. At MCC she taught
an English class to women from Somalia
who had no formal education, and while
they could speak their own language
they did not read or write and they spoke
no English. During this time, she also
taught algebra at Little Priest. After a
year and a half she began work for the
State Department and was sent to Africa
to teach English from 2006 to 2008. In
Africa her job title was English Language
Fellow (ELF). She says that she lived
with an African princess while she was
in African so it all made sense that an
elf would live with a princess.
She resumed teaching at Little Priest
on her return from Africa in January of
2009 when she took a full time position
as a tutor of advanced skills. She became the full time faculty for the LPTC
English department shortly thereafter
and resides in Pender, NE. This semester she is teaching two sessions of
Pre-Composition Skills, Composition I
and Indigenous Literature of the United
States.
Two of my English Club students in
typical Congolese dresses– the outfit
given to me by Julia on the right
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Winnebago Tribal Council
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Brian K. Chamberlain .....Vice-Chairman
Louis Houghton, Jr.................. Secretary
Sarah E. Snake ...................... Treasurer
Julie Bassette .......................... Member
Morgan F. Earth ....................... Member
Travis Mallory ........................... Member
Lawrence Payer ....................... Member
Darwin Snyder ......................... Member
Phone: 402-878-2272
Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, August 20, 2011 — Page 3
In My Opinion
Dear Friends and Relatives,
My name is Michelle LaMere. I am
a teacher at the Winnebago Head Start
Program. I started working here as an
assistant in January of 2007. Currently, I am a teacher and I have been
working on establishing an outdoor
learning environment, or outdoor classroom, at Head Start, along with another
teacher, Su Kluver.
An outdoor classroom is a schoolyard habitat or a natural habitat with
an educational hands-on experience
for students. Examples of outdoor
classrooms include weather stations,
vegetable gardens, and forest trails. I am
interested in creating an outdoor classroom based upon our tribe’s cultural
practices and history. I want to include
features that represent how our people
used natural resources for food, shelter,
clothing, recreation and medicine.
Much research across the nation
indicates that children in the U.S. are
increasingly being affected by nature
deficit disorder. Considering that our
native culture is so inter-weaved with
our natural world, you wouldn’t think
that our children would fall into the
category of those affected by these circumstances. But, think back to when
you were a child and didn’t have video
games, ipods, or satellite programming.
What did you do for fun? What are the
children doing today? Our culture is
changing very quickly.
When considering ways to counter
the effects of environmental isolation
sometimes the most simple of plans are
the most profound. Simply stated, why
not take education outdoors?! Concern
for this isolation has led many education and conservation groups across the
country to, individually or as small-scale
partnerships, spearhead efforts to assist
teachers and administrators into converting schoolyards into nature-based
outdoor classrooms for students
This summer Su Kluver and I attended a research symposium about
the educational, developmental, social
and emotional benefits as a result of
child care organizations with outdoor
classrooms. The training was held in
Nebraska City, NE at the Arbor Day
Foundation’s Arbor Day Farm. Representatives from several research sites
presented the data that they collected
and analyzed over a two-year period.
The data was collected from outdoor
classrooms established in California,
Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska.
The data resulting from the two-year
research was astounding.
The benefits to young children
spanned across all domains of development including cognitive skills,
language development, emergent literacy skills development, large motor
development, fine motor development,
social and emotional development, science skills and math skills. I strongly
want our young children to receive these
benefits to
Nancy Rosenau, executive director
of Dimensions Educational Research
Foundation announced that their next
subject of research would involve identifying child care facilities where they
can establish pilot programs to study
how educational organizations with
outdoor classrooms can revitalize a
neighborhood or community. In speaking with Nancy Rosenau, I suggested
that they might also be interested in
how an outdoor classroom could have
a role in revitalizing a culture. Rosenau
expressed enthusiastic interest in the
concept. She stated that, if we can pull
this off, we would be in a position to
teach them in the future. She has since
been assisting our program in developing a partnership with a benefactor that
asked her to help in finding a Native
American program that she could assist.
At this time we are receiving assistance from Susan Strahm, of Northeast
Early Childhood Professional Development Partnerships. She has offered to
present information and community
education to members or our community to establish partnerships and support for our project.
Throughout the environmental education community it is known that the
key to a successful outdoor classroom
includes, not only teacher participation, but also support from the school
administrators, citizens, businesses,
environmental organizations, and government agencies. Community support
comes in many forms including funding,
teacher in-service training, technical
help, equipment, expert labor, materials, and more.
Therefore, through educational and
networking opportunities a community
forum becomes a catalyst for classroom
teachers, administrators, parents, scout
leaders, and other non-formal educators to collaborate with one another
with the development, utilization, and
maintenance of their outdoor classroom
areas, so that they have a safe, multifunctional, educational area for all to
enjoy.
I am organizing an informational
community gathering. Ms. Strahm is
planning on presenting information
about the Nature Explore Classrooms,
the research behind them and the benefits enjoyed by children, educators,
families and communities. Ms. Strahm
will help explain how Nature Explore
classrooms are structured. We are also
hoping to have more information on a
funding source by then.
From the community, I am hoping to
generate some support through funding
sources, material and supply donations,
labor, cultural consultations and ideas.
I am looking for input from community
leaders, cultural and spiritual leaders,
Elders, people who might be able to
donate materials or time and labor. I
am hoping to get ideas about how we
can incorporate our native culture in
the culture while maintaining the recommended elements and concepts of
certified Nature Explore classrooms.
Please plan on attending the Nature
Explore Classroom Community Forum
on September 19, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.
Between now and then, if I may, I will
send more information about outdoor
learning environments so that you may
have a better understanding about what
they are, why they work and include
examples of different designs. If you can
think of other people or organizations
that may take an interest in our project,
please let me know so that I may include
them in my communications list.
I surely hope that you develop interest in helping us build our classroom.
Thank you, so much, for your time
and attention!
Sincerely,
Michelle C. LaMere
Teacher, Winnebago Head Start
Program
Tribal Council Phone Directory
John Blackhawk ...................... Chairman ............................... 878-3103
Brian K. Chamberlain .............. Vice-hairman ......................... 878-3129
Louis C. Houghton, Jr.............. Secretary ................................ 878-3107
Sarah E. Snake ....................... Treasurer ............................... 878-3139
Lawrence Payer ....................... Member .................................. 878-3112
Darwin Snyder ........................ Member .................................. 878-3102
Julie Bassette .......................... Member .................................. 878-3130
Morgan F. Earth ...................... Member .................................. 878-3132
Travis Mallory.......................... Member .................................. 878-3110
JESUS OUR SAVIOR
LUTHERAN OUTREACH
“Mr. Big Stuff, who do you think
you are?”
Does this ever happen to you ~ all of a
sudden a song comes to mind? The song
is from the past. With the internet you
can research and find out who sung the
song, when it was released and even get
a copy of the lyrics. The song “Mr. Big
Stuff” was sung by Jean Knight back in
May of 1970 in Jackson, Mississippi. It
was her first national hit.
