Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 48, Number 22 Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 48, Number 22 Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Halloween, A Favorite Holiday for Winnebago Kiddies

Bago Bits…

The #1 Cornhusker Fan was hard at it

cheering on his Huskers last week and

his patience paid off this week with a

Husker 1 point win over the Boilermakers.

HCI Farms is cashing in on this year’s

crop of Corn & Beans all over the Winnebago Reservation.

This past Monday Winnebago Educare held its annual Halloween Party and Trick or Treat event throughout the Winnebago Community.

Every year, for how long, who knows, the Winnebago Organization and business community have hosted a Trick or Treat event for what

used to be the Head Start Program and is now Educare Winnebago, students. The little ghouls & goblins make their rounds to almost every

department and business throughout the entire Rez. By the time these little Trick or Treaters hit V.J.’s desk they each had buckets full of

goodies, so he tricked them, with that funny face, than he gave them a treat.

LaPointe Makes 3rd Straight Trip to State XC Meet

Past WIN Editor, Karen Michel Lincoln

was recently honored by Tomah High

School where she graduated all those

years ago, as a “Distinguished Alumni.”

Congrats ole Boss Lady!

The Winnebago Volunteer Fire Department has been busy the past few weeks

sharing their message of Fire Safety with

students at the WPS, St. Augustine’s and

Educare. They also been showing off

their new ladder truck…ashtona Issac.

Winnebago High School Senior D’Von, “Baby D” LaPointe recently made his third straight trip to the Nebraska State Athletic Associations

Cross Country Meet. The WHS held a send off for D’Von and his coaching staff as they headed to the State Meet held annually at the

Kearney, Nebraska Country Club. Teammates Momo & Kainyn also made the trip to back up their bro as he went on to finish 26th out of a

field of 150 runners. Congratz D’Von, Coach MacArthur & Markave, my bad, that moist guy all the way on the left is WHS Athletic Director,

Adam James.

Tribal Economics: A Dark Past and Promising Future

BY

On October 11th, a Winnebago Daughter, Daunette Reyome delivered a great

speech at the United Nations, “Day of the

Girl Summit.” Daunette is the Daughter of

Greg Bass, Jr.

Alfred & Nate recently took part in the

Walk Against Meth held in Winnebago

last weekend.

ABOUREZK

The path toward economic self-sufficiency has been a long and complicated

one for the Winnebago Tribe, but the

future looks bright, said Lance Morgan,

president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc.,

during a speech in Lincoln on Tuesday

evening.

Morgan gave the fifth annual Hubbard Lecture at the Great Plains

Art Museum near the University of

Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus. His

speech was sponsored by the University of Nebraska State Museum, Center

for Great Plains Studies and the Great

Plains Art Museum.

His speech, “Tribal Economics: A

Dark Past and Promising Future,” detailed the economic revitalization of the

Winnebago Tribe and offered plans for

future projects. With 1,200 employees

and $270 million in annual revenues,

Ho-Chunk Inc. has become a model for

economic development efforts within

tribal communities across the country.

He began his talk by describing the

many challenges his tribe faced in trying

to build a viable economy.

Chief among those challenges, Morgan said, was federal Indian policy that

too often has impeded economic growth

within tribal communities.

“We have this whole foundational

legal system that’s built on exploitation, built on the fundamental principle

that Indians can’t govern themselves,”

he said.

With legislation such as the Indian

Reorganization Act of 1934 — which

helped establish modern tribal governing structures — the federal government sought to prevent the sale of tribal

lands by individual tribal members by

taking those lands into trust on behalf

of tribes, Morgan said.

That singular act — preventing ownership of tribal lands by individual tribal

Con’t. on page 3

Indianz.com… Native American psychologists slam police tactics a Standing Rock

Native youth and veter an experienced #NoDAPL trauma

Monday, October 30, 2017

B y

Jennifer & Leta were part of the Job Fair

last week sponsored by HoChunk, Inc.

