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Maacagiraac Mandaree School Educators

Retirees Celebrate a dinner with the community, Mrs. Carolyn BlueStone, Mrs. Martha Bird Bear, and Mr. Gary Trana. Photos by LeeAnna Nation.

Mandaree High School

By: Jordan Rose Fox

The Mandaree High School Student Council along with many others celebrated the retirement of three very important figures in our school system

on May 05, at the old gym in the High School.

The celebration called for the flags to be brought in by Post 271 and an

honor song sung by Councilman Phelan and “The Boys.”

The opening prayer was inducted by Arvella White and an introduction was

by Chantell Lester, the Mandaree Student Council Secretary. Followed by a

meal served by the Mandaree Student Council and Mandaree Public School

Staff.

Councilman Phelan was in attendance and presented the retiree’s with satin

starquilts,a pendelton, and flower bouquets.

After Councilman Phelan sent his gratitude

to the honorees. The Mandaree Public School

also wanted to express their appreciation by

giving them plaques with their respective

years of service.

Alumni, faculty members, Mandaree School

Board Members, Post 271, long time former

colleagues of Mandaree Public School, West

Segment Staff and Community came together

to show their appreciation of the dedication

of three long-time educators dedicated to the

generations of the West Segment youth! .

The first of three prominent educators is Mrs.

Carolyn BlueStone, she has been with the

Mandaree School for 20 years. She served 8

years as the Superintendent and 12 years as

the School Counselor and Principal.

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Page 2: Representative Update.

Page S: Elders Update

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Pages 10 & .--11: Thank You

cont.

Thank you from the West Segment Staff for providing your knowledge and

commitment.” Stated West Segment Councilman Phelan.

Continued on page 10 & 11.

Pages 20 - 24: Memorial Day

Pow-wow

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West Segment Councilman’s Update

Doosha(Hello)

Congratulations to all the graduates of 2017 and also a big

Community

Thank You to the retiring staff members of the Mandaree Pub-

members

lic School, Mrs. Carolyn BlueStone, Gary Trana, and Martha

and

relatives. Before

Bird Bear.

this

On another note, I have been very busy overseeing some pro-

month’s update

jects attending meetings. I have been attending meetings not

I would like to

only here at the tribal office but and out of state as well.

begin

give

condolescence

and sympathy to

the family and

relatives

former

West

I am currently a voting member for the Great Plains Region

for the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) Board.

Where I attended the 32nd annual Indian Gaming Tradeshow

and Convention in San Diego, CA.

At the NIGA convention we come together with other tribes

Segment Representative Arnold Strahs. I would also like to give my

and organizations that are involved in the gaming association.

condolescence and sympathy to the family and relatives of one of

I am also looking forward to our upcoming events such as the

our

Bakken Days, July 3rd and 4th. There will be plenty of activi-

condolescences to those family and relatives who recently lost

ties happening both days beginning with a parade at 9 am on

loved ones on Fort Berthold. Our thoughts and prayers are with

Monday, July 3rd. A walk will soon follow after. There will be

each and every one of you.

games, a mud run, a kids rodeo and a Pow-wow on the 4th

The Mandaree Celebration Committee and West Segment Staff

with a fireworks display in Mandaree.

held the Memorial Day Pow-wow and feed on May 29, 2017. The

The Hiraaca Language Preservation Program will also be

turn out was good we had a lot of singers and dancers who came

holding a summit on June 8th and 9th and they will be having

to memorialize our veterans and loved ones. Tiny tots received

a Hiraaca Camp with the all the kids and their parents. All are

day money, as well as non-contesting drums. There was plenty to

encourage to go and learn our language and keep it alive.

eat, as Post 271 was well represented in the Water Chief Hall.

Just a reminder to our elders that the next trip will be mid-July,

The West Segment Community has done a great job with cleaning

shortly following Mandaree Pow-wow Celebration.

up our community the estimated total of bags picked up was 500+.