The chorus goes like this: ‘Mr. Big
Stuff Who do you think you are? Mr. Big
Stuff You’re never gonna get my love.’
This chorus is repeated six times in the
song with the chorus repeated three
times in a row if Mr. Big Stuff didn’t get
the message earlier.
The role of a man today is viewed
by ‘conventional wisdom’ as being irrelevant. A man is just into himself and
serves no purpose. Sadly often a man
lives up to or down to these expectations.
With this in mind, I would like you
to reflect on how one woman and Jesus
interacted in the following true story:
Part one: ‘And Jesus went away from
there and withdrew to the district of Tyre
and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite
woman from that region came out and
was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord,
Son of David; my daughter is severely
oppressed by a demon.” But he did
not answer her a word.’ [St. Matthew
15:21-23a]
For some in that time period, this
woman had three strikes against her.
First, she was a woman. Second, she
was a Canaanite or outsider when
compared to the chosen people of Israel (think of the Palestinians of today).
And then she had a daughter who was
demon possessed.
How did Jesus appear to treat her?
He did not even say a word. Apparently
He was Mr. Big Stuff!
Part two: ‘And his disciples came
and begged him, saying, “Send her
away, for she is crying out after us.” He
answered, “I was sent only to the lost
sheep of the house of Israel.”’ [St. Matthew 15:23b-24]
It sounds like Mr. Big Stuff is putting this Gentile in her place. She is an
outsider and Jesus evidently has no
time for her and her kind.
Part three: ‘But she came and knelt
before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
Pastor Ricky Jacob
And he answered, “It is not right to take
the children’s bread and throw it to the
dogs.” [St. Matthew 15:25-26]
Can you believe this woman? Obviously she was not raised in America
since the 60’s. Jesus’ indifference did
not stop this woman from going to her
knees and calling Jesus ‘Lord.’ This
nameless woman treated Jesus with RE-S-P-E-C-T. Yet, Mr. Big Stuff answers
with what some would cry out today as
a racial slur. You see, the Jews of Jesus’
day often called Gentiles ‘dogs.’ How
would the woman R-E-S-P-O-N-D?
Part four: ‘She said, “Yes, Lord, yet
even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall
from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus
answered her, “O woman, great is your
faith! Be it done for you as you desire.”
And her daughter was healed instantly.’
[St. Matthew 15:27-28]
Jesus was not acting like Mr. Big
Stuff by putting her in her place and
keeping her there. Can you relate to this
woman? Do you ever think that Jesus
or Mauna owes you? Have you come
to the realization that, like this nameless woman, all you can offer Mauna is
R-E-S-P-E-C-T. All we can say is ‘have
mercy on us.’
Note well how Jesus, in the end,
answered her. This woman had great
faith. Her faith did not heal her daughter though. It was to whom that faith
was in. Her faith was in Son of David.
Jesus was her Lord and ultimately He
was her Savior!
Jesus was not Mr. Big Stuff when it
came to His loving His bride, the church.
Jesus loved her so much that He gave
Himself up for her to make her holy,
cleansing her by the washing with water
through the word, and to present her to
Himself as a radiant church, without
stain or wrinkle or any other blemish,
but holy and blameless. [See Ephesians
5:21-33]
Getting back to the song “Mr. Big
Stuff,” these words can lead one to believe that a woman should never give in
to a man, even if she is married to that
man. But when we read the words from
Ephesians 5 we learn that a woman is to
respect her husband as if he were Jesus.
At the same time a husband is to love
his wife like Jesus loved His Church,
even to the point of death. They are to
submit to one another out of reverence
for Christ. Now doesn’t that put a different perspective on love and marriage?
Letter to the Editor…
“WinnaVegas Tourist Area”
Our tribes Portfolio is not doing what it could do, very little money is made.
Why not maximize it! We could close it down and use that to pay off the hotel.
This would get rid of interest payments over the years.
WinnaVegas could charge a lot less than all hotels in the area. It is only
about 20 minutes from Sioux City, Iowa.
About twenty years ago the Council had the idea of building the WinnaVegas
area into a recreational/tourist attraction. It was a damn good idea but they
have not done anything since.
Why not get ideas from Tribal members about what we could put in the
“WinnaVegas Tourist Area.”
There could be seasonal & year round attractions. If the tribe puts some
effort in it, it’ll be a big money maker.
We need leaders who can be good leaders.
“Winnebago Traditional Songs”
I asked one Councilman if the Tribe could put all the traditional songs on
disks and sell them for about 5% above cost and s/h. Nothing happened. He
said that they would do it.
I believe that tribal members would buy it so their kids could grow up hearing and learning their own tribes songs.
Thanks,
Pat Greyhair
Ma Xi ska gah
P.S. Tribal Council elections, I’m going to vote for Benny P. Eagle.
Page 4 — Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, August 20, 2011
Around Bago
ALL NATIVE SERVICES HONORED AS
SBA 100 COMPANY
(Winnebago, NE) – All Native Services has been recognized as an SBA
100 Company by the U.S. Small Business Administration. That designation
honors their creation of at least 100
new jobs since receiving their SBA
8(a) certification as a small disadvantaged business. All Native Services
is headquartered on the Winnebago
Indian Reservation and is a subsidiary
of Ho-Chunk, Inc., the award winning
economic development corporation
owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. All Native Services joins other
companies selected around the nation
highlighted by the federal agency on
its web site at www.sba.gov/sba-100/
all-native-services.
All Native Services was launched
in 2005 on the Winnebago Reservation. Their primary business model
was information technology and communication services. Since that time,
the company has expanded to include
professional services, training and operations, managed services and renewable energy. Their renewable energy
division has deployed numerous wind
and solar systems on the reservation
and in the region. They are one of only
a few renewable energy companies with
their own production system. Today,
All Native Services maintains offices in
Washington, D.C.; Bellevue, Nebraska;
Warner Robbins, Georgia; Lakewood,
Washington; and Mexico City, Mexico
in addition to their headquarters in
Winnebago.
All Native Services has worked with
the Mexican government to complete
critical improvements to the country’s
information technology infrastructure,
strengthening its efforts against illegal
alien smuggling and terrorism on its
borders. The company also provided
support for a DNA database to identify
murder victims on the Mexican border. In addition, All Native Services
has provided services for the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Army, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S.
Marine Corps.
“We’re very gratified that the Small
Business Administration has honored
us with this designation. All Native
Services has worked very hard to grow
our skills and serve our customers with
innovative and cost-effective technology solutions. As we’ve proven ourselves over the years, we have grown
our business and grown our employee
base. We’re proud that we’ve been able
to created 112 professional and technical jobs and that number keeps growing,” commented Jake Moore, CEO of
All Native Services.
All Native Services is part of the
successful economic development initiative of Ho-Chunk, Inc.
What started as a dream to improve
the lives of the Winnebago people is
today a thriving tribally owned corporation of more than 1,300 employees,
boasting $183 million in revenue.