Participants were introduced to the many

employment opportunities available at

HCI.

KEVIN

K e v i n

A b o u r e z k

Trenton Bakeberg sang and poured

water over red-hot rocks that turned to

steam in the center of the sweat lodge

that afternoon nearly a year ago.

A young man sat across from him

inside the sacred circle. Outside, a

V i s i t

u s

a t

cold wind carried the sound of an approaching army across the prairie near

Cannonball, North Dakota.

The night before, a camp crier had

awoken those sleeping in the camp set

up in the path of the Dakota Access

Pipeline. “The cavalry’s coming,” the

man had shouted. But the cavalry didn’t

come that night.

Still, the protesters awoke that morning with a sense of dread, knowing their

camp would likely be razed that day,

October 27, 2016. All around the site

known as the Treaty Camp, National

Guard soldiers with sniper rifles set

themselves up on hills while vehicles

with rocket launchers rolled into position.

The 20-year -old Cheyenne River

Sioux man and his friend continued

their prayers inside the inipi, singing

the songs their relatives and ceremonial

leaders had taught them. They had just

begun the fourth and final round when a

police officer yelled at them from outside

the small hut to finish their ceremony.

Before they could finish, however, police

officers began tearing down the sweat

lodge, pulling the blankets off the willow

branch structure.

“I got scared because I knew they

were desecrating the ceremony,” Bakeberg said.

An officer dressed in full riot gear

reached into the hut and grabbed him

and pulled him out. The officer used

zip ties to bind his hands behind his

back and began leading him to a nearby

ditch. Wearing only boxers, Bakeberg

shivered as the officer pushed him onto

the ground and told him to wait.

He begged for clothes, but the officer

said nothing.

“He wouldn’t even look at me.”

A relative from his reservation was

sitting nearby and scooted close to

Bakeberg to keep him warm. An elderly

woman handed him a towel to wrap

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Bago News

Winnebago Veteran’s Day Honoring Powwow

Saturday, November 11th, 2017

Blackhawk Community Center Gym

DINNER AT 12 NOON

Sponsored by the American Legion Post #363 LaMere/Greencrow/Rice Women’s Auxiliary

Powwow Grand Entry to Follow Dinner

Host Drum: Haylushka

Head Man Dancer: Scott Aldrich

Head Woman Dancer: Crystal Ross

Master of Ceremonies: Chris Grezlik

Arena Director: Eugene DeCora

Donations Being Accepted; Make checks/money orders payable to: American Legion Post #363.

For more information contact: Jerome LaPointe, Sr. (712) 635-7396.

Winnebago Indian News, Wednesday, November 1, 2017 — Page 3

Winnebago News

Thoughts from the Shallow End of the Pool… JESUS OUR SAVIOR

By Lance Morgan

LUTHERAN OUTREACH

I haven’t written a column for a

few weeks. Sorry, I get busy sometimes and it can be hard to meet the

deadline when traveling. I don’t have

a full subject so I will touch on a few

little topics.

Darla LaPointe and New Officers

I haven’t written anything since

the tribal election. I feel for Darla

LaPointe. I can’t say that I know her

that well personally, but what I did

see was the courage to make a stand

and assume a leadership role. That

very stand is probably one of the main

reasons she didn’t get reelected. I

personally want to thank her publicly

for her service to the Winnebago Tribe.

Speaking of the tribal election. Last

year was a tough year and I witnessed

all our officers working very hard to

represent our interests on a local,

state and federal level. However, we

lost a lot of leadership experience

when Kenny Mallory, Tori Kitcheyan

and Vince Bass were not selected as

officers again this year. We have a

new Vice-Chairman, Treasurer and

Secretary. This year we will likely

have some new approaches and I hope

the change works out for the best, but

I also wanted to acknowledge the hard

work and experience of our previous

officers.