Go wits!

prominent

elder’s

Geraldine

Wounded

Face.

Don’t forget we have another Clean-Up day coming up in June and

July, so be ready.

The Horse Sale that happened on May 19th and 20th was a good

turn out. A lot of community members bought horses and horse

tack and Councilman Packineau made an appearance to sell some

of his horses.

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Hidatsa Elders

The Mandaree elders experienced a wonderful trip to Mystic

Lake Casino and Resort April 3-6, 2017 with some shopping

Greetings from

the Mandaree

Elders Program

for the month of

May. We are

done at the Mall of America. The Casino and Resort Staff

have been very good to work with and have provided

excellent services for our elders. The Elders and Program

Staff express gratitude to the West Segment Representative

busy this year with

Mr. Randy Phelan, for providing monetary support in

our garden

meeting the social events with the Elders. We look forward

project for our

to continue teamwork efforts to meet the needs of our

elders. We

elders. Gowids.

specifically put

this in to

promote healthy

living and eating. We say Thank You to all the Elder Project Staff who

contribute to these projects in a teamwork effort. It is easier to get our

goals accomplished when we all provide our expertise. Thank You

Staff!

Happy Birthday to the West Segment Elders for the month of May!

Darrell Cummings

Mavis Young Bear

We have our next regularly scheduled organizational meeting on May

Allen Newman Sr.

17, 2017 where we provide opportunity for comment and input from

our Elders. Also, thank you to the Board for their consistent meetings

and dedication to providing a voice through policy decision for the

Mandaree Community Elders.

Our next Bingo we are preparing is scheduled for May 24, 2017 5pm at

the Elders Building. Supper and refreshment will be provided. We

Mission Statement:

Providing quality services

older are free of charge. In the event of schedule conflict we will change

the date as we have a lot of events going on.

for healthy aging, personal

independence, and social

Upcoming events include the Elders Appreciation Dinner and gift

giving for our Elders of 75 and older during camping day of Mandaree connectedness

through the

Pow-wow. Currently we have 18 elders who are 75 and older. Also, we

have scheduled a cultural event to recognize all the clans during the

Hiraaca Elders Program

Mandaree Pow-wow due to our concerns and promoting our cultural

customs and teachings.

with cultural respect and

have 20 regular scheduled prize games for our elders 60 years and

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Indian National Finalist Rod

Kasen Johnson displaying Champion buckles and saddle he’s won over the past three years at the MHA Nation Tribal Ranch .

MHA Nation Tribal Ranch

By: Jordan Rose Fox

West Segment has it’s share of cowboys reside within it’s borders.

Kasen Johnson is well on his way of establishing the Cowboy lifestyle. Johnson turned 14 years old this past March and his goal is to

become the youngest Champion Bull Rider.

Johnson is currently on the rodeo circuit competing to become a

finalist in the Indian National Finalist Rodeo (INFR) in Dec. held in

Las Vegas. He is waiting for the updated schedule to be posted on

the Great Plains Indian Rodeo website and he will be off to the next

rodeo.

An 8th grader this summer and currently being homeschooled by

his mother Miranda Johnson. Academics are an important role, in

getting his championship title at the end of the year. In order for

Johnson to qualify for the INFR he must be passing in his school

subjects to qualify.

“I miss my friends”, stated Johnson when asked how he likes being

homeschooled. “but I like being with my parents on the rodeo

trail.”

Kasen riding his horse 11 year old horse, Hidalgo.

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deo Cowboy Kasen Johnson

The rodeo circuit depending on which region Johnson is

choosing to compete out of, can sometimes hold simultaneous events. Making it a rush to get to one rodeo to the

next. Johnson will need to attend at least %50 of his regional rodeos to qualify.

Johnson did not want any kind of recognition.

He stated, ”I thought my mom and dad did this.” When

speaking with West Segment Public Relations Staff.

When spoken with, Johnson was quiet and straight--topoint, seeming as if he was older than his given age. As

much of his given opponents were at odds with. Johnson’s

father, Tony Johnson has to carry Kasen’s identification

with in such cases.