In 1994 Winnebago Tribal leaders
decided to organize Ho-Chunk, Inc.
to diversify the Tribe’s income and
develop job opportunities for Tribal
members. At that time, the reservation in northeast Nebraska suffered
from a 70 percent unemployment rate.
Today, with more than 25 companies
created by Ho-Chunk, Inc. and other
Tribal enterprises, unemployment on
the reservation is less than 10 percent.
All Native Services together with
other Ho-Chunk enterprises have
poured part of their profits back into
the community with a variety of educational and community development
programs.
More than $1 million from HoChunk corporation profits has been
returned to the community for scholarships, expansion of the tribal college,
and job training programs for Tribal
members. But the most high profile
initiative has been the development
and construction of Ho-Chunk Village.
It is a brand new community of commercial and residential development
on the Winnebago Reservation.
Ho-Chunk Village features retail,
wholesale and professional services
companies housed in brand new
state-of-the art facilities, with more
infrastructures being added each year.
The Village also features a large new
residential neighborhood of private
single-owner homes, two large apartment complexes, and twin home development with a Senior Living Housing
development coming soon. All of this
progress began in 2003 with construction of the Village infrastructure and
more is added each year. It has been
cited as an outstanding example of
economic and community development
for a small rural community.
“All Native Services has been at the
front of the expansion of Nebraska’s
small businesses into the red-hot
information technology and sustainable energy fields,” said Leon Milobar,
District Director of the SBA Nebraska
District Office in Omaha. “Not only
has All Native Services leveraged opportunities in the competitive federal
contracting marketplace to bring economic success to what had been a
depressed area in our state, but the
company’s philanthropic efforts have
provided hope and a bright future to
young people in the Winnebago Tribe.”
Little Priest Tribal College 2011
Youth Science Camp
Little Priest – D. Vandall. On the week of June 28 – July 1, 2011 the Tribal
College and University Program (TCUP) enrolled 16 local middle school youth, ages
12 to 14 in the week long summer science camp at the college in Winnebago. The
purpose of the camp is to enhance science and math through activities that teach
and make learning fun.
14 local youth participated in the week long camp and 8 completed the five
days of the camp. Participants were: Junior Gonzalez, Kelli and Drew Boulware,
Jacob Bear, Taya Marr, Manny Miles, Casey Murphy, Savannah Chamberlain,
Skylar Kennedy, Skyla Walker, Kryssa Wolfe, Shondeen Long, Adanya Sewell, Cali
Sewell, Lexus Sewell, and Joshua Miles. Of the original 16, the 8 that finished
were Skyla Walker, Skyler Kennedy, Junior Gonzalez, Kelli and Drew Boulware,
Jacob Bear, Manny Miles, and Kryssa Wolfe. Instruction courses were: Biological
Sciences - Plant Identification on the 28th, prairies restoration on the 29th, field
visit to Robert Byrnes green energy farm near Tekamah, Nebraska on the 30th
(all day event), viewing of the film “Dirt” and a complete tour of LPTC’s Common
Grounds Garden project with practical hands on learning in composting and
gardening. Friday was a day to recognize the students who completed the camp,
with a picnic and awards presentation for them.
This is the second annual science camp held at Little Priest Tribal College. The
program is funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation.
PROJECT WOSKA-PI
3rd Annual Young Native Leaderz Conference
This years 3rd Annual Young Native Leaderz Conference was yet again a huge
success. We had a total of 96 participants for the two day event. We at Project
Woska-Pi would like to thank each of the participants for taking their stand as
young leaderz of our great nation.
This year’s conference motto was “ Respecting our ancestor’s prayers…to keep
the fire burning!” The day began with the lesson on the sacred fire place and
that we walk today on prayers that our ancestor’s said for us 7 generations ago.
The youth were told that they need to take the responsibility to begin to pray for
those 7 generations ahead of them. The sacred fire was built and ignited during
this discussion and the youth took turns with the responsibility to keep the fire
burning throughout the event.
We would like to extend a huge thank you to Tribal Council member Travis
Mallory for is inspiring words that he shared with the youth and for his support
of our youth.
This year’s event was spent with fun and games that were prevention based.
They youth participated in Mingo Mingo, The Great Native American Race (communication, keeping in balance, eye on the future, native hoop game, hunters and
gatherers game and ring a soda game), STD Musical Chairs, Dream Catchers and
Talking Circle. There were door prizes awarded throughout the day, with the big
winner of a flat screen television, Ms Illy Frenchman.
The second day consisted of a 3 on 3 Co-ed basketball tournament, 6 on 6
co-ed volleyball tournament and a 2 on 2 bad mitten tournament, the winner of
these events were as follows:
3 on 3 basketballt:
1st Place
Miss Ballaz
Manuel Moniz
Kunu Bass
Marquel Harlan
iPod Shuffles
Kamen Grant
2nd Place
Nike Basketballs
3rd Place
Husker Shirts
THE WALNUTS & TOO
Treivan Bear
Adreanna Sharpback
Trey Blackhawk
Sky Aldrich
TEAM LOLA
Bryson Bearskin
Keenan Bearskin
Lola Kearnes
Jason Ghostdog
A HUGE THANK YOU TO Travis Mallory, Buffalo Bass, RJ Kuntz, Cain Kearnes
and Marcus Harlan for volunteering and reffing games for us. And also our Tribal
Chairman John Blackhawk for his inspiring words to the youth and the prayer
over the meal.
6 on 6 Volleyball:
1st Place
Colee Brown
Blake Frenchman
Cherish Mallory
iPod Shuffles
Tiana Earth
Trey Blackhawk
Sky Aldrich
2nd Place
Spalding Volleyballs
3rd Place
Husker T shirts
Travien Bear
Shaya Porter
Xerxes Long
Dillon Bearskin
Skylar Kennedy
Illeanna Frenchman
Jeremy Merrick
Marquel Harlan
Manuel Moniz
Adavia Harlan
Kamen Grant
We would like thank the youth once again for attending our event and for taking time out of your busy lives to come together and empower each other on and
off the courts.
All of you show great abilities to be the leaders of our people when your time
comes. Keep up the good work and the positive attitude. We hold you up and are
thankful for having such beautiful , intelligent young leaders. Our creator has
truly blessed us with you, PEACE!
Project Woska-Pi, Cherie, Adanya, Liz, Kathy and Damien……until next time
Wind Energy at Little Priest
Little Priest – Donna Vandall. On the morning of August 9, 2011 at 9:45 a.m.
two 33’ wind turbines were erected after several weeks of preparation for the event.
The raising was witnessed by the staff of Little Priest and upon the setting of the
turbines a cheer went up from the crowd. The towers are a part of the alternative
energy curriculum being taught at the college. The turbines will give the students
actual hands-on learning in the field of alternative energy.
The course offerings in alternative energy and the two wind turbines are a part
of the Tribal Colleges and University Programs grant funded through the National
Science Foundation. One more wind turbine is planned for later in the fall.
The turbines will tie into the NPPD energy grid and provide energy to LPTC with
a reduction in the cost of electricity usage at the college. Estimates on cost savings
suggest it to be as high as 30% based on 30% energy production from the turbines.