Hard Rock Casino

I really don’t pay the Hard Rock

Casino much attention, but I noticed a

billboard outside of Homer that seems

to be targeted at Indians. When you

are leaving Homer, and headed north,

they have a billboard with an Indian

woman celebrating at the Hard Rock.

I think the point of the racially targeted advertising is to suggest that

Natives should go to their casino. I get

that, but I doubt that same billboard

is outside of any other non-Indian

town. I guess at least we matter now

enough to be a target demographic.

However, I am going to choose to believe that she is celebrating that she

took the Hard Rock’s money and not

the tribe’s at WinnaVegas.

A Helpful Suggestion

We started Rez Cars years ago,

because so many of our people were

being exploited by lenders with high

rates. I think people still have issues

with car payments, but cell phone

bills seem to be just as much as a

challenge. But with so many service

providers, people can bounce around

to carriers. This means when I want

to call a relative in Bago, I will often

have 5 or 6 different numbers. I lose

track of their new number and forget

to delete the old contact. So, I have

just been adding the year to their new

contact number and it has saved me

a lot of time.

I can also use this as a sort of

measuring stick of how their lives are

progressing. I have a relative that had

six phone numbers in 4 years and now

they have had the same phone number

for two years and it is likely because

they have gotten their act together and

are working steadily. I have multiple

examples in my contact list of this issue. I would never have thought cell

phone numbers would be an economic

and social indicator, but it really helps

me keep track of how my relatives are

doing. So, it is my sincere hope that

you keep your cell phone number for

many happy years to come.

Debtors Prison

Last one. I talked to a retired lawyer in Sioux City who told me he used

to come to Thurston county court or

tribal court—it was unclear which one

it was. He said that some appliance

company could put people in jail if

they didn’t pay for their washer and

dryer. Apparently, the court agreed

to it because it was the only way to

get credit for tribal members on the

reservation. I don’t know how much

of this is true, but I thought it worth

sharing. This leads me to another

subject. Several people in town are

way behind on their rez car payments

and will likely be taken to tribal court

soon. I bet they wouldn’t be that far

behind if they could be sent to jail for

not paying.

Contact me at hochunk@aol.com

“500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation”

October 31st, 2017 marked the

500th anniversary of the Lutheran

Reformation. It was on October 31st,

1517, the day before All Saints’ Day or

All Hallow’s Eve, that an Augustinian

Monk and Doctor of Theology by the

name of Martin Luther nailed 95 theses,

(positions or propositions for discussion), on the door of the Castle Church

in Wittenberg, Germany.

These propositions of Dr. Luther

were placed on the bulletin board (of

its day) to be discussed. Many of these

theses questioned the Roman Catholic

Church’s sale of indulgences. An indulgence was a paper that could be purchased to satisfy the penance or work

that one needed to do for the forgiveness of one’s sin. According to Roman

Catholic Church teaching Jesus died

for one’s original sin that was inherited

from one’s parents. This sin was washed

away at one’s baptism. However, each

sin committed thereafter needed to be

named and satisfied.

Half of the sale of an indulgence

would be sent to Rome to pay for the

building of the Basilica of St. Peter;

while the other half was split between

Elector Joachim, Elector of Brandenburg, and his brother Albert, who was

the bishop of Halberstadt and archbishop of Magdeburg and Mainz. These

two brothers were in debt to the bank

for the loan they received in order to be

given their positions by Pope Alexander

VI and Pope Leo X, respectively.

The 95 theses were printed on the

Guttenberg press in German and

quickly were distributed throughout

Germany. In 1521 Dr. Martin Luther

was called before the Diet (deliberative assembly of the Roman Catholic

Church) of Worms, on the Rhine River in

Germany. Luther was ordered to recant

all of his writings or be condemned as

a heretic.

Luther asked to be shown on the basis of Scripture where he was in error.

He was given no proof, only the option

of recanting or else. Luther said that he

could not deny what was written in his

books. If he denied God’s truth, then

sin and evil would increase their power.