“The suitcase is always packed,” stated Miranda Johnson.

The Johnson family travels with Kasen to make sure he

doesn’t miss a rodeo. Kasen also has his rodeo circuit

fans that will support him all over the country.

Johnson feeding a baby buffalo named Roxanne, with his dog Diesel.

Johnson helps his dad care for all the animals on the MHA Tribal Ranch.

All of the traveling the family does is supported by fund

raising and donations from all over Indian Country.

Kasen thanks his parents for making sure he makes it to every

rodeo, home-schooling, and fund raising that they do. Kasen

knows that there are so many more people he would like to

thank before he gets on his rodeo trail this summer, without

their support he can’t keep living his Rodeo career. Anyone

who has bought food from his stand, or his friends and family

that help prepare and sell food, or has give monetary donations, or however they can help.

Kasen knows what hard work is and won’t disappoint those

who believe in him. During his time at the Mandan Hidatsa,

and Arikara Nation Tribal Ranch in rural Mandaree, he

spends his time breaking horses and feeding the cattle.

Johnson has a goal and his community supports that, we look

forward to what Kasen will do this year! Good Luck.

Overlooking the buckles acquired from the past rodeo circuit.

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Don’t Drown in The Things You Could Be Walking on

Do you remember the famous Bible passage about

Jesus Walking on the water? (Matthew 14:22-33)

In short, Several of Jesus disciples where on a boat

after He (Jesus) feed the five (5) thousand with the

five (5) loaves of bread and two (2) fish. Then seen

Jesus walking on the water and the weather turned

for the worse. The disciples got nervous and one of

Jesus disciples (Peter) asked Him (Jesus) to save

them, and Jesus told Peter to come out of the boat

and walk. Did you ever notice that Jesus did not

come to the boat to save them? He called them out

of the boat to see if they had the faith to defeat

their adversity!

Bio

Phillip “Phil” Fox Is an enrolled member of the

MHA Nation, grew up in Mandaree, now lives in

Rochester Hills, MI a suburb of Detroit. Phil has

over 15 years of ministry experience in various positions within the church. After graduating from

Jackson Hole Bible College in Jackson, WY in

2004 with his Biblical Foundations Diploma, his

formal ministry began. Most of his work was with

the Baptist Church in Mandaree under Sr. Pastor

Ron (Darleen) Sahr as his mentors. Phil served as

Youth Pastor, Ast. Pastor, Evangelist, Officiant

and Sr. Pastor at Mandaree First Baptist Church

and various other speaking and ministry engagements. Phil was ordained by Harvest Network International located in Hastings, MN in 2012. Phil

has a wife (Ashlee) and two daughters (Alyssa - 11

and Stormy - 6) who are his biggest accomplishments. Phil’s ultimate goal is to fill others with

words of Encouragement and Hope, because this

journey called life can be difficult at times. But

most of all, to show YOU God’s Love, Grace, and

Truth, one small “Drop of Hope” at a time!

Message – ”Don't drown in things that you could

be walking on!”

Many of us right now may be sitting in

our wet, uncomfortable, scary, dark

boat with waves 100 ft. high crashing

down upon us. Life may seem to be

chaotic with no end in sight, stress is

setting in and we are getting nervous.

We may have called upon God, and it

feels like he is not answering you

and at times it feels He may not even

be there. Like the story of Jesus walking on the water, God is there in the Storm. But, He is not going to

come to the boat to get you. He is calling you out of

your adversity! Adversity often does not resolve itself, it takes work, perseverance, good attitude, and

most of all Faith to work through it. Most of us

want God to "work His miracles" to fix our problems and hard times, when we have the power to

do so ourselves (with God's help, no less). Most of

the time we are standing in our own way, with anger, doubt, and all sorts of negative and counterproductive attitudes and thoughts. These things get

in our way of letting God "do His thing" in our lives.