Both turbines have 2.4 Kilowatts of power with an estimated production of 400 Kw
hours per month, so both turbines combined should be able to produce roughly
the same amount of energy output as a residential home would.
Note: Southwest windpower gave LPTC one of the turbines and provided a
very reasonably priced reduced rate on the second. This is in coordination with
their “Wind for Schools” initiatives. Nebraska Renewal Energy Systems, Nebraska
Public Power District (NPPD), Wabashaw Electric, and HCI all donated labor for
the project, which is also in coordination with Southwest Windpower’s “Wind for
Schools” initiative. For more information about the Skystream wind turbines, go
to skystreamenergy.com
Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, August 20, 2011 — Page 5
Bago News
Senator Dave Bloomfield…
NOTICE
TO ALL
TRIBAL
MEMBERS
You can go online
and get a form for
Life Insurance
at
www.winnebagotribe.com
Tribal Life Insurance
“There is nowhere else to go”
It is with a heavy heart that I begin
this column in memory of one of our
heroes. That is the first line of last
week’s column, and unfortunately, it
is true again this week. We have lost
another hero this week from District 17
who was serving his Country. U.S. Navy
SEAL John Douangdara, 26 years old,
from South Sioux City, died along with
37 others when their Chinook helicopter
was shot down during an operation in
the Tangi Valley in Afghanistan. Master
at Arms, Class I John Douangdara was
a lead dog handler for the elite military unit. John was a 2003 graduate
of South Sioux City High School. His
family immigrated to America thirtyone years ago from Laos and became
part of the fabric of the cloth that is
The United States of America. One of
John’s siblings is quoted to have said,
“We are proud Johnny fought for the
country that embraced our family and
gave us the opportunity to reach for the
American dream.”
I would like to extend my sincere
sympathy to John’s parents, siblings,
other family members and friends. We
are thankful for John Douangdara’s
service to his Country, and pray for his
family and the families of the other 37
lost in this terrible incident. Among the
38 lost in this incident were 8 Afghans
and 30 Americans, 3 of whom had direct ties to Nebraska. Another payment
has been made on the terrible price of
freedom!
Last week, I attended the visitation
and burial for Sgt. Joshua Mann of
Winside, Nebraska. The service at the
cemetery was as expected, very emotional. I was so proud to watch the State
Patrol, the Patriot Guard riders, the
American Legion Riders and Members
from several communities and the numerous cars bringing family, friends,
and perfect strangers, to honor a fallen
hero. We are a fortunate Country to
have so many young men and women
who are willing to serve in our military
and too often make the ultimate sacrifice
to keep our Country free and safe. It
is also good that we have so many who
understand and appreciate the price
that has been paid in the past, that is
being borne now and will be demanded
in the future. I think it was Abraham
Lincoln who said something to the effect,
“I am often driven to my knees by the
sheer knowledge that there is nowhere
else to go.” It is my hope that we keep
all of our service men and women in
our daily prayers, and thank them for
their service when we see them in our
communities.
Winnebago Tribal
Council
Primary & Regular
Election Schedule
September 6, 2011
and
October 4, 2011
August 19, 2011 (Friday)
Deadline for Absentee Ballot
Requests
August 22, 2011 (Monday)
Absentee Ballots Mailed Out—
Primary
2002 Dodge Caravan SE
2002 Dodge Caravan SE
September 6, 2011 (Tuesday)
PRIMARY ELECTION
September 7, 2011 (Wednesday)
(Special T.C. Meeting)
Post Top Six (6), Approve
Enrollment
Adoption Requests
September 12, 2011 (Monday)
Fax Ballots to Automated—
Regular
September 23, 2011 (Friday)
Deadline for Absentee Ballot
Requests
September 26, 2011 (Monday)
Absentee Ballots Mailed Out—
Regular
October 4, 2011 (Tuesday)
REGULAR ELECTION
October 5, 2011 (Wednesday)
Notification of Newly Elected
(24 Hrs. After Election)
Oath of Office (48 Hrs. After
Receipt
of Postal Receipts)
Re-Organizational Meeting of New
Council Members
(Within ten (10) days After
Receipt of Postal Receipts)
T.C. Approval May 3, 2010, Regular
Monthly Tribal Council Meeting
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107k miles
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Exp. 8/31/11
• Tire Repairs
• Mount and Balance Tires
• Window Tinting
• Windshield Replacements
• New Tires and Rims
We still detail Cars,
Inside and Out
1.5 miles north of Winnebago on US Hwy 75/77
Page 6 — Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, August 20, 2011
More Winnebago Pow Wow
I promise this is the last of this year’s Powwow Pictures. This page was cut from the last issue to make room for a full page ad, hey, that’s $350, anyway; l to r: this little guy stole the show
this year dancing almost every dance, while Headman Dancer, John Hunter, Jr. shows us his Powwow moves, and check out this little Heyluska guy, and that’s Arena Director, Joe “Mullet”
Snow sharing his Winnebago Powwow ways.
HoChunk Nation Vet, Ray Thundercloud visited the Winnebago for Powwow and even enjoyed a few Inter Tribal dances; while Grandma Mary Whitesnake-Rambin, 92 years young made
her way around the arena; Pie & HoJupe get ready to judge the drummers & hummers; while this little guy enjoys a “tony” tot dance.
Craig “Tonny” Cleveland warms up his legs in preparation for his first contest round; while Koo Kitty & Headwoman Dancer, Thelma “Chickie” Whitewater wade through an Inter Tribal
Dance; and that’s past HoChunk Nation President Wilford “Willy” Cleveland bringing in the Traditional Flags with Winnebago Desert Storm Combat Veteran, 1st Marine Division, Corporal
Harold Cleveland, Jr.
The stands emptied on Thursday Night as the Head man and woman dancers led the “2-Step”; while HuJope, Kunu Dave & Planning Committee Member, Sara Bum go through some Powwow details; and that’s Andrew Blackhawk Post #129 member, Vietnam Vet, Richard Snake bringing in the colors during most of the Winnebago Powwow’s Grand Entries. Hey yah hey!
Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, August 20, 2011 — Page 7
Homecoming Celebration 2011
I took over 400 pictures at Winnebago Powwow this year, and in here I get to share that last of the year with you. L
to r: Here’s Benedict P. Eagle again, Benny’s been gracing our arena for many years, first learning to dance by his
mother’s side, now showing the young people it’s good to be Indian; while Agnes & Tyla make their first Grand Entry
and Miss & Jr. Miss Nebraska Winnebago, Congrats Winnebago Girls!
The last social dance of the year was held Sunday Night as time was slipping away, here’s Jonielle with her dance partner Choka Owen Cloud during Sunday evening’s 2-step; and check
out Justis Wolfleader dancing in Sunday afternoon’s first ever Winnebago Powwow 2011, Powwow Committee Special “Chicken Dance Contest.” Bawk, bawk, Justis.