He went on to say that he was bound

by Scripture and by his conscience and

that he could not and would not recant.

“Here I stand. I can do not other. God

help me. Amen.”

Luther was called by Emperor

Charles a “devil in monk’s clothing”

and excommunicated from the Roman

Pastor Ricky Jacob

Catholic Church and condemned as a

heretic. He was kidnapped by friends

and went into hiding in the Wartburg

Castle. It was during his ten month

stay that Luther translated the New

Testament into German, (he would go

on to complete the whole Bible in German in 1534).

As Dr. Luther studied the original

languages of the Hebrew Old Testament

and the Greek New Testament, he came

to understand what came to be known

as the five solas of the Reformation.

Sola is Latin for ‘alone.’ The five solas

are in Latin: Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Solus Christus, Sola Scriptura, and Soli

Deo Gloria! In English: Grace alone,

Faith alone, Christ alone, Scripture

alone, and To God alone be glory!

In short, a born sinner is saved by

grace alone, through faith alone, in

Christ Jesus alone, that is found in

Scripture alone. Through all of this, to

God alone be all glory and praise! Since

one’s salvation is based solely on God

and his saving work one holding on to

his/her faith can rest assured of his or

her place in paradise.

Luther came to understand this by

the power of the Holy Spirit teaching

Him through Sacred Scripture. One

such passage was: “For by grace you

have been saved through faith. And

this is not your own doing; it is the gift

of God, not a result of works, so that

no one may boast.” [Ephesians 2:8-9

ESV] Note the words grace and faith,

gracious gifts of God!

There was no longer a need to

confess each and every sin, and then

make satisfaction or penance. Jesus

had paid for one’s sin completely as

he proclaimed from the cross when he

said: “It is finished!” Or when he told

the woman who had been caught in

adultery: “Neither do I condemn you.

Go and leave your life of sin.”

Another key passage of Scripture

is found in Paul’s letter to the saints

at Rome: ‘But now the righteousness

of God has been manifested apart

from the law, although the Law and

the Prophets bear witness to it—the

righteousness of God through faith in

Jesus Christ for all who believe. For

there is no distinction: for all have

sinned and fall short of the glory of

God, and are justified by his grace as a

gift, through the redemption that is in

Christ Jesus’ [Romans 3:21-24 ESV].

Again the words faith and grace are

gifts through the redeeming or saving

work of Christ alone!

Sola Deo Gloria!

Continued from front page: Tribal Economics: A Dark Past and Promising Future

members or tribes — has had resounding

implications for tribes, which now struggle

to establish viable economies without the

ability to use their lands as collateral in

order to seek loans for economic development projects and other improvements,

Morgan said. The move to trust lands also

means individual tribal members can’t

ever own the lands their homes are built

upon, which undercuts efforts to encourage home ownership, he said.

The trust land system also prevents

tribes from imposing property taxes and

deprives them of a much-needed revenue

source used by most local and state governments to fund services such as schools,

roads and public safety. As a result, the

federal government — through the Bureau

of Indian Affairs — must fund and operate

tribal education, infrastructure and public

safety programs.

“If I have to pick one reason we are poor,

it is because of tribal trust land,” he said.

At the same time, tribes continue to

support the federal trust land system as it

provides a bulwark against the encroachment of states seeking to expand their

jurisdictional powers onto tribal lands,

he said. That has created a tough political situation for those seeking to generate

economic activity on reservations, Morgan

said.

“I don’t know why we have to choose

poverty to have jurisdictional power and

self-determination,” he said. “I sort of

think there has to be another way.”

Morgan shared a story about his grandfather, who once came home from work

one day, angry after having been rebuked

by the farmer who had employed him. As

it turned out, the lands upon which his

grandfather had worked that day actually belonged to his grandfather, who had

been forced to lease rights to the land to

the farmer since he was unable to use the

land as collateral himself in order to buy

farming equipment.

