Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 49, Number 3 • Saturday, February 8, 2020

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Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 49, Number 3 • Saturday, February 8, 2020

STATE CHAMP!!!!!!

Zeriah George First Girl State Champ in Nebraska History

The Winnebago Wildlife and Parks Department released two bald eagles that

were rehibilitated by the Nebraska Raptor Recovery Volunteers. Prayers were

said by the earth clans and sky clans for

our wing relatives.

The Winnebago Tribe would like to thank

Senator Bernie Sanders, Portugal. The

Man and Congress Woman Alexandria

Ocasio-Cortez for allowing Vice-Chairman, John Snowball to address the

Siouxland community at Bernie Sander’s

rally in Sioux City, IA.

Participants who completed HoChunk

Renaissance’s 10-week “Hoit’e coni na”

language class. Spring course will begin

in March 2020.

February 1, 2020 will forever be

remembered as one of the greatest

days for Zeriah George and her family.

Zeriah became the first ever….yes ever

girls State Champ in Nebraska history

and Winnebago Wrestling history.

Zeriah has been working hard this

season knowing there was going to be

the NSWCA Girls State Championship.

She started the season with 3 wins at

the Friday Night Fracas in Nebraska

City setting the tone for the year. She

followed that up with a 1-1 day at the

West Point Girls Invite where she would

find her rival for the season. Daisy

Coleman from South Sioux City beat

Zeriah by pin to put the only blemish

on Zeriah’s junior year of wrestling

against girls.

Next up was her home tourney at

Winnebago where she was not going

to be denied. She would pin Barragan

of West Point, Paasch of West Point,

Ramirez of Schuyler and then Coleman

from South Sioux City. Those four

pins would put her against Coleman

for the second time of the day in the

finals where she would plant Coleman’s

back to the mat for her 5th win and

the 2020 Winnebago Lady Indian 195

Championship.

So heading into the NSWCA Girls

State Tournament, Zeriah was 9-1 and

was 2-1 over the girl that was standing

in front of her State Championship in a

2 man bracket that was the best 2 of 3.

The match up was a good one. To start

the first match George takes down Coleman but locks her hands twice to make

the score 2-2. A reversal by Coleman

with short time would give Coleman a

4-2 lead heading into the 2nd period.

George chose both up where a takedown

by Zeriah would tie it up. “I think the

nerves got to her to start the match. I

mean really she has never been on this

kind of stage before with this much on

the line, stated Coach Tranmer. The

second takedown got her energy flowing and she would put Coleman on her

back for her 10th victory on the year.

“Zeriah knew what was on the line and

she was confident that she was going to

bring the State Title home. I told her she

needed to relax and just wrestle like it

was any other guy she has wrestled this

season. Zeriah has wrestled in 7 boys

meets this season and has really done a

great job getting quite a few wins under

her belt. But she holds back sometimes

when she matches up against the girls

because she is scared to hurt them.

I told her to let it all fly in the finals

and don’t leave anything in the tank.”

George would take Tranmers words

literally and really took it to the young

Coleman. George would take her down

late in the 1st period to take a 2-0 lead.

Would choose both up again and hit a

pretty duck under and then ran a hip

lever to pin Coleman to become the 195

NSWCA Girls State Champ and has

11-1 junior season Varsity Girls record

Zeriah’s match was the first of the

Final matches so she will be forever

etched in Nebraska Wrestling History

as the First Ever Girls State Champion.

Zeriah has also put her mark on the

Winnebago Wrestling program becoming the first ever State Champ (boys

or girls). The great thing about Zeriah

is she will do everything that is asked

of her and has no complaints at all.

She is one of a kind and is the STATE

CHAMP!!!!!

Adam Tranmer

Winnebago Public Schools

Assistant Activities Director

Head Wrestling / Assistant Football

Coach

Assistant Director of AAU Boys/Girls

Wrestling in Nebraska

Twelve Clans Unity Hospital Achieves Monumental Step Toward

CMS Certification

To top off Zeriah winning the 195 NSWCA

Girls State Championship she was voted

Outstanding Wrestler of the 152-285

weight classes by the coaches.

Congrats to Jayla Price on scoring her

1,000th career point along with a big win

over BRLD!

Congrats to Marcus Harlan Jr for signing to play college football for Briar Cliff

University!

The Boys and Girls Club kids are very

satisfied with their new foosball table.

Winnebago, NE – On January 30,

2020, employees at Twelve Clans

Unity Hospital gathered in a large

conference room on the hospital’s

third floor. Inside the room, consultants from Joint Commission

Resources (JCR) took out their notes

to begin briefing hospital staff. The

purpose of this meeting? For the

consultants to report their findings

and critiques from a three-day intensive review of all the hospital’s

internal systems, staff and policies.

JCR is an organization brought

to the hospital by executive staff to

evaluate the safety and quality of

health care throughout the organization. The mission of the JCR’s

visit was to perform a mock survey

to determine Twelve Clans Unity

Hospital’s readiness for an evaluation by Centers for Medicare and

Medicaid Services (CMS). Results of

this evaluation determine whether a

healthcare organization meets applicable requirements for participation in Medicare/Medicaid programs

and can become a certified CMS

organization. When Twelve Clans

ultimately achieves certification, it

means that it meets the Social Security Act’s provider definitions and

complies with health care standards

required by Federal regulations.

“One three letter word for you….

WOW,” a JCR surveyor says as he

turns his head in the direction of

the hospital’s CEO, Danelle Smith.

V i s i t

u s

a t

“Whatever you have done, what

you’re working on, and how you’re

doing it… it’s WORKING,” he exclaimed as he addressed the room of

team leaders and staff. The general

comments of impressiveness are

echoed by the other three surveyors

in the room. Most noteworthy was

the statement of one specific JCR

staff member who said that he had

previously visited this same hospital

three other times prior to Tribal assumption and had very noticeably

seen a night and day difference in

the facility.