World class wrecking crew & Winnebago Powwow 2011 Singing Champions all the way from
the lower west side of St. Paul, Minnesota, “Tha Boyz!” Check them out singing a Winnebago
Flag song on youtube.com, keyboard in ‘winnebago powwow 2011.’
Right on time this year was the Winnebago 2011 Powwow Planning Committee as they announced the Winners of this year’s Dance & Singing Contest. They say Winnebago is known as the
“Late Powwow” that’s because we are also known as the best. And last but not least, is my “Old Boss Lady,” Donna Vandall enjoying the 145th Annual Homecoming Celebration. Donna V
was my first WIN boss back in the summer of 1980.
Page 8 — Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, August 20, 2011
Wilderness Walk/Run Winners
2011 POW-WOW WILDERNESS WALK/RUN - WINNERS
5K Walk
0-10 MALE
0-10 FEMALE
1ST
1ST
11-17 MALE
1ST
11-17 FEMALE
1ST
18-29 MALE
1ST
18-29 FEMALE
1ST
30-39 MALE
1ST
30-39 FEMALE
1ST
40-49 MALE
1ST
40-49 FEMALE
1ST
50-59 MALE
1ST
50-59 FEMALE
1ST
60+ MALE
60+ FEMALE
1ST
1ST
Name
Time
Haley Snow
Winnebago, NE
40:51:00
Name
2ND
2ND
Kalvin ChiefEagle 42:38:00
Winnebago, NE
Cadi Jones
42:10:00
So. Sioux City, NE
2ND
Tony Crow
Siuox City, IA
Tina Bellis
Siioux City, IA
26:36:00
2ND
26:25:00
2ND
Kevin Nez
46:11:00
Susanville, CA
Monica Drapeau 43:50:00
Walthill, NE
2ND
Henry Lovejoy Jr. 51:10:00
Jackson, NE
Rhonda McHenry 26:44:00
Dallas, TX
Time
2ND
2ND
2ND
2ND
Arlen Knudsen
Norfolk, NE
Wanda John
Sioux City, IA
37:34:00
2ND
46:39:00
2ND
Charlene Earth
Winnebago, NE
48:30:00
2ND
2ND
Name
Time
Keenon Tanazoni
Winnebago, NE
Emma Morgan
So Sioux City, NE
50:45:00
Mike Guerue
Winnebago, NE
Lexie Lamere
So. Sioux City, NE
49:20:00
3RD
3RD
Buddy Mapp
1.909027778
Centennial, CO
Shai Weaselhead 1.772916667
Diagnol, Iowa
Chris Evans
Reading, PA
Tania Evans
Reading, PA
3RD
3RD
1.815277778
3RD
1.815277778
3RD
Lance Blackdeer
BlackRiverFalls, WI
Marie Picotte
1.826388889
Wagner, SD
3RD
43:18:00
44:35:00
3RD
Anne Thundercloud
Madison, WI
48:43:00
2.180555556
3RD
52:47:00
1.571527778
3RD
Jamie Rodriquez
So. Sioux City, NE
Grace Snow
Lexington, NE
Randy Joseph
1.651388889
Sioux Falls, SD
Lisa Gerring
2.159722222
Minneapolis, MN
3RD
Danee Alaniz
Rockville, MD
Jackie Angell
Norfolk, NE
Nancy Martin
Winnebago, NE
2.228472222
3RD
3RD
3RD
40:51:00
Tim Guerue
Winnebago, NE
Cynthia Lamere
So. Sioux City, NE
49:20:00
Charlene Tebo
Winnebago, NE
55:27:00
Terrance McDonald
Winnebago, NE
Cheyenne Overgard
Sioux City, IA
28:52:00
53:29:00
5K Run
0-10 MALE
1ST
2ND
3RD
0-10 FEMALE
1ST
2ND
3RD
11-17 MALE
1ST
11-17 FEMALE
1ST
18-29 MALE
1ST
18-29 FEMALE
1ST
30-39 MALE
1ST
30-39 FEMALE
1ST
40-49 MALE
1ST
40-49 FEMALE
1ST
50-59 MALE
1ST
50-59 FEMALE
1ST
60+ MALE
1ST
60+ FEMALE
1ST
Jeremy Merrick 21:20:00
Winnebago, NE
Ashley Hamilton 30:38:00
So. Sioux City, NE
Avery Lonewolf
Sioux City, IA
Prairie Gordon
Sioux City, IA
2ND
2ND
28:33:00
2ND
26:09:00
2ND
Treivan Bear
24:54:00
Winnebago, NE
Alaina Morgan
31:36:00
So. Sioux City, NE
Dawson BigEagle 31:03:00
Sioux City, IA
Andy Law
29:00:00
So. Sioux City, NE
Robert Kuntz
Winnebago, NE
2ND
28:26:00
3RD
3RD
3RD
2ND
John Hunter
Witchita, KS
Prudence Wang
Norfolk, NE
24:54:00
2ND
37:49:00
2ND
Scott Barta
23:55:00
Waubun, MN
Veronica Weaver 44:25:00
Waubun, MN
2ND
2ND
3RD
Wilford Cleveland 34:53:00
Bl;ack River Falls, WI
Wanda Kramer 43:44:00
Norfolk, NE
2ND
3RD
2ND
3RD
Charlie Dearborn 26:05:00
Sioux City, IA
Robin Gordon
49:38:00
Sioux City, IA
Donald Porter
40:18:00
So. Sioux City, NE
3RD
3RD
2ND
3RD
0-10 FEMALE
1ST
2ND
3RD
11-17 MALE
1ST
Bart Kennedy
Winnebago, NE
11-17 FEMALE
1ST
Justis Blackhawk
1:02:22 2ND
BlackRiverFalls, WI
Marcel Grant
1:14:40
2ND
Walthill, NE
18-29 MALE
1ST
Jordan Tashquinth
Winnebago, NE
18-29 FEMALE
1ST
Benny Wero Jr.
Winnebago, NE
Sydney Cayou
Walthill, NE
30-39 MALE
1ST
30-39 FEMALE
1ST
40-49 MALE
1ST
40-49 FEMALE
1ST
50-59 MALE
1ST
50-59 FEMALE
1ST
2ND
3RD
60+ MALE
60+ FEMALE
1ST
1ST
2ND
2ND
3RD
3RD
Jeff Jones
1:14:32
So. Sioux City, NE
Danelle Smith
1:07:09
Winnebago, NE
2ND
William Knudsen 47:10:00
Norfolk, NE
Robin Bellini
1:05:09
Pleasonton, CA
Ed Whitebeaver 57:48:00
Sioux City, IA
1:08:36
3RD
3RD
1:03:00
3RD
3RD
Ryan Brown
Yankton, SD
1:24:12
3RD
2ND
3RD
2ND
3RD
2ND
3RD
2ND
28:02:00
3RD
1ST
2ND
Mark Aldrich
Winnebago, NE
3RD
0-10 MALE
1:14:40
29:50:00
3RD
7 Mile Run
2ND
Leslie Brownrigg
Winnebago, NE
3RD
Kevin "Hoch" DeCora 28:00:00
Rosebud, SD
Marisa Cummings 49:39:00
North Liberty, IA
47:28:00
33:05:00
Woodrow White 1:20:52
BlackRiverFalls, WI
3RD
2011 Winnebago
Pow-Wow Wilderness
Walk/Run
Early Saturday morning of pow-wow (July 30,
2011) it was a little cool, slightly breezy and a little
foggy outside. The walk/run participants began
showing up in front of the pow-wow grounds ready
and pumped up to start the race category that
they signed up for. The water station volunteers
stopped by to check in and head out to set up and
be ready for the walkers/runners. Race organizers
(WTWP & Health Dept. staff) synchronized their
watches and at approximately 7:30 a.m. (give or
take a couple of minutes) the race was on! 135
men, women and children of all ages and from
all around the country took off towards Big Bear
Hollow – Because of the flooding of the Missouri
River the route was a little different. Oh yes, and
we even had a goose (a real live one!) take off from
the starting line with the participants. The goose
didn’t go too far and actually waited by the finish
line until the last racer came in.