“He has to stand on the corner, get

picked up in a truck and go work as a field

hand on his land because he has no ability

to do it, because he doesn’t have the capital

resources to do it,” Morgan said.

The incident frustrated Morgan and

he determined himself to do something

about it.

His opportunity came in 1994, when he

became the first employee of Ho-Chunk

Inc., a company the Winnebago Tribe

formed to push economic development

efforts on the tribe’s reservation in northeast Nebraska. Founded with an original

investment of $9 million from the tribe, the

company has generated an almost $75 million return on investment for the tribe and

contributed more than $53 million back to

the Winnebago community between 2000

and 2014 alone. Those contributions had

a $100.7 million impact on the reservation.

The road to economic recovery required

investment in a variety of subsidiary

enterprises in order to begin overcoming

the many fundamental challenges facing

individual tribal members.

HCI invested in a modular housing

company and started a construction firm

to address the housing shortage on the

reservation. The company also started a

used car dealership to help tribal members

build up their credit so they could begin

obtaining home mortgages. To that end,

HCI also invested in a regional bank to

facilitate mortgages.

“If you want to do one thing on the reservation, you have to do everything,” he said.

With all of the challenges facing them,

however, tribes also enjoy a few advantages

in their economic development efforts, Morgan said. For example, tribes don’t have to

pay federal income tax, no matter where

they do business. Tribes do, however, have

to pay state income taxes for any business

they conduct off their reservations.

Tribes can also write their own laws, giving them the ability to alter their tax codes

to better benefit from the sale of items taxed

federally, including tobacco, gasoline and

gaming establishments.

In addition, tribes enjoy sovereign immunity and cannot be sued.

HCI, Morgan said, also has benefitted

from government contracting and has obtained nearly $50 million in grants.

A key to the company’s success has

been in the Winnebago Tribe’s willingness

to keep tribal politics out of the operation of

Ho-Chunk Inc. The company’s five-member

board of directors includes two tribal council members, not enough to sway decisions

about the company’s operation but enough

to maintain communication with the tribal

council, Morgan said.

That separation of political governance

and economic development has become a

model emulated by numerous tribes across

America, he said.

Morgan said he’s recently begun work

on trying to establish a plan to develop a

cohesive cultural, ethical and moral system that will allow the Winnebago Tribe to

integrate its cultural traditions and beliefs

into its modern economic systems.

“We’re not hunter gatherers anymore.

We’re not subsistence farmers,” he said.

“Our trick is what to take from that past.”

He said too often individual tribal

members criticize each other for not being “Indian enough.” That attitude has

discouraged some tribal members from

getting involved in economic development

programs, he said.

“If we create this modern successful

tribal company and half of our people are

left in poverty, then we have not been successful,” he said.

As HCI looks toward the future, it has

begun efforts to diversify its economic

portfolio. Admittedly motivated by paranoia

about state or federal efforts to deprive the

tribe of its assets, Morgan said HCI has begun investing in real estate. The company

purchased a high-rise building in nearby

Sioux City, Iowa, in 2012 that has allowed

the tribe to establish a powerful economic

presence in that community. The company

renamed the building Ho-Chunk Centre.

The tribe plans to further develop real

estate in Sioux City, Iowa, and in South

Sioux City, Nebraska, just across the Missouri River.

Those plans include a $30 million ef-

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in downtown Sioux City into a modern

residential and commercial district called

Virginia Square. The project’s first phase

was completed in late 2016 with the

opening of a three-story building with 20

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Those plans also include redevelopment of 200 acres along the Missouri River

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That project likely will take 15 years to

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Morgan said he’s hopeful these investments will position HCI and the Winnebago

Tribe to weather whatever economic and

political storms may come in the future.

“In some ways, Ho-Chunk is a miracle

and so I don’t want to lose that,” he said.

He shared a story about the ribboncutting ceremony for Ho-Chunk Centre.