It takes Faith to get out of the boat of self-pity,

doubt, pain, and all other negative things that may

be holding you back. It was Peter's faith and attitude that allowed him to walk on the water, just

like Jesus did, and so can you! Don't drown in

things that you could be walking on!.......With Love!

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E.P.I.C. Youth Rally held by Local Church

The E.P.I.C. Youth Rally 2017 in Mandaree was a

huge success. We have had teens show up from

Canada, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, California,

Nevada & Oklahoma. The group from California had

30 people come in 5 carloads. Our local youth from

here in Mandaree was blessed & encouraged to have

so many youth coming together to have good clean

fun & to hear positive messages to encourage them.

We have had various kinds of music (all with a positive message) Hip Hop, Blues, contemporary, and we

had a professional hip hop dancer come in as well.

All of our workshop speakers, and bands were all

Native American from different tribes. The kids had

a blast during the basketball tournament in which

we had first & second place prizes. The first place

team each got a first place medal and $100. Gift

card from foot locker. The second place winner each

got a second place medal and $50. Gift card from

foot locker.

Then we had dodgeball games in which was very

intense, but yet so much fun as the dodge-balls

were small nerf balls. Not the rubber kind that I

grew up with that stings like crazy when you get

hit.

After playing dodgeball for a while we had

played Knocker ball, which was so fun! We

had so many laughs & so many people were

enjoying themselves playing and watching

each other bounce off one another.

Although the two days that we had this youth

rally, they were action-packed with fun filled

events. We have had two nightly services that

our speakers gave a positive message toward

the teens and were able to pray for them and

encourage them. After each service, we have

had a two hour gospel concert which the

teens enjoyed very much

The morning workshops covered topics such

as pro education, anti-bullying, methawareness, suicide awareness, leadership development, dealing with peer pressure, and

building self-esteem. These are some of the

topics that we have addressed and tried to

empower our teens and help give them direction to overcome the many temptations that

they face as a young teenagers At our last

year's youth rally we have had testimonies of

several teens wanting to drop out of school.

But as we have prayed for them, and encourage them, this year we still see them in school

doing good. Last year we have had kids that

Woody & Lana Elmore are the Pastors of the

Living Water Family Worship Center about 2

1/2 miles south of Mandaree at the Black

Bear Building on Lyda Bears Tail residence.

They have worked with the teens for several

years as youth pastors in California and in

Montana and in Canada. They have held numerous youth rally's all over in California,

they have held youth camps, and youth gospel concerts. In Montana they have started

youth groups working ages 7-11 and ages

12- 18.

With Love Pastor Woody & Lana

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Monday

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Mandaree Boys & Girls Club

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Thursday

Office Hours:

Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Cl ub Ho /IS:

Mon-Fri 9am-3pm

5yrolds leaYe @1pm

- schedules are su bj ect t o

change -

- Cooract Us Clu b Phone : 701 . 759 .3 049

Face boo k: @mandaree bgc

ne 2017

Club Staff

Branch Man ager:

O llie Spotted Bear

(70 1) 421-0161

Activ ities Cooranators:

Peter Fal con

9-10: Open Rec

10-11: Project Learn (Lego

Bufld)

11-12: Traditional Knowledge

(Nature Walk)

12-1: Lunch/ Healthy Halbits

1-3: Triple Play Body (Lake)

9-10: Power Hour

10-11: Summer Brain Gain

(Trivia)

11-12: Nat'I Fine Arts

(Watercolors)

12-1: Lunch/Healthy Habits

1-3: Triple Play Body (Softball)

9-10: Open Rec

10-11: Project Learn (Create

Team Logo)

11-12: STEM (Polymers)

12-1 : Lunch/ Healthy Habits

1-3: Traditional Knowledge

(Han dgames)

Field Day @ softball diamond

9-11: Open Rec

12-3: Field Day Kicks Off

- Obstad e Course/Jumprope

Challenge/

- HandG ames/Relays, (Snack

Provided)