Considering the short time since

the hospital was assumed by the

Winnebago Tribe - year and a half

ago to be exact – the improvement

is impressive. Prior to 2018, the

hospital in Winnebago was operated

by Indian Health Service (IHS). Back

then, CMS had surveyed the hospital

seven different times and reported

multiple issues critical to the quality

of patient care. Unfortunately, with

each report IHS failed to make necessary corrections for patient safety

and it ultimately led to termination

of CMS certification in 2015. Quality

healthcare in Winnebago had long

been awaited by the community

and it wasn’t until the Tribe created

Twelve Clans Unity Hospital that the

need began to be met.

Outside of the grand comments on

the hospital’s practices and quality

improvements, the JCR began to di-

vulge their findings to hospital staff

in greater detail. Most feedback consisted of minor suggestions for ways

to improve a few specific health care

practices. The hospital staff could

be seen taking eager notes on the

JCR’s recommendations – some even

being implemented before JCR left

the building that same day.

“You have a lot of quality people

and it shows in your organization,”

the surveyor concluded. It was

clear that the staff made significant

improvements throughout the organization.

So, what are the next steps? After

implementing the feedback from

JCR and confirming with CMS the

category of certification for which

the hospital qualifies, the hospital

will fill out their CMS Certification

application and go through the official unannounced survey. After

the survey agency completes its assessment for the Medicare/Medicaid

program, it submits evidence and

a certification recommendation for

a final CMS Regional Office determination.

Twelve Clans Unity Hospital has

clearly made tremendous progress

and CMS certification is within

reach. In the meantime, the organization is committed to continuing its

path to achieving and maintaining

certification and providing quality

health care for its patients every

day.

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BAGO NEWS

Hōcąk Corner

Hokixap ra

(hoh-kee-xahp rdah)

Sweetheart (close relationship)

Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, February 8, 2020 — Page 3

TRIBAL COUNCIL MINUTES

WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

REGULAR TRIBAL COUNCIL

MEETING

January 6, 2020

TRIBAL COUNCIL PRESENT:

Coly Brown

John Snowball

Thelma Whitewater

Roland Warner

Aric Armell

Louis LaRose

Victoria Kitcheyan

Melton Frenchman

OTHERS PRESENT:

Richard Walker

Bill DeCora

Tonia Keller

Tiffani Warner

Garan Coons

John St. Cyr

CALL TO ORDER: Chairman

Brown called the meeting to order at

9:05 a.m.

O P E N I N G P R AY E R : Melton

Frenchman offered the opening prayer.

APPROVE AGENDA:

Melton Frenchman motioned to

approve the agenda. Roland Warner

seconded with additions to the agenda:

DUI, Winnebago Gaming Dev., and Law

Firm RFP.

VOTE: (3) yes, JSB, TW, RW (3) no,

LLR, MF, VK (0) abstain

Chairman votes yes to break the tie.

VOTE: (4) yes (3) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

READING OF THE MINUTES:

12-26-19 Monthly Land Meeting

Melton Frenchman motioned to approve the December 26, 2019 Monthly

Land Meeting minutes. John Snowball

seconded.

VOTE: (6) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

[Aric in]

12-26-19 Special TC HR Policies &

CEO Report Meetings

Melton Frenchman motioned to

approve the December 26, 2019

Special T ribal Council HR Policies and CEO Report Meeting minutes. John Snowball seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

12-27-19 Treasurer’s Report meeting

Roland Warner motioned to approve the December 27, 2019

T reasurer’s Report meeting minutes.

Aric Armell seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

12-30-19 Mid-Monthly TC meeting

Aric Armell motioned to approve the December 30, 2019 MidMonthly T ribal Council meeting

minutes. John Snowball Seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

RATIFY FIVE SIGNATURES:

Adopt resolution #20-60

Roland Warner motioned to ratify

the five-signature adopting resolution #20-60: Approving Indian Child

Welfare Act and General Legal Services

Contract. Victoria Kitcheyan seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS:

Approve Travel – HCI follow-up meeting @ Bellevue, NE – Jan. 10, 2020

John Snowball motioned to approve

travel for the Tribal Council to attend the

HCI follow-up meeting in Bellevue, NE on

January 10, 2020. Aric Armell seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

Approve travel – WTN Annual Legislative Luncheon @ Lincoln, NE – Jan.

14, 2020

Louis LaRose motioned to approve travel for the Tribal Council

to attend the Winnebago T ribe of

Nebraska Annual Legislative Luncheon in Lincoln, NE on January 14,

2020. Victoria Kitcheyan seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

Approve travel – Winter Encampment, Newkirk, OK – Jan. 16-19, 2020

John Snowball motioned to approve

travel for the Winter Encampment in

Newkirk, Ok on January 16-19, 2020

for the Tribal Council and the Last

Bear Moon Pow-wow Committee members. Victoria Kitcheyan seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

Approve travel – US Attorney meeting

@ Omaha, NE – Jan. 22, 2020

*request from US Attorney to try to

meet quarterly and rotate visit sites.

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to approve travel for the Tribal Council to

attend the meeting at the US Attorney’s office in Omaha, NE on January

22, 2020. John Snowball seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

Vacant Seat

John Snowball motioned to set a date

to discuss the vacant seat.

Discussion only.

TRIBAL COUNCIL ITEMS:

John St. Cyr-Financial Request

Aric Armell motioned to approve the Financial Request from

John St. Cyr for the amount of

$661.33. Louis LaRose seconded.

VOTE: (3) yes, AA, LLR, MF (0) no (3)

abstain, JSB, TW, VK Motion carried.

Tribal Council Drug Testing

Draw Envelope to take drug test by

hair sample. Randomly drawn date set

by Tri-State Nursing. Envelopes delivered to Tri-State unopened.