He described being flanked by the

president of the bank that approved the

loan to HCI to purchase the building, the

Sioux City chamber of commerce president

and the mayor. As he began speaking,

Morgan lifted up two bottles of whiskey

and announced that the bank president

had given him the whiskey after the deal

between the bank and the tribe had concluded.

The audience that day let loose an

audible gasp upon hearing the story. But

Morgan explained that he was happy to

have received the whiskey. He explained

that his tribe had been forced from its

lands in Wisconsin at the point of a gun

and with the help of gifts of alcohol given

to tribal leaders to try to make them more

amenable to being dispossessed of their

lands.

He said he was glad to be able to receive the whiskey for an entirely different

reason.

“We have arrived because in the first

time in our business history we have been

given alcohol after we signed a deal,” he

said.

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around himself. The three protesters waited for what seemed like

hours until officers finally loaded

them into buses and drove them to

jail, where they printed numbers on

their arms to identify them.

Bakeberg became No. 162.

Transferred to a county jail

nearly three hours away, he spent

nearly three days in jail before being released.

He spent the next year trying to

make sense of that cold day on the

prairie.

“I freeze up when I think about it.

Everything changed after that day.”

The gathering of tens of thousands of Native Americans and

their allies to the construction

grounds in North Dakota last year

drew international attention and

became a pivotal moment in Indian

history, when tribes united to stand

against what they considered greed

and the destruction of natural resources.

Oil began flowing June 1 from

the $3.8 billion pipeline after the

final portion of the 1,172-mile

pipeline was completed less than

a half-mile north of the Standing

Rock Sioux Reservation in North

Dakota.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

have sued to stop the project. In

June, Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration

to conduct a more thorough review

of the project, though at the time

he didn’t say whether the pipeline

could continue to transport oil

while the case proceeds.

On October 11, however, Boasberg ruled the oil could continue to

flow while the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers finishes an environmental review on the agency permit.

The months-long protest drew

many non-Indian protesters, men

and women who stood alongside

Indians from nearly every tribe

in America, hoisting signs and

chanting phrases like “Mni Wiconi”

(water is life in Lakota) and “You

can’t drink oil.” Those protesters

routinely clashed with law enforcement officers, whose used rubber

bullets, water cannons, mace and

tear gas to disperse crowds.

An association of Native American psychologists recently published a paper criticizing the law

enforcement response to the pipeline protests, as well as the mili-

tary-style tactics used by a security

firm hired by the company that built

the Dakota Access Pipeline.

The October 4 report by the Society of Indian Psychologists criticized

the security firm, TigerSwan, citing internal company documents

revealed by the news website The

Intercept that showed the firm’s

attempts to label the protest movement as “terrorist,” “jihadist” and

“violent.”

“We wholeheartedly reject the

militarized treatment of un-armed

and peaceful Water Protectors, including but not limited to monitoring and surveillance, infiltration,

and aggressive ‘non-lethal actions,’”

the association said in its paper.

The security firm has come under

fire by the North Dakota Private Investigative and Security Board for

operating in North Dakota without

a license. In a June 12 complaint,

the board said it denied an application from TigerSwan founder James

Patrick Reese to become a licensed

private security provider.

Reese and his firm have “illegally

continued to conduct private investigative and/or private security

services in North Dakota following

the denial of their application of

licensure,” the board wrote in its

complaint.

The use of non-lethal tactics by

law enforcement led to numerous

injuries among protesters, the Society of Indian Psychologists wrote

in its paper, citing the evacuation of

26 protesters to area hospitals on

November 20, 2016, alone.

“The tactics used against the

Water Protectors included the creation of a militarized zone, with

helicopters and a Cessna plane conducting ongoing surveillance from

the air,” the group wrote. “As the

movement continued, alleged high

intensity spotlights were focused on

the camps at night, and intelligence

was gained through use of infiltrators and informants.”