9-10: Power Hour

10-11: Summer Brain Gain

11-12: Robo Tech (Tanks)

12-1: Lunch/Healthy Habits

1-3: Traditional Knowledge

(Hand games)

9-10: Power Hour

10-11: Summer Brain Gain

11-12: Nat'I Fine Arts

(Ceramics)

12-1 : Lunch/Healthy Habits

1-3: Triple Play Body (Softball)

9-10: Open Rec

10-11: Project Learn (Club Fort)

11-12: Traditional Knowledge

(H idatsa Triv)

12-1: Lunch/ Healthy Halbits

1-3: Triple Play Body (Softball)

12.

9-1 O: Power Hour

10-11: Summer Brain Gain

11-12: Robo Tech (Tanks)

12-1:Lunch/Healthy Habits

1-3: Triple Play Body (Softball)

13.

9-10: Open Rec

10-11: Project Learn (Dye shirts)

11-12: STEM (Volcanoes)

12-1: Lunch/ Healthy Habits

1-3: Tripi e Play Body (Water

Balloon Fight)

14.

9-1 O: Open Rec

10-11: Project Learn (Draw

Board)

11-12: Nat'I Fine Arts (Draw Off)

12-1: Lunch/ Healthy H alb its

1-3: Triple Play Body ( Softbal I)

15.

9-10: Power Hour

10-11: Summer Brain Gain

11-12: IJat'I Fine Arts (Painting)

12-1:Lunch /Healthy Habits

1-3: Triple Play Body

(BasketbaH)

16.

9-10: Open Rec

10-11: Project Learn (Lego

Build)

11-12: Traditional Knowledge

(Nature Walk)

12-1: Lunch/Healthy Halbits

1-3:Triple Play Body (Softball)

19.

20 .

9-10 : Open Rec

10-11: Project Learn

(Earth lodges)

11-12: STEM (Mentos Geysers)

12-1: Lunch/Healthy H alb its

1-3: Tripi e Play Body (Nert War)

21.

9-1 O: Open Rec

10-11: Project Learn (Beading)

11-12: Nat'I Fine Arts (Skin

Stories)

12-1: Lunch/ Healthy H alb its

1-3: Triple Play Body ( Softbal I)

22.

23.

9-10: Open rec

10-11: Project Learn (Club Fort)

11-12: Traditional Knowledge

(H idatsa Triv)

12-1: Lunch/Healthy Halbits

1-3: Triple Play Body (Lake)

9-1 O: Power Hour

10-11: Summer Brain Gain

11-12: Robo Tech (Rockets)

12-1: Lunch/Healthy Habits

1-3: Triple Play Body

(Dodgeball)

26.

9-1 0: Power Hour

10-11: Summer Brain Gain

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12-1: Lunch/Healthy Halbits

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27.

9-10 : Open Rec

10-11 : Project Learn (Ti pis)

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12-1 : Lunch/ Healthy Habits

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BearsTail Shooting and

Ball Handling Camp 2017

Where: Mandaree Water Chief Hall

When: June 12-14

Who: Boys and Girls entering 3rd-12th

grades

Time: 3rd-7th grades 9am-Noon

8th-12th grades 1-4pm

Cost: $50 per camper, $125 for families of

the same household (3 or more).

Each Camper will receive a free t-shirt for

participating.

DAY 1- Dribbling and ball handling.

DAY2- Shooting.

DAY 3- Competition day.

West Segments parents can sign up their

children who would like to participate at

the Water Chief Hall with DeRae Mann until

June 05. Those who are signed up will have

9-10 : Power Hour

10-11: Summer Bra.in

11-12: IJat'I Fine Arts (Tis.sue

Paper art)

12-1: Lunch/Healthy Habits

1-3: Triple Play Body

(Basketball)

29.

9-10 : Power Hour

10-11: Summer Brain Ga.in

t •J~11: ,Jal I Fine: J\ rts (Sid &VJ<iil<

boardqame)

30.