ADDED ITEMS:

JSB - DUI Policy: Put policy in place,

sent to CEO to get on Agenda.

JSB – Winnebago Gaming Development meeting for Tribal Council Orientation.

Law Firm

Thelma Whitewater motioned to get

RFP, due to conflict of interest. Aric

Armell seconded.

Victoria Kitcheyan objects.

VOTE: (4) yes, TW, JSB, RW, AA

(3) no, MF, LLR, VK (0) abstain Motion carried.

ADJOURN:

Roland Warner motioned to adjourn

at 10:24 a.m. John Snowball seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

Chairman Brown adjourned the

meeting at 10:24 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Thelma Whitewater, Secretary

Winnebago Tribal Council

WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

SPECIAL TRIBAL COUNCIL

MEETING – R. WALKER HOUSING

ISSUE

January 6, 2020

TRIBAL COUNCIL PRESENT:

Coly Brown

John Snowball

Roland Warner

Thelma Whitewater

Louis LaRose

Aric Armell

Victoria Kitcheyan

Melton Frenchman

OTHERS PRESENT:

Richard Walker

Teresa Littlegeorge

Garan Coons

Tonia Keller

CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Brown called the meeting to

order at 10:37 a.m.

OPENING PRAYER: acknowledge

prayer at previous meeting.

APPROVE AGENDA:

John Snowball motioned to approve

the agenda regarding Richard & Barbara

Walker Eviction. Aric Armell seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

[JSB out 10:50 a.m., in at 10:52 a.m.]

[Victoria out 11:01 a.m.]

Thelma Whitewater motioned to

direct Winnebago Housing Authority

to allow Richard & Barbara Walker to

remain in their housing until another

unit is available. Aric Armell seconded.

VOTE: (5) yes (0) no (1) abstain

Motion carried.

ADJOURN:

Aric Armell motioned to adjour n. John Snowball seconded.

VOTE: (6) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

Chairman Brown adjourned the

meeting at 11:03 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Thelma Whitewater, Secretary

Winnebago Tribal Council

WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

MONTHLY LAND MEETING

January 13, 2020

TRIBAL COUNCIL PRESENT:

Coly Brown

John Snowball

Thelma Whitewater

Roland Warner

Aric Armell (in @ 9:15 a.m.)

Louis LaRose (in @ 9:15 a.m.)

Melton Frenchman

OTHERS PRESENT:

Ireta Blackbird

Wilamenah Sharpback

TRIBAL COUNCIL ABSENT:

Victoria Kitcheyan (leave)

Vacant Seat

CALL TO ORDER: Chairman

Brown called the meeting to order at

9:08 a.m.

OPENING PRAYER: Thelma Whitewater offered the opening prayer.

APPROVE AGENDA:

Melton Frenchman motioned to approve the agenda. John Snowball seconded.

VOTE: (4) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

LAND SALE:

RENEE ADAMS

Melton Frenchman motioned to

adopt resolution #20-87; Authorizing

Request for and Approving Withdrawal

of ILCA Land Purchase Funds Held in

Trust by OST to Purchase On-Reservation Trust or Restricted Interests –

Renee Adams $354.14. John Snowball

seconded.

VOTE: (4) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

LAND EXCHANGE:

KENNETH MALLORY

Melton Frenchman motioned to

adopt resolution #20-88; Kenneth Mallory – Land Exchange. John Snowball

seconded.

VOTE: (4) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

[Louis and Aric in at 9:15 a.m.]

ROADS DEPARTMENT:

WHEEL LOADER PURCHASE

Financing:

Caterpillar $2,850.22 per month

Liberty

$2,844.62 per month

CFO is recommending Liberty National Bank.

Aric Armell motioned to approve the

Chairman to sign the loan agreement

with Liberty National Bank for the purchase of Road Department Wheel Loader with loan amount of $126,360.00

payments of $2,844.62 per month for

48 months at 3.85%.

John Snowball seconded.

VOTE: (6) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

ADJOURN:

John Snowball motioned to adjourn

at 9:21 a.m. Aric Armell seconded.

VOTE: (6) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Thelma Whitewater, Secretary

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Comics

NIHB to Testify before House Interior

Appropriations Subcommittee on

FY 2021 Indian Health Service Budget

by Joseph Levering

On Tuesday, February 11, 2020, National Indian Health

Board (NIHB) Chair and Great Plains Area Representative, Victoria Kitcheyan, will be testifying before the House Appropriations

Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies,

to discuss Tribal priorities for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Indian

Health Service (IHS) budget.

Chairwoman Kitcheyan is testifying as part of the Interior

Subcommittee's annual American Indian and Alaska Native

Public Witness hearings. She will be testifying at 9:40am Eastern on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. NIHB's testimony reflects

the priorities and recommendations of the National Tribal

Budget Formulation Workgroup for the FY 2021 IHS Budget.

Some of the priorities discussed in NIHB's testimony include

but are not limited to:

Establishing a full, needs-based budget for IHS funded under

mandatory appropriations

Securing advance appropriations for IHS and other critical

Indian programs

Ensuring Congress enacts an indefinite appropriation and

distinct line item for 105(l) lease expenditures

Securing meaningful funding increases for all line items in the

IHS budget, including the newly established Electronic Health

Records (EHR) line item

The next issue of the WINNEBAGO INDIAN NEWS will be published on February 22, 2020.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thoughts on Vindictiveness...

What’s everyone so mad about?

Winnebago is doing well in some many

ways. We are making progress from

housing, healthcare, education, and

all-around community development.

Does anyone remember what little we

had to work with 30 or 40 years ago?

You would think the sky is falling and

that everything is horrible if you go to or

watch a tribal council meeting online.