The psychologists’ association

said the use of such tactics likely

had a powerful psychological impact

on the protesters, many of whom

were military veterans who may

have re-experienced past traumatic

experiences while on the frontlines

in North Dakota.

“Given that we know a great

number of Native American people

participated in the movement, and

that multigenerational trauma and

the ongoing effects of colonialism

have left their mark, it is likely to

have triggered normative fear and

recurrence of traumatic themes

from history,” the association

wrote.

Civilians involved in the protests who remained at the camps

for long periods of time likely have

suffered “normative paranoia” and

fear as a result of constant stress

from anti-protest tactics employed

by law enforcement, the association wrote. Protesters may have

begun to question who they could

trust and whether they would ever

be truly safe again, the group said.

“Some might find their confidence in the democratic right to

protest, afforded as a self-evident

truth, diminished,” the group

wrote.

Tonia Stands spent months at

Standing Rock, leaving only after

law enforcement cleared out the

last camp — Oceti Sakowin — on

February 23.

That day is carved in her memory, and the 39-year-old Oglala

Lakota and former Marine fights

through tears to describe what she

experienced on that final day.

As officers stormed the camp,

Stands and other protesters were

engaging in a sacred pipe, or

canupa, ceremony. As she held

her medicine pipe up, an officer

grabbed the sacred object and tried

to wrest it from her, damaging the

object.

“They don’t have the authority to

touch that sacred item,” she said.

The officers pointed their guns

at the protesters and gave them

5 minutes to leave. Many officers

began pouring gasoline on people’s

personal belongings and temporary

shelters, igniting several fires, she

said. Stands managed to chase officers away from her tent.

She describes seeing a helicopter

gunner who pointed his finger at

protesters, mimicking a shooting

motion and laughing as the aircraft

flew above the camp that day.

Not long after some of those

officers were chased away after

pouring gasoline on several shelters but before burning down the

structures, Stands’ 18-year-old

niece and the girl’s younger brother

walked into camp to collect some

of their belongings. As the young

woman lit a cigarette, the flame ignited gas fumes, causing an explo-

sion that burned much of her face.

She had to endure several painful reconstructive surgeries and

remains scarred, physically and

emotionally, from the incident,

Stands said.

“Nobody remembers her,” she

said, struggling to get the words

out. “Nobody honors her.”

Since his fateful encounter with

police and his brief imprisonment

nearly a year ago, Bakeberg has

fought back feelings of depression

and insecurity. He said he’s only

participated in sweat lodge ceremonies twice since October 27, 2016,

far less than his nearly twice-amonth routine before that day.

He’s also leaned on alcohol for respite more than he ever did before.

Nightmares, panic attacks and a

gnawing fear that corporations are

slowly taking control of America’s

democratic institutions also have

plagued him.

“Ever since then, I felt like the

world is ending,” he said. “The

trauma is real, and I’m not the

only one.”

But he hasn’t given up the fight.

In early October, he joined youth

leaders from across America in Aspen, Colorado, to explore ways to

improve education and employment

opportunities for at-risk youth.

A freestyle rap artist, Bakeberg

also has used his music to speak

out about the need to continue the

fight against corporate greed in

America.

In September, he performed an

original song called “Mni Wiconi”

in a talent show on his reservation.

Why should we listen?

They’re not respectin’ the treaties

These people are evil

They pulled me out of the inipi

They call it business

I t ’ s

s a c r i l e g i o u s

I’ve witnessed the sickness and it’s ridiculous

My forgiveness is freaky

Mni wiconi

S o c i e t y

o f

I n d i an Psychologists Report:

Educational Paper Regarding the

Use of Counterterrorism Tactics on

Native Peoples and Allies(October

2017)

For this and more stories from

around Indian Country visit us at

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Community News

SUICIDE IN INDIAN COUNTRY PART 6

Depression and suicide affect people of all ages and populations. American

Indian/Alaska Native populations experience a higher rate of suicide than any

other group in the United States.