On behalf of the Whirling Thunder Wellness
Program, the Winnebago Tribal Health and Human
Services Department and the Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska I would like to say thank you to all of
those who signed up, showed up and participated
and thank you to all the helpers.
2011 Walk/Run was one of the biggest we have
had in a long time and hopefully means that more
of us are caring about our health and being active.
We do not want to discourage anyone from participating for any reason, be it arthritis or a handicap,
just show up, give it your best effort and hey – at
least you’ll get a t-shirt for participation.
1 Mile Fun Walk: 38 participants
5K Walk: 52 participants
5K Run: 29 participants
7 Mile Run: 16 participants
Total participants: 135
We certainly hope to see all of you again next
year!
Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, August 20, 2011 — Page 9
Community News
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TRIBAL MEMBERS OF WINNEBAGO
NEBRASKA
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News From Child
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Enforcement…
Primary Election for THREE
members to the
TRIBAL COUNCIL of the
WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA
the WINNEBAGO RESERVATION,
in the
State of Nebraska under its
CONSTITUTION
and BY-LAWS, Approved
April 3, 1936,
as amended April 19, 1963.
And as Approved Title 5,
Article 2 Elections,
as approved on September 19, 1972
as amended on August 28, 1995.
Calling all scavenger hunters! The
Child Support Enforcement program
is putting together a cool childfocused gift basket to be given away
to the person who most correctly
answers our quiz. The only “scavenging” you have to do is read the child
support enforcement history and
awareness articles to be published
right here in the Winnebago Indian
News in the next two issues. Sign up
for an entry form at our office, look
for clues in the articles to find quiz
answers, and return the form by September 22. Winner will be announced
September 30. Open to all caregivers
in the community over the age of 18.
WTN-CSEP employees ineligible. In
the case of multiple entrants with all
the correct answers, one name will
be drawn. Here’s the third article. If
you missed reading the first two, go
to www.winnebagotribe.com and read
them online. Good luck!
Did you know that the Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraksa’s Child Support
Enforcement program (WTN CSEP)
offers an alternative to seeking child
support from a parent besides going through the State of Nebraska?
WTN CSEP offers many services to
help in caring for the children in our
community including providing assistance in locating an absentee party,
establishing paternity, establishing
child support or modifying a child
support order. WTN CSEP’s phone
number is 402.878.2164 and its office is located at the top of the hill,
across from Head Start.
PRIMARY ELECTION
of
WINNEBAGO TRIBE
OF NEBRASKA
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
Make a Mark (preferably an X) in the
Square to the left of the Name(s) of the
Person(s) for whom you wish to Vote.
VOTE FOR THREE (3) CANDIDATES
The Six (6)
Candidates Receiving the highest
number of votes will be placed on the
Regular Election Ballot.
NAMES OF CANDIDATES
(Alphabetically)
___ CHARLES ALDRICH
___ JULIE A. BASSETTE
___ BRIAN CHAMBERLAIN
___ MATT CLEVELAND, JR.
___ BENEDICT P. EAGLE
___ GERBEN D. EARTH
___ MAUNKA MORGAN
___ SARAH E. SNAKE
___ THOMAS E. SNOWBALL, SR.
___ RAMONA WOLFE
Masthead Scene
With the summer long flood
of 2011 drawing to a close,
barely, water begins to recede
along the access road to Big
Bear Hollow Park. The Army
Corp of Engineers estimates
they will need an additional
6 weeks before the water returns to the main Missouri
River channel. Tribal officials
recently met with U.S. Senator,
Mike Johanns to voice their
concerns about flood damage
and a predicted return of the
flood waters for Summer 2012
by the Army Corp. Flood waters
have damaged an estimated
4,000 acres of Tribal trust, fee
and lease lands.
My name is Julie Bassette, my HoChunk name is “Standing on the Light”
and I am a member of the Water Spirit
clan under my Cho-ka Tom Earth and
Alice Two-Crow Earth. My parents are
Howard Bassette Sr. and (late) Pamelia
Earth-Bassette. I have three daughters
and one grandson who are all enrolled
Winnebago tribal members.
I am a candidate in the upcoming
tribal council election. I am finishing
my 3rd year in office this year. This
venture and blessed event in my life
has taught me many things that affect
our tribe and community, near and
far, good and bad. Resiliency is an
excellent word to describe who we are
as a people with strength, heart and
dedication to what we believe in and
what we deserve and have a right to
as Winnebago people. I am so proud
to call this place my home there is no
other place like it that I have found.
Our beautiful ways; spiritual, family,
friendships, stories, and relationships
to what Creator has given us, and an
understanding and forgiveness of one
another. Its home! I am so pleased to
have such an understanding and mind
to serve and to know the meaning of
what I am asking you to do.
Allow me to serve the tribe in the best
way possible by being the person to hear
your concerns and to work toward the
greater good, be it personally or professionally. I have learned a lot about the
ills and assets of our tribe and I’d like
to continue to help. I believe I’ve come
from being an example to an essence of
a role model. I have stumbled and with
the help of strong and caring support of
family and friends I am a better woman.
“By the Grace of God…there go I” as
my mother use to say. I am willing to
stand up for you in any worthy cause or
effort toward that betterment for self or
for us as a whole, the Winnebago Tribe
of Nebraska. It is not my game to hold
anyone down from acquiring a goal,
man, woman or child if it is in my means
to assist I will and I have. I see the big
picture of where we have been and the
awesome possibilities and opportunities
of where we can go…moving forward in
a good way, in a peaceful way.
Family is what I believe in. I believe
in a relationship with Creator God. I
believe everyone deserves the opportunity to be heard and has value, dignity
and worth. I believe those who want to
work can work those who want to rid
themselves of drugs or alcohol can. I
believe we all appreciate our community
and that we have an expectation to be
treated in a good way and that it is also
our responsibility to do the same according to how the elders have shown
us. We are to be good to one another
and we are to enjoy our lives. Creator
will give us work if we ask for it, he will
give us most anything…but the question is…do we recognize it when we
receive it? We have to be able to look in
the mirror and feel good about what we
see. Someday we may not like what we
see then again we will look and see our
grandfathers and grandmothers and we
will remember…and we will be reminded
that we are created in God’s image.