At the last meeting I attended, A

new council member filed an ethical

complaint trying to remove or sanction

two other council members for various

infractions related to drug testing. One

council member targeted for complaint

actually passed the urine drug test,

but the policy requires using hair. The

council member didn’t want to give her

hair to anyone for cultural reasons, but

that apparently didn’t matter—really?

So you can campaign on all things

culture, but ignore it when convenient?

I have actually been warned on numerous occasions to protect my hair because of the possibility of people using

it for nefarious purposes. By the way, I

do believe the threat was a serious one.

As controversial as I have been over the

years, I probably should have shaved

my head. Our tribal council testing

policy needs to be amended to take our

traditional beliefs into account and it

needs to be done ASAP or we risk being hypocrites for minor political gain.

Ironically, the next council meeting

that afternoon was about Meth testing at housing and how the council

has stopped the federally required

evictions. So let me get this correctly.

In the morning when it is targeted at

political opponents, it is fine to be for

drug testing, but not in the afternoon

if it targets people who voted for you?

It is hard to make this stuff up. Why

do we have to be so negative and target

our own people? Leadership isn’t about

using power to hurt people. Leadership

needs to be about helping people and

helping people only!

Louie LaRose, a tribal elder and living legend, whispered loudly at the end

of the council meeting some words of

wisdom that we should all hear. He

said that what was going on was “unfortunate.” He followed with that they

By Lance Morgan

needed to “work together for the people”

and that what they were doing was a

“useless exercise” and that they need to

“accept each other for who they are and

the way they are.” He said he misses

the some of the old wino’s because they

had “compassion” for each other. He

doesn’t see compassion at the council.

He sees “vindictiveness, which doesn’t

solve problems and just keeps them

blowing in the wind.”

The struggle seems to be about power.

Power to do what? Our community has

every opportunity for success. All you

have to do is get your act together and

pursue a better life. If you don’t get it

together, then our community supports

you in your struggle with a wide variety

of social safety net programs. None of

this negativity makes sense, unless it is

really just about power.

Our previous leaders wisely spread

power out in our community to various entities like HCI, the casino’s, the

college, housing, and now the hospital.

This allowed a renaissance to occur

in community over the last 25 years.

Those entities have all thrived because

they had limitations on tribal council

interference and allowed focused management teams and boards to learn and

eventually excel. The tribe set the goals,

set up the entity and had oversight, but

didn’t micro-manage them. That’s been

our secret sauce. We have never had it

so good. We have never had so many

houses. We have never had so many

jobs. We have never had so many educated people. We have never so many

opportunities.

Sadly, not everyone has benefitted

equally in our growth, but everyone has

benefitted to some degree. Even if you

don’t work or stuck in a negative cycle of

some kind of substance abuse you still

benefit from the growth of our community and the progress we have all made.

My singular goal has been to bake a

bigger cake so we can all have a bite, but

people have to do their part. Our system

is now in crisis. We have a council who

has differing views about what our tribal

government should be doing. Should

we give stuff away or should we create

an environment for success. Obviously,

we need to balance our instinct for helping our people against enabling them.

But nothing constructive will get done

if all we do is fight each other and try

and blindly deconstruct what has taken

decades to build. Tearing down stuff

without any kind of plan to rebuild, is

just simply tearing down stuff!

I have said in the past our success

is great, but very very fragile and I have

real fear for our community going forward if we stay on this path. You only

have to visit a few of the reservations

in our region to know things could be

worse. I have always trusted in the

Winnebago people to get it right and this

is a time to start focusing on building,

not attacking and destroying. It is not

too late to right this ship by using real

Ho-Chunk “compassion.”

JESUS OUR SAVIOR

LUTHERAN OUTREACH

"Answering God's Call to Lead"

Over the years I have learned a thing

or two about the roles of the leadership

found of the Ho-Chunk. I was told that

the male was to be the spiritual leader

of the family. He was entrusted in the

responsibility to lead his wife and, if

blessed by Mauna, their child(ren) in

worshipping their Creator. He was to

begin each day in prayer. He was to

lead his family to the spiritual ways of

his choosing.

I thank Mauna for blessing me with

a father who not only took me and my

family to church but also attended himself. As a family we would begin each

week in God's house. As a young boy I

attended a Lutheran grade school where

I was taught the basics in spiritual warfare as revealed in God's Sacred Word.

I was taught, what I now refer to, the

Spiritual Warrior's Prayer - a.k.a. The

Lord's Prayer. When Jesus' disciples

(students in spiritual ways) asked him to

teach them how to pray Jesus gave them

his prayer. Jesus knew that his disciples

would be attacked as they fulfilled his

command to go and to make disciples

of all nations, tribes, people and of the

thousands of different languages. They

were to pray to His heavenly Father, who

through faith in Jesus, was also their

heavenly Father to be delivered from

the Evil One.

These spiritual warriors were to go

and to raise up other spiritual warriors.

These spiritual warriors were called to

take on their God-given responsibility

to lead their families to trusting in their

Creator above everything else. They were

calling others to love their Creator with

all their heart, mind, soul and strength.

They were also called to love their neighbor as themselves.

Many people in our community know

this prayer and are able to join in praying it. At Jesus Our Savior Lutheran

On Common Ground

Stuart Fischer

LPTC Extension

Outreach/Education Coordinator

Preschool we also teach these young

boys and girls to pray it - in English,

as well as to sing it in Ho-Chunk. It is a

powerful prayer. However, many do not

really understand what they are asking

their heavenly Father when they make

their petitions.

In 1529, a man named Luther taught

some what it means when one prays

this prayer. First, he wrote 'As the

head of the family should teach them

in a simple way to his household.' He

went on to explain each petition. Today

I want to look at the petition regarding

'and give us this day our daily bread.'

