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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

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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
apartment units.
Those plans also include redevelopment of 200 acres along the Missouri River
in South Sioux City, an ambitious $75 million project called Flatwater Crossing that
includes construction of 1,000 new homes.
That project likely will take 15 years to
complete, though most of the project’s
streets have been completed.
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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Bago News
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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)
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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.

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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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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Awinnebago%3A95600496a3eca645. Public record. Not legal advice.