It has been my honor to serve you
all. These past three years I have not
one regret.
I ask you to get out and vote on voting day, be there be present and make
your vote count. You are the difference.
I am happy to be amongst the others
who believe it is possible to come to you
and offer their character and passion for
what is right for us as a people.
You have done me well,
Julie A. Bassette
Page 10 — Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, August 20, 2011
2011 Winnebago Pow-Wow Winners
145th Annual Homecoming Celebration 2011
Winnebago Powwow WINNERS
7-12 Girls Traditional
3rd Place
Christian LaRay
2nd Place
Kyleigh Merrick
1st Place
Pie-Pie Brinegar
Omaha
Omaha
Ho-Chunk
Sr. Women 35-54 Northern Traditional
3rd Place
January Bird
2nd Place
Alison Saunsoci
1st Place
Rhonda Kampeska
Sac & Fox
Omaha
Sisseton Wahpeton
7-12 Girls Ho-Chunk Appliqué
3rd Place
Skylar Kennedy
2nd Place
Isabel Earth
1st Place
Taylor Clairmont
Winnebago
Winnebgao
Ho-Chunk/Sioux
Sr. Women 35-54 Southern Traditional
3rd Place
Anitra Warrior
2nd Place
Amy No Ear
1st Place
Brigitte Morris
Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma
Otoe Missuria
Santee/Ho-Chunk
7-12 Girls Jingle
3rd Place
Dominique Soukavath
2nd place
Aurelia Payer
1st place
Lilymae Smith
Cheyenne River Sioux
Winnebago/Crow Creek/Santee
Sisseton Wahpeton
Sr. Women 35-54 Ho-Chunk Appliqué
3rd Place
Merry Sheridan
2nd Place
Rona Stealer
1st Place
Angelina Hindsley
Winnebago
Winnebago
Ho-Chunk
7-12 Girls Fancy
3rd Place
Abigail Johnson
2nd place
Reyna Nicholas
1st Place
Violet Whitegrass
Ho-Chunk
Navajo/Oneida
Blackfoot/Winnebago
Sr. Women 35-54 Jingle
3rd Place
Theresa St. Cyr
2nd Place
Jennie Wilkie
1st Place
Vickie Hindsley
Oglala Lakota
Omaha
Ho-Chunk
Boys 7-12 Traditional
3rd Place
Zonte Upton
2nd Place
Izzy Tamayo
1st Place
Bobby Mo
White Mt. Apache
Rosebud Sioux
Omaha/Ho-Chunk
Sr. Women 35-54 Fancy
1st Place
Amy Painter
Winnebago
Men 18-34 Northern Traditional
3rd Place
Milton Miller, Jr.
2nd Place
Albert Hindsley
1st Place
Caldale Hindsley
Omaha
Ho-Chunk
Ho-Chunk
Men 18-34 Southern Traditional
3rd Place
Gerwin Coachise
2nd Place
Terrence Todome
1st Place
Erwin Morris
Dine’/Hopi
Ponca/Kiowa/Comanche
Omaha
Men 18-34 Fancy
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place
Tyson Flute
Bruce Neconie
Neal Sheridan, Jr.
Sisseton Wahpeton
Kiowa
Omaha
Luke Roberts
Jage Roberts
Matthew Cleveland III
Sisseton Wahpeton
Chocataw/Nakota
Ho-chunk
Boys 7-12 Grass
3rd Place
Carlos Sandoval
2nd Place
Hoonch-ga Cleveland
1st Place
`Moses Arcoren
Rosebud Sioux
Winnebago
Yankton Sioux
Boys 7-12 Fancy
3rd Place
Muh-Juhtheen Roberts
2nd Place
Cameron Logan
1st Place
Anthony Earth
Girls 13-17
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place
Traditional
Cynthia LeRoy
Brittany Saunsoci
Mariah Bearskin
Choctaw/Nakota
Ho-Chunk
Winnebago
Omaha/Lakota
Omaha
Ho-Chunk
Girls 13-17 Ho-Chunk Appliqué
3rd Place
Tyla Morris
2nd Place
Gaby Brinegar
1st Place
Annessa Clairmont
Winnebago
Ho-Chunk
Ho-Chunk
Men 18-34 Grass
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place
Girls 13-17 Jingle
3rd Place
Shuandeen Smith
2nd Place
Jordan Drapeau
1st Place
Emmalee Clairmont
Navajo
Yankton Sioux/Ho-Chunk
Ho-Chunk/Sioux
Men 18-34 Northern Traditional
3rd Place
Galen Drapeau
2nd Place
Daniel Prescott
1stPlace
Orlando Ike
Yankton Sioux/Ho-Chunk
Ho-Chunk/Potawatomie
Omaha
Girls 13-17 Fancy
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place
Amina Frenchman
Brandi Bearskin
Heleyna Brinegar
Winnebago/Ho-Chunk
Ho-Chunk
Ho-Chunk
Boys 13-17 Grass
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place
Men 18-34 Southern Traditional
3rd Place
Kenard Parker
2nd Place
Kelly Grant
1st Place
Everett Moore
Omaha
Omaha
Ponca/Kiowa/Kickapoo
Atone Edwards Jr.