Luther write this as a way of explaining these words, 'God certainly gives

daily bread to everyone without our

prayers, even to all evil people, but we

pray in this petition that God would

lead us to realize this and to receive our

daily bread with thanksgiving.'

Next, you might wonder what does

this mean? This is how Luther explained these words: 'Daily bread includes everything that has to do with

the support and needs of the body,

such as food, drink, clothing, shoes,

house, home, land, animals, money,

goods, a devout husband or wife, devout children, devout workers, devout

and faithful rulers, good government,

good weather, peace, health, selfcontrol, good reputation, good friends,

faithful neighbors, and the like.'

Creator God is indeed the giver of all

good gifts. Jesus' prayer is my spiritual

warrior prayer. It is my prayer that

Creator God would bless each and every one of you especially with devoted

or devout spouse, children, workers,

and rulers.

Yes, it is my prayer first for myself

and then for you to be lead by God's

Spirit and to be that devout servant of

God in whatever role of leadership we

have been called to serve Him and one

another.

HOSPITAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

DIRECTOR JOINS PRESTIGIOUS

COMMITTEE

Contact me at hochunk@aol.com

It’s become obvious that the location of Little Priest Tribal College

Extension isn’t as widely known as we had assumed. I thought I would

take the time to clarify our new location in the Village Market, which

includes the Farmers Market pavilion on the north end and LPTC Extension offices in the enclosed south section.

We are happy to be able to provide educational workshops consisting

of all things FANH (Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Health) .

Through collaboration with experts in their fields, local knowledge from

tribal members/elders and other Extension Services in Nebraska and

Iowa, we hope to provide the best service possible to the community.

I’ve included a photo of the Village Market enclosed south section

which is where our office is located. The building location is just south

of the Dollar General at 509 Buffalo Trail, not to be confused with 509

Ho-Chunk Plaza.

I wish you all a great February.

Pastor Ricky Jacob

WINNEBAGO, NE. – Francine Parmenter, Quality Management Director at Twelve Clans Unity Hospital,

has been invited to join the Nebraska

Hospital Association Quality Improvement (NHAQI) Steering Committee.

The committee has been meeting for

more than a decade, and its focus is

to provide the framework for developing a quality improvement (QI) plan

that is comprehensive, integrated

and holistic in its approach to quality

management. At Twelve Clans Unity

Hospital, Francine is responsible for

ensuring establishment, operation

and maintenance of a comprehensive

quality assessment and performance

improvement program. She is directly

responsible for ongoing accreditation

compliance with all quality measures

required by the Centers for Medicare

& Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations

that involve Medicare and Medicaid

certification.

“I am very proud to represent

Twelve Clans Unity Hospital as a part

of the NHAQI Steering Committee.

This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate with other Nebraska healthcare facilities in efforts to improve

health care quality,” said Parmenter.

Parmenter provides leadership,

personnel management, regulatory

and quality compliance and direction

to maximize patient safety and quality

care throughout Twelve Clans Unity

Hospital. She received her Bachelor

of Science in Business Administration

from Oglala Lakota College. Parmenter

is trained in Risk Management, Quality Assessment and Internal Auditing

and has 15 years of health care experience. She is an enrolled member of

the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

The NHAQI Steering Committee

meets quarterly at their facilities in

Lincoln, NE. In the past year, the

committee developed the Rural QI

Residency program and updated the

QI Orientation guide. Current members of this committee include; rural

QI leaders, Great Plains QIN, Patient

Safety Collaborative, NAHQRS, the office of rural health and CAH network

coordinators.

Twelve Clans Unity Hospital is a

division of the Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System operated

by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

The 13-bed healthcare facility serves

an estimated 10,000 Native Americans

who live on the Winnebago Reservation

and in the surrounding region. Health

care services provided by the hospital

and the Tribe’s Public Health Department include an ambulatory care clinic, inpatient care, express care clinic,

pharmacy, radiology, emergency care,

medical laboratory, physical therapy,

social services, dental, optometry, audiology, behavioral health and more.

Census 2020 and

Tribal Member’s Role

The 2020 Census will affect how much federal funding the Winnebago

Tribe will receive for your local schools, roads and hospitals. Unfortunately, in past Census counts Native Americans, children, people of

color and immigrant communities have been undercounted leading to

fewer resources for our Tribe as a whole. Help fix that. It’s important it

is to be counted!

Benefits of Census participation:

Receive helpful resources for your community

Receive updates about advocacy opportunities

Determine what’s needed for your community and reservation

Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, February 8, 2020 — Page 5

COMMUNITY NEWS

NEWS FROM

HOCHUNK RENAISSANCE….

”Haho, Hinikaragi! Hocak rasra Wanik Co ga higaire naga maixete rasra Lewis

“Bleu” St.Cyr ga higaire na. Huc Hikikarac wa’uaje egi Nisoc eja howawaji na.”

Hello, I greet you! I would like to introduce myself, my HoChunk name is

Wanik Co (Blue Bird) and my English name is Lewis “Bleu” St.Cyr. I am a proud

member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and also a member of the Bear clan.

As of August 2015, I have been serving as the Program Director for the HoChunk

Renaissance language program. Founding in 2003, the HoChunk Renaissance

Language program is the official tribal language program of the Winnebago Tribe

of Nebraska. Although we have been a community resource for cultural information, our mission at the program is to specifically focus our efforts to revitalize

the HoChunk language.

Status of our HoChunk language

Like many other tribal nations, we are currently in a decline of HoChunk fluent

speakers. There is an estimate of less than 100 HoChunk fluent speakers left in

the world. This consists of both the Nebraska and Wisconsin HoChunk nations.