9-10: Open Rec

10-4: Higher Air Grounds

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For more information on

the summer reading

program, please contact:

Singing Spring

Library Staff:

Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish Colleee

SINGING SPRING LIBRARY

SUMMER 2017

READING PROGRAM

Children in K-7th grade

When: Every Wednesday

Director

Amy Matthews

May31-June28, 2017

Ph: 701-627-8055

Time: 1:OOPM - 2:00PM

Library Assistant

Where: NHSC Singing Spring Library

Wendy Lewis

Ph: 701-627-8064

Library Hours:

Monday-Friday

8:00am-5:00pm

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Hiraaca-Aru-lro -Macheedha-Waa'ac

"We-Value-Our-Ways and

Our-Hiraaca-Language"

Closed for holidays

and servere

weather

MAA 00 SMEE-PLANTING ID AY

MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017

JUNE 14, 2017

9 AM-NOON

N HSC LAND LAB

1 PM-3:30 PM

Come and enjoy the 1st Annual MHA Nation Youth Rodeo! Stick

horse race, goat tail untying, barrel racing, flag race, sheep riding,

calf riding and more. Four age divisions: 0-4, 5-8, 9-11, and 1214. Prizes and trophies will be given out, as well as buckles for

first-place winners.

Entry forms are on our wet,page·

www.ag.ndau edu/fortbeltholdextension Please return notarized forms

to NDSU Extension, PO Box 459, New Town ND 58763. Event starts at

1Oam. please be there 1/2 hcu early for registration

NHSC TRADITIONAL GARDENS

EARTH LODGE VILLAGE

(Adu lt workers only)

BRING YOUR OWN HOE OR RAKE, GLOVES AND

WATER. EVERYONE WELCOME TO LEARN AND HE LP

PLANT A TRADITIONAL NUETA-HIDATSA GARDEN !

Entry Form Deadline. JUNE 12, 2017

421-149,6 Darian Marsette, Director, M HA Tourism

421-6330 Bernie Young Bird, Fa,culty, Native American Studies

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Thank You Retirees continued...

Councilman Phelan gifting a satin star quilt to Hidatsa Instruct

Bluestone’s family was also in attendance of her Retirement Dinner Celebration.

Martha Bird Bear better recognized as Magoo, meaning Grandmother, to all of her students she has taught with her First Language, Hidatsa. She taught her culture to the students for 21

years. Her mentored alumni and grandchildren who have learned

from Magoo Martha will be in great appreciation for her

knowledge of an important source of who the Hidatsa People are.

Mrs.. BlueStone

BlueStone with

with Councilman

Councilman Phelan

Phelan and

and Magoo

Magoo Martha.

Martha.

School board member, RoseAnn Johnson, former English Instructor Linda

Baker, Alumni Nancy Lincoln and Mr. Trana!

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Science Guru Mr. Gary Trana proud of his years

of service to the West Segment Community!

or Martha Bird Bear.

Photos By: LeeAnna Nation

Last but not least, the High School Science Instructor Mr. Gary Trana has

been with the Mandaree School for 26 years!

“I plan to go fishing and spending my retirement in peace,” exclaimed Mr.

Trana.

The years of service and dedication these three individuals has impacted

the West Segment Communiy with will live on through the generations.

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MHA Nation Public Safety andJudicial Building Grand Opening

Ribbon cutting ceremony with North Segment Rep Dr. Monica Mayer, White Shied Rep. Fred Fox, Parshall-Lucky Mound Rep. Marvin

Packineau, Chairmen Mark Fox Vice Chairman Randy Phelan, Twin Buttes Rep. Cory Spotted Bear. Photo By LeeAnna Nation.

New Town ND

By: Jordan Rose Fox

The Grand Opening of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation

Public Safety and Judicial Building was held on May 09, in New

Town at 606 Main Street.

The 17.2 million dollar building will be the new law enforcement

center and tribal court offices for the MHA Nation.