Alexander Pelkey
Fredrick Diaz-Gipp
Omaha/Lakota
Winnebago
Apache/Comanche
Boys 13-17 Fancy
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place
Keenan Bearskin
Littlethunder
Billy Leonard
Blackfoot/Winnebago
Choctaw
Ho-Chunk/FC Potawatomie
Young Women 18-34 Northern Traditional
3rd Place
Emily Youngbear
Meskwaki
2nd Place
Trista Free
Winnebago
1st Place
Martica Crutcher
Paiute Shoshone
Young Women 18-34 Southern Traditional
3rd Place
Lillian Baxter
Omaha
2nd Place
Stefanie Clairmont
Taos Pueblo
1st Place
Amanda Harris
Sac & Fox/Comanche
Young Women 18-34 Ho-Chunk Appliqué
3rd Place
Brittany Pelkey
2nd Place
Cindy Ward
1st Place
Kayre Funmaker
Young Women 18-34 Jingle
3rd Place
Mali Cloud
2nd Place
Alexa Funmaker
1st Place
Miki Brinegar
Young Women 18-34 Fancy
3rd Place
Tara Hernandez
2nd Place
Kahopmy Sauksavath
1st Place
Ria Thundercloud
Winnebago
Ho-Chunk
Ho-Chunk/Oneida
Cheyenne River Sioux
Anishabbe/Ho-Chunk
Ho-Chunk
Winnebago
Cheyenne River Sioux
Ho-Chunk
Men 18-34 Grass
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place
Lonnie Shield
Crow/Sioux
William Hindsley
Ho-Chunk
C.C. Whitewolfe Comanche
Men 18-34 Fancy
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place
Darwin Turner
Mike Schieblhofer
Tommy Snowball
Omaha/Lakota
Omaha
Ho-Chunk/Omaha
Women Golden Age 55 & over
3rd Place
Louella Cloud
2nd Place
Patrice Eagleman
1st Place
Gloria Cournoyer
Sisseton Wahpeton
Ho-Chunk
Yankton Sioux
Women Golden HoChunk Applique Age 55 & Over
3rd Place
Juanita Walker
Winnebago
2nd Place
Eunice Mallory
Ho-Chunk
1st Place
Elena Greendeer
Ho-Chunk
Men Golden Age Combined
3rd Place
Edward Thomas
2dn Place
Darrell Grant
1st Place
Benny Eagle
Turtle Mt Apache/Chippewa
Omaha
Winnebago/Sioux
DRUM CONTEST
4th Place
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place
Macy, Nebraska
Lawton, Oklahoma
Rapid City, South Dakota
St. Paul, Minnesota
Whitetail Boys
Southern Boys
Standing Horse
Tha Boyz
Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, August 20, 2011 — Page 11
Community Notices
HCCDC News ... Con’t. from front page
Tribal Advisory Council (TAC) devoted
the efforts of the plan to address
underage drinking in the Winnebago
Community. Since November the TAC
held strategic planning sessions to get
a planning document developed and
critiqued by the grant’s Project Officer
at SAMHSA. Through communication and mentoring in that process
the TAC worked on a weekly basis to
achieve milestones within the planning
process. With the TAC’s relentless
efforts to get a strategic plan draft for
final review by the end of May 201l,
we are pleased to announce that the
Winnebago Tribe SPF Strategic Plan
has been approved by the Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) to
carry out within the Winnebago Tribe.
It has also turned out to be one of the
model programs in the country, so we
may have visitors coming to see how
we did it.
This is a well-deserved achievement
for the TAC as well as the Winnebago
Tribe when it comes to substance
abuse prevention. Although this milestone celebration will be short lived, we
still have a lot of work in the months to
come. We still have to prove that the
plan is suitable for the community and
most importantly successful. There
is a total of $386,180 going into the
Winnebago Tribe’s departments and
programs to better serve our community in underage drinking. I feel that
there will be more work in this effort
because we do not have all the answers
yet. This plan will help the Winnebago
Tribe get a taste of strategic planning
and how it can apply not only to social
issues, but hopefully economic issues
the tribe faces as well.
Highlights of the activities are the
Reconnecting Youth program will be
offered this fall to Winnebago High
School Students, Annual Youth Programs Summit and a Youth Gathering of Native Americans (GONA), both
coordinated by Project Wo Ska Pi,
Talking Circles at the Teen up Event
for Whirling Thunder Wellness, Continue with SMART curriculum at the
Boys & Girls Club, Cultural curriculum in Winnebago Public School ages
11-18yrs, and various activities that
involve teaching youth ages 12-18 how
to socialize without using substance.
More details will be provided in the
future reports.
We are also finding out it is more
difficult getting grants in this economy.
With everyone’s budget getting tighter
and more communities turning to
grants to fund their projects it is taking
higher quality work in grant preparation to qualify for funding. We have just
received the results back for a Strategic
Planning Grant that scored 87 out of
100 and was not funded, due to the
demand for project dollars and the
number of applications received. Just
getting a qualifying score over 70 does
not guarantee funding. I think now we
are going to need a 90 or better to be
competitive. The economic times are
changing.
Contact the Ho-Chunk Community
Development Corporation for information on this and other programs at
402-878-2192 or come by and see us
on the second floor of the Woodland
Trails Arts and Crafts Store.
Education/Prevention Forum
Who: School representatives, community groups, prevention community
and public health professionals
Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
*SUPPER PROVIDED*
Life Long Learning Center, Northeast Community College
801 Benjamin Ave., Norfolk, NE
PURPOSE: The Nebraska Department of Education in partnership with the Nebraska
Department of Health and Human Services is working to improve
violence and substance
use prevention services that are provided the Nebraska students (K-12)
Must RSVP to Ann Koopman, Regional Prevention Coordinator
(402)370-3100 or [email protected]
NOTICE of TRIBAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Primary: September 6, 2011
REGULAR: October 4, 2011
Polls Open at 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
BLACKHAWK COMMUNITY CENTER
3 Positions Open – 3 Year Terms
THREE YEAR TERMS EXPIRED:
Julie A. Bassette
Brian Chamberlain
Sarah E. Snake
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
Case No. CV10-126
In the Matter of the
Name Change Petition of:
JAYA DIAMOND FELLONEE ROBINSON
to JAYA DIAMOND FELLONNEE
SMITH
To: Whom it May Concern
You are hereby notified that a petition
for Name Change has been filed and a
hearing concerning the above referred
Individual in case no. CV10-126 has
been scheduled and will be heard in the
Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,
Nebraska on the 21ST day of SEPTEMBER 2011 at the hour of 2:00 P.M.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
Case No. CV11-140
WTON/CREDIT DEPARTMENT
vs.
RANDALL CARTER
To: RANDALL CARTER:
You are hereby notified that a Small
Claims Petition, in the amount of
$427.31 has been filed and a hearing concerning the above referred
Individual(s) in case no. CV11-140 has
been scheduled and will be heard in the
Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,
Nebraska on the 21ST day of SEPTEMBER, 2011 at the hour of 10:00 A.M.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY…
Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation
Ho-Chunk Community Development
Corporation seeks a qualified individual
to serve as Housing Advocate/Apartment Manager. The Housing Advocate/
Apartment Manager shall perform professional and technical work to include,
but not limited to: contact and coordination with clients and other professionals
as well as public bodies and agencies,
delivery of planning, promotional, policy
advocacy, and evaluation services.
Salary and Qualifications: Salary
negotiable depending on applicant’s
combination of education and experience that demonstrates competency in
required areas. The Housing Advocate/
Apartment Manager will have a Bachelor’s Degree or related experience in
Real Estate, Construction, Housing
Development, or related field is required.
Four years minimum experience in Real
Estate, Real Estate Closings, Construction and/or Housing Development, and
Property Management and Supervision
experience preferred. The individual
should be familiar with conventional
and non-conventional financing mechanisms. Possess effective oral and written
communication skills, organizational
skills and be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
the public and private sector. Computer
experience. Ability to meet multiple
deadlines and organize large volumes of
data. Possession of a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance as traveling
for business purposes will be required.
To request an application form and
full position description, contact Sheila
Walker at (402) 878-2192, 509 Ho
Chunk Plaza, Winnebago NE 68071.
Applicants should submit resumes,
complete with salary history and experience no later than September 1, 2011.
HCCDC is an equal opportunity employer, while recognizing a policy of Indian Preference in hiring in accordance
with the Indian Self-Determination Act.
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9/8
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Lovely 1 bedroom apartment
available for persons 62 years of age
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Rent based on income.
For more information, call
877-521-8750
or write:
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This institution is an equal opportunity provider
Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, August 20, 2011 — Page 12
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