In Nebraska, it is appropriate to declare our language in a critical endangered

state. According to research and our status, our language could potentially not

be heard fluently in Nebraska within the next 15-20 years. In the 1990’s, the

number of fluent speakers in Nebraska was around 30-40 enrolled tribal members. This number has decrease over the last 30 years. We estimate that there

are currently less than 10 fluent speakers that reside on the Winnebago Indian

Reservation (two of which work for the program). This informal number does not

include tribal members who live off the reservation. In consideration of these

statistics, the HoChunk Renaissance program has been on a rapid mission to

spread language and cultural awareness within our tribal community. I would

like to update the tribal membership with some of our recent updates of our

continuous efforts.

Curriculum Development

Our curriculum structure is generated by using the American Council of

Teaching Foreign Language (ACTFL) guidelines. The ACTFL guidelines are used

within many world language curriculums and allow for language to be evaluated

and learned more quickly. However, we have the task to adapt everything to our

HoChunk language, which is time consuming.

HoChunk Immersion Classroom (pilot program)

In Spring 2019, we presented this data to the Winnebago School board with

a presentation to propose an immersion (duel-language) classroom. It’s our goal

to incorporate more time for language and cultural instruction for our students.

It is our objective to take cultural knowledge and have it equivalent or beyond

the Nebraska state standards. The content will be taught via our traditions and

customs. An example would be teaching math with Kasu or possibly with the

Moccasin game. The school board and administration have made it clear that

they will continue to invest into our vision. They have also tentatively set aside

a language classroom in the new addition for our efforts. Our program has now

hired two tribal members who are also certified teachers. With their skills, it is

our vision to have an immersion program from K-4th grade. However, as we all

know, things must start small with a pilot classroom then it will eventually grow.

We are currently working on launching a HoChunk immersion (duel-language)

classroom in 2021.

Community language classes

One additional concern we found in language learning is the child/student

would learn the language at school but would return to the non-speaking home

and find rare to no language interaction. This shows that language learning stops

at school. To tackle this issue, we have implemented a 10-week community educational course called Hoit’e coni na (Hoy-tay cho-nee na).

“Hoit’e coni na” translates to mean “the first language”. We currently serve up

to 12 individuals in a classroom setting. Each class is semi-immersion based and

will meet certain goals and objectives that align with our Novice curriculum. One

highlight is our participants will be taught how to introduce themselves fluently in

the HoChunk language. Each participant will be awarded incentives throughout

our 10-week course. Sign up is free for all community and tribal members. Keep

an eye out as we will be starting another course in Spring 2020.

Online Resources

In today’s society, technology is growing and changing every day. We feel that we

need to utilize these technological tools to help retain the interest in our younger

generation. We launched our “HoChunk Vocab Builder” app in November 2016.

This opportunity further expands our language learning in the digital era. Not to

mention, our tribal members who reside off the reservation now have exposure

to our sacred language. Search “HoChunk Vocab Builder” in both the Google Play

store and Apple Store. The download is free.

Our Language Apprentices are also seeking innovative ways to expose our audiences to the HoChunk language. We currently have an online resource called

“Quizlet”. With the help of Quizlet, you are able to access a database of categorized

language terms and phrases. Quizlet allows you to turn these language categories

into quizzes and study guides, and it is possible to even create a virtual game with

the quizzes. This is a project our Language Apprentices have been dedicated and

working hard on these past years. To access it, search: www.Quizlet.com and type

in HoChunk Renaissance in the search box.

Our Media & Design Specialist has also developed and maintains our digital

language resources. These include

Facebook

Twitter

Soundcloud

Youtube

Quizlet

HoChunk Vobab Builder App

www.hochunklanguage.com

Our Accomplishments

There are three main blocks within the curriculum structure. These blocks are

called Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced. Within each block there are three individual tiers called low, mid, and high. (Ex. Novice-low, Novice-mid) Our language

team is currently designing and being evaluated monthly up to the Novice-Mid

level. It is in our goals this year to increase language speaking internally. This

requires our staff members to expand outside of basic nouns and begin using

sentences and phrases. Individual assessments have been created and enforced

for each staff member. Here is an example of the model we have been utilizing in

our curriculum development:

Our Curriculum team, Language Apprentices, and Eminent Speakers have

been working hard collectively to assure we will have our next generation speakers ready to teach out of a curriculum they are also designing. We currently have

scheduled meetings to structure our Novice-high level, which will require dialogs

and conversations. We have estimated it takes approximately two years to develop

a well-structured curriculum tier (low-mid-high). This is due to the fact of all the

other extra tasks we are asked to do throughout the community. Not to mention,

the investment of our assessment and instructional development, and all suitable

materials that accommodate each tier. We are literally in a race against time.

HoChunk language growth data

Our language instructors are teaching daily at the local educational facilities

which include Winnebago Public Schools (WPS) and Educare. St. Augustine’s

and Little Priest Tribal College have now hired their own instructor outside the

program. At Educare, we are in eight classrooms with twenty minutes of instruction. At WPS, our teachers are granted approximately twenty-three minutes in

each class a week to teach the language. To break this down, on average, we are

in the classroom for only four minutes a day for each classroom. This calculates

to about thirteen hours a school year with full language instruction.

It is evident that language learning requires much more time. According to

ACTFL, they suggest becoming fluent in a language requires to have (approx.)