The law enforcement part of the building will have 33 offices, 6

dispatch stations, combat and training room and holding cells. The

Gerald Tex Foxx Center will still be held as the jail.

On the Tribal Court side will be 35 offices and 3 courtrooms.

The building had it’s funds met by the Tribal Council royalties and

tax income.

Court Room.

MHA Nation Emblem inside of the new Judicial and Safety Building.

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A Stroke of Tribute

If she wins the state competition, Hall will be eligible for national awards totaling

$21,000.

Hall was not the only one from Killdeer whose work was highly thought of in the

district contest. Bridgette Reiss was second for her poster of a soldier in prayer, and

Taycee Butts was third for a portrait of her father in uniform.

While being recognized if fun, that’s not why Hall draws, paints and creates.

“I just want to capture who they are,” she said.

She’s been doing that since she was 12 years old. Hall got her start in art by watching her older sister draw. She started with cartoons, but then one day saw the picture of a celebrity.

“I just wanted to draw it. I drew the face. It looked pretty bad,” she chuckled.”But I

got better.”

Better indeed.

Last summer she was accepted in the Oscar Howe Summer Art Institute at the University of South Dakota. For two weeks, she worked with artists and art students

from the upper Midwest, using charcoal and acrylic paints, sharpening her budding

skills and opening up a fresh perspective of live and art.

“It was fun and it helped me a lot,” she said.

Killdeer art teacher Cherie Roshau convinced Hall to enter the VFW contest. Hall is

glad she did.

Hall had a military magazine at home, and she found three different pictures of soldiers. One picture showed the soldier standing tall and proud while holding his helmet under his arm. The other two were close ups that showed strengths, pride and

courage in their faces.

Ilustration done by MHA Nation enrolled member, Kurtlyn Hall. Depicting her imaging of veterans.

Associated press

With a delicate stroke of a surgeon, Kurtlyn Hall captures life images onto the canvas. And with bold strokes, she brings those images to life.

The senior from Killdeer High School is an artist. And the heart-warming

images she creates illustrate her own feelings buried deep within her

soul.

“I feel at peace when I draw,” Hall said, with a timid smile.

The “peace” helped Hall win first place in the district competition of the

VFW Auxiliary’s Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. She

drew a poster using colored pencils of three soldiers standing in front of

the United States flag.

The poster was inspired by her own family’s military ties. Her grandfather and two uncles served in the U.S. military.

She was one of nearly 3,500 high school students from across the county

to participate in the contest. The contest began in 1979 to recognize upand-coming artists and encourage patriotism in youth, according to the

VFW Auxiliary website.

The contest has three levels, district, state and nationals. The district

judging was conducted in Dickinson on April 10. Hall’s poster qualified

for the state judging, which was slated for April 15. She’s still waiting on

the results of the state judging.

It took her a couple of hours to draw the soldiers. And while she didn’t know the

men in the pictures, by the end she felt a connection, almost as if they were her

grandfather and uncles.

Her final touch was a colorful drawing of a flapping Old Glory, which took her two

more hours.

“I wanted to show the patriotism and what they fought for,” Hall said.

Mission accomplished, said Roshau.

“Her strength in drawing is she has a good understanding in structure and muscle,”

Roshau said. “They all look like they had a great deal of pride in what they are doing.”

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Mandaree High School Fun Day Activities

High School Students playing egg toss.

Elizondo Joe getting cooled off by the dunk

tank.

High School Boys playing tag football. Photos by Jordan Rose Fox &

LeeAnna Nation.

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Paraprofessional Johnny Bullard and Math Instructor Mr. Randall

Saunders stopping for a quick photo op.

The girls enjoying a sack lunch under the

shade.

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tank.

Jesse Vigen and Terran Poitra battling it out on the combat

bounce.

Mr. Trana coaches the kids while they race through the

obstacle course.

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26th Annual

Twin Buttes Horse Races

Sunday

June 18, 2017

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