METH SHORT-TERM EFFECTS

Friends and Family

If someone you know is struggling emotionally or is in crisis, you can make

a difference by getting them the help and support they may need. Watch for

these suicide warning signs:

Talking about wanting to die or to kill themselves

Looking for a way to kill themselves, like researching online or buying a gun

Talking about feeling hopeless or having no reason to live

Talking about feeling trapped or in unbearable pain

Talking about being a burden to others

Increasing the use of alcohol or drugs

Acting anxious or agitated, or behaving recklessly

Sleeping too little or too much

Withdrawing or isolating themselves

Showing rage or talking about seeking revenge

Extreme mood swings

Do's when helping:

DO talk openly about suicide

DO be willing to listen

DO allow expressions of feeling

DO get involved, be available, and show interest and support

DO remove means, such as weapons, rope, or pills

Don'ts when helping:

Do NOT dare him or her to do something harmful

Do NOT act shocked, judge, or "one-up" (example: "You’re having a bad day?

You should hear about my day!"), as this encourages disconnection

Do NOT be sworn to secrecy; do seek support

Do NOT offer glib reassurance

Suicide is a scary topic, but help and education are available. 1-800-273-8255

(TALK), 1-402-878-2911, After Hours Crisis # 1-712-259-3263.

Loss of appetite

Increased heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature

Dilation of pupils

Disturbed sleep patterns

Nausea

Bizarre, erratic, sometimes violent behavior

Hallucinations, hyperexcitability, irritability

Panic and psychosis

Convulsions, seizures and death from high doses

METH LONG-TERM EFFECTS

•Permanent damage to blood vessels of heart and

brain, high blood pressure

leading to heart attacks, strokes and death

•Liver, kidney and lung damage

•Destruction of tissues in nose if sniffed

•Respiratory (breathing) problems if smoked

•Infectious diseases and abscesses if injected

•Malnutrition, weight loss

•Severe tooth decay

•Disorientation, apathy, confused exhaustion

•Strong psychological dependence

•Psychosis

•Depression

•Damage to the brain similar to Alzheimer’s disease,3 stroke and epilepsy

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Winnebago Behavioral Health

P.O. Box 446, Winnebago, NE 68071

Ph. 402-878-2911

Fax 402-878-2027

Masthead Scene

Treivan Bear & Nieman were at it again last weekend hosting the 2nd

Annual Monster Smash Co-ed Softball Tourney. Participants were required

to dress up for Halloween during play, and most of them did. 1st, Dead or

Alive is pictured here, 2nd Dead Presidents and 3rd were the Stunners &

Dingers. Best dressed were Coney Island crew who were dressed like the

Warriors & Baseball Furies. Treivan & Nieman would like to thank the boys

& girls club for providing concessions, the LOW, and Peachy Photography.

LEGAL NOTICE

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-007AB

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ17-043

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

K. M. (DOB 08-06-2017)

To:

SANTANA MCCAULEY,

You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning

the above referred minor individual(s)

in case no. JFJ17-043 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago

Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska

on the 5TH day of DECEMBER, 2017

at the hour of 10:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-014

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

FRIEDA BREUM,

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

ELIZABETH BAYER,

In Re:

T. B. (DOB 01/2004)

T. W. (DOB 07/2006)

In Re:

M. S. (DOB 02/2000)

TO:

DOROTHY BREUM, Mother

TIRELL WABASHA, 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. CV18-007AB

has been scheduled and will be heard

in the Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 9TH day of

JANUARY, 2018 at the hour of 10:00

A.M.

TO:

Mother

DENISE SAUL MILFORD,

You are hereby notified that a petition

has been filed for Guardianship and a

hearing concerning the above referred

Individual(s) in Case No. CV18-014 has

been scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 11TH day of DECEMBER, 2017 at the hour of 11:00 A.M.

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