2,640 hours or 330 days of language immersion. We currently have 13 hours a

school year with WPS. Although this is clearly not enough time to become proficient

in the language, we have data that our presence in the school system is making

an impact. We have collected data for three years and have signs of growth. Here

is a condensed visual of the most recent data for the 2018-2019 school year:

Pre-test knowledge of 480 words (For classes 23 minutes a week)

Pre-test knowledge of 1226 words

(Comprehensive Novice-low curriculum)

Post-test knowledge of 480 words (For classes 23 minutes a week)

Post-test knowledge of 1226 words

(Comprehensive Novice-low curriculum)

PRE-TEST

POST-TEST

GROWTH IN

HOCHUNK LANGUAGE

KA

2.4%

0.9%

31.3% 9.5%

8.6%

KB

1.0%

0.4%

31.3% 9.5%

9.1%

1A

6.9%

2.7%

31.3% 9.5%

6.8%

1B

2.2%

0.8%

31.3% 9.5%

8.7%

2A

No record

2B

27.7% 4.2%

31.3% 9.5%

5.3%

2C

5.6%

2.2%

31.3% 9.5%

7.3%

3A

14.5% 5.7%

31.3% 9.5%

3.8%

3B

No record

Our recent data has provided us with proof that our children are learning the

HoChunk language with the short time the program has been granted. The table

lists the total amount of words in our overall novice-low curriculum (1226 words),

which are organized into 50 language topics. Due to our time in the classroom, we

only have time to allow up to 480 words in a school year. With this in mind, we

have been developing and implementing innovative projects to speed up the process by providing miscellaneous language learning materials suitable for all ages.

There are many other additional projects we have been working on. These

include creating traditional and digital materials (both instructional and promotional), preservation (recording, transcribing), language classes, man/woman hood

cultural gatherings (sewing, gardening, hunting etc), collecting archival materials,

providing cultural & language knowledge to many organizations, name translations, fulfilling external requests, and so much more.

However, since my inheritance of the program in August 2015, our program

team has accomplished quite a number of goals. Some big highlights include:

Curriculum development

Hocak Vocab builder app – Available on IOS & Android devices

The “Hocak hoit’era” Vol. 1 language book & Audio drives

Wahagi Woska - Green Corn Dance & Harvest gathering

Hoit’e Coni Na – Community Classes

Annual HoChunk Youth Summer camp

Bingo & Family Game nights,

Created new HoChunk words to describe modern items,

Tribal flags distribution

Incorporate language fluency evaluations & data

“Who wants to be a Millionaire” - Computerized language game.

Street “Stop” signs, banners, labeling in tribal buildings

Many cultural classes

The Future of HoChunk Renaissance

With the decreasing amount of fluent speakers, our language team has been on

a race to revitalize our tribal language by teaching our tribal membership and by

hosting other educational activities for the community. In part of our efforts, we

hope to implement more opportunities for language learning in the near future.

As research has shown success, we have also begun slowly shifting our efforts &

focus in a way that our children will become first language speakers of the HoChunk language. We are very excited for our Immersion (duel-language) classroom

project to launch soon. It is also in our interest to expose stronger cultural pride

in our community. You will see us implementing unique projects like incorporating

street signs in the language, billboards with culture, banners with tribal designs,

and much more in our local community.

In conclusion, we look forward to minimizing our existing obstacles and face

new challenges with revitalizing our sacred language. We tend to think of creative ways to implement language for all our tribal members. We ask that you

continue to support our tribal language revitalization efforts by getting involved,

attending language & culture events, sharing knowledge, downloading or seeking our resources, and importantly speaking, which will keep our language alive.

It is important for all tribal members and all HoChunk people to do their part

in contributing to speaking our language on a daily basis. It was once said, if

our language is gone, we will lose our identity as HoChunk people. We strongly

feel that it takes the whole tribal community (not only the language program) to

strengthen a language and we believe if our people come together, our language

can flourish once again.

Our language team is ambitious and every day they take the initiative to lead

our people through a “HoChunk Renaissance” with our tribal language. But we

need your help. The future of our language truly depends on you. On the other

hand, if you need any cultural or language resources, we will gladly help in the

best way we can. It is our duty to serve as a cultural and language resource for

all our HoChunk people. We thank you for your continued support and look forward to offering you many more HoChunk Renaissance language projects and

events in the future. For further detailed information about our efforts go to www.

hochunklanguage.com.

Wa’iniginap wina,

Lewis “Bleu” St.Cyr / Wanik Co

Program Director

HoChunk Renaissance, 1 Mission Road North

Winnebago, NE 68071

(402) 878-4135

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BAGO NEWS

Senator Joni Albrecht WEEKLY UPDATE

January 31, 2020.

Thursday, January 30, 2020 we

reached a point twenty-five percent

through the Legislative Session.

New and carryover Bills have begun

to come out of Committee, and this

next week we will see debate on some

Bills that that advanced in the past

couple of weeks to Final Reading. The

pace has quickened and I expect to

continue to do so.

Veterans’ visit: Friday, January

31, was Veterans’ Legislation Day at

the Capitol. A number of wonderful

groups attended the event and took

part in activities including visiting

with a number of Senators. Part of

the activities included a ceremony

that included the Governor signing

the document finalizing changing the

name of Highway 20 to the Medal of

Honor Memorial Highway across Nebraska. Highway 20 stretches across

the United States from Newport,

Oregon to Boston Massachusetts.

414 miles of the Highway 20 passes

through Nebraska from Harrison to

South Sioux City. Back in October,

I joined the other state senators in

Legislative Districts through which

the highway passes and signed a

letter urging the name change. On

Friday, the Governor signed the final

paperwork. The Warner Chamber

was filled with representatives of

many Veterans’ groups. I was proud

to stand with those who have worked

so hard to see the Medal of Honor Memorial Highway come to be. Thank

you to all who serve and who have

served!

YEAR OF THE EYE EXAM: On

Monday, February 3, I had opportunity to take part in a very important

Proclamation Ceremony, recognizing

the Nebraska Optometric Association

and fittingly declaring 2020 the Year

of the Eye Exam in Nebraska. Like

many of you may have, I entered

2020 thinking perhaps this would be

the year of perfect vision. Then, Dr.

David Kincaid from South Sioux City

made me aware that the American

Optometric Association had declared

2020 the Year of The Eye Exam. So

fitting. In Nebraska and all across

America, Optometrists provide a vital

service for the eye health of us and

our children. I, myself have worn

glasses since I was nine years old and

am pleased to say that we have great

optometric services available in District 17. In 2020, I invite all residents

of District 17 to pay special attention

to taking care of the eye health of you

and your family members.

EVENTS IN DISTRICT 17: During

the week, I typically attend a number

of events. Many are held in Lincoln,

but whenever I am home, I also try to

attend events taking place in the District. This past week, I was pleased

to attend the Chamber events in

South Sioux City and Wayne. The

1920s regalia at the Wayne Chamber

Banquet was impressive and fun.

The Wayne Chamber of Commerce

announced annual awards in areas

of Most Valuable Patron, Business

of the Year, Teacher of the Year and

Citizen of the Year. Congratulations

to each winner. At the South Sioux

City Chamber event, I learned about

the great status of businesses in the

area and learned more about Siouland Freedom Park. It was wonderful

to learn of the fundraising efforts of

the Chamberettes and that alumni

from Leadership Dakota County

have made it their mission to raise

$250,000 to complete the interior of

the Interpretive Center at Freedom

Park. The building in Freedom Park

is a museum dedicated to remembering veterans and their contributions

to Nebraska and to our nation. The

Chamber also made five awards to

outstanding teachers in District 17.

It is exciting to see so much positive

activity going on in District 17.

DATES YOU SHOULD KNOW:

February 13, 2020 will bring leaders from District 17 at the South

Sioux City Legislative visit. Attendees will hear from the Governor, the

State Chamber, and others in state

leadership positions.

February 26, 2020 the Northeast

Nebraska Chamber group is visiting

the Capitol.

If you are one of the visitors with

either group, please plan to stop by

my office Rm. 1404 to say hello.

As always, it is of great importance

that I hear from my constituents to

effectively do my job as your voice

in the Legislature. I encourage you

to contact me and I look forward to

hearing from you. You can reach

me by phone at 402-471-2716 or by

email at jalbrecht@leg.ne.gov

SUMMONS

( Publication)

IN THE HO-CHUNK NATION TRIAL

COURT

In the Interest of Minor : B.C.D.-S.,

DOB 01/30/2016

Case : PA 19-20

TO THE NATURAL MOTHER, POTENTIAL FATHER, GUARDIAN, HOCHUNK NATION CHILD SUPPOR T

AGENCY, OR ADULT CHILD WHOSE

PATERNITY WAS NEVER ESTABLISHED: Ilia C. Snowball

You are hereby informed that you

have been deemed an interested party

in this paternity action. This legal

notice of the filed Petition for Paternity is now served upon you by publication. A proceeding concerning the

above-named child is pending in the

Ho-Chunk Nation Trial Court, and an

adjudication will be made.

You have twenty (20) days from

the date of the second publication to

respond to the Petition for Paternity,

failure to do so will cause the Court to

proceed without your participation. An

Answer (response) shall be filed with

the court at the address given below.

The Court shall convene a Paternity

Hearing in accordance with Hocak Nation Child Support enforcement Code

4 HCC § 7.19.

The Court shall commence a pro-

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ20-006

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

A. B. (Born 12/2019)

To:

JONAS WALKER, Father

You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning

the above referred minor individual(s)

in case no. JFJ20-006 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago

Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska

on the 3RD day of MARCH, 2020 at the

hour of 2:00 P. M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ20-007

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

R. M. (Born 7/2004)

To: MARLENA GRIFFIN aka

MILLER, Mother

MICAH MILLER, Father

You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning

the above referred minor individual(s)

in case no. JFJ20-007 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago

Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska

on the 3rd day of MARCH, 2020 at the

hour of 11:30 A. M.

ceeding at 10:00 on the 10th day of

March, 2020 for the following purpose:

Paternity Hearing. Pursuant to Hocak Nation Children and Family Act,

Para. 3.35, the parties have a right to

counsel at their own expense; a right

to confront and cross-examine those

appearing against them; a right to present and subpoena witnesses; a right to

substitution of judge; and a right to a

jury trial. You have additionally been

provided a “Notice to Respondent” that

sets forth your right and defenses and

provides notice of the potential of being

held in contempt of court:

NOTICE – VIOLATION OF THIS

ORDER IS SUBJECT TO PROCEEDINGS FOR CONTEMPT OF COUR T.

SUBPOENAS: 'THE FAILURE TO

COMPLY WITH A SUBPOENA SHALL

SUBJECT THE PERSON FAILING TO

COMPLY TO THE CONTEMPT POWER

OF THE COURT.' THE COURT MAY

FIND ANY PARTY TO THIS MATTER IN

CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR FAILURE

TO APPEAR AT A COURT HEARING

OR FOR FAILURE TO FOLLOW COURT

ORDERS.

The Trial Court is physically located

at Wa Ehi Hocira, W9598 Highway

54 East, Black River Falls, (Jackson

County) Wisconsin. The Trial Court’s

mailing address is P. O. Box 70, Black

River Falls, WI 54615. The telephone

number is (715) 284-2722, or toll free

800-434-4070, and the facsimile number is (715) 284-3136.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ20-005BCD

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

A. T. (Born 6/2016)

A. T. (Born 6/2016)

R. T. (Born 1/2018)

To:

RODNEY THOMAS, Father

You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning

the above referred minor individual(s)

in case no. JFJ20-005BCD has been

scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 2nd day of JUNE, 2020

at the hour of 9:00 A. M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV12-050

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

LOLA BERNIE

In Re:

D. G. (Born 1/2011)

TO:

LOLA KEARNES, Guardian

HOLLY GRIFFIN, Mother

VICTOR MALDONADA, Father

You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed for Guardianship

and a hearing concerning the above

referred Individual(s) in Case No. CV12050 has been scheduled and will be

heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court of

Winnebago, Nebraska on the 19TH day

of MARCH, 2020 at the hour of 11:00

A.M.

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