Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 49, Number 1 • Saturday, January 11, 2020

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Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 49, Number 1 • Saturday, January 11, 2020

New Year's Eve Sobriety Powwow and Celebration

The work on the Neola Walker building is

almost complete.

Community members gathered at the Blackhawk Center on New Year's Eve to bring in the new year with food, dancing and singing.

Pictured above is the fish dance, led by headman dancer, Craig "Tunny" Cleveland Jr..

#50 David Wingett, goes up for a shot to

score for the Jackrabbits.

Calling all Winnebago basketball fans!

The first 500 fans will get a FREE hot dog

from Ho-Chunk, Inc. during the matchup

between the Winnebago Indians and

the visiting Emerson-Hubbard Pirates on

Tuesday, January 14th. JV Boys & Girls

Basketball will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by the Varsity games. Go Big Blue!

Couples compete in the two-step for the top 3 winning spots. Pictured in middle are the two-step champs, Lula and little Eugene DeCora.

Wisner-Pilger Holiday Shootout CHAMPIONS!

On January 2nd, there were 81 girls competing at the Winnebago Lady Indians All

Girls Invite wrestling match. Girls wrestling appears to be up and coming.

Winnebago boys basketball team closes out the year on a good note as tournament champs! The boys played in the "Shootout on the Elkhorn Holiday Basketball Tournament" on December 28 & 30, 2019.

Winnnebago alumni, Aspen LaPointe,

continues his college basketball career

with the Haskell Indians.

Death of woman on Omaha Reservation under investigation

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Winnebago boys wrestling team makes

wrestling finals at LNI tournament. The

story in this issue.

Tribal and federal authorities are investigating the death of a young woman

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on the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska.

According to news reports, 29-yearold Ashlea Aldrich, a mother of two, was

found in a field on the reservation earlier

this week. In a post on social media,

the victim's mother blamed the death

on domestic violence, an act committed

by someone known to the family and to

local law enforcement.

"He beat my daughter and left her in

a field!! ... dead!" Tillie Aldrich wrote on

Tuesday. Her post contains photos of

the site where Ashlea's body was found.

The Omaha Tribe has shut down

most operations for the day, as has

the Nebraska Indian Community College, amid the investigation. A post on

social media referenced the impact of

Aldrich's death on the reservation.

"Today, we filled with grief as a com-

munity," the post read. "When our

community hurts, we all hurt. May

Wakonda give strength in this time of

sorrow and sadness."

Women on the reservation held a

candlelight vigil in memory of Aldrich

on Tuesday night. Another one is scheduled for Wednesday evening.

In a post on social media, one participant wrote: "let us stand against

domestic violence let us show Ashlea

we care" and "let us show support to

her family"

Another vigil is being planned at the

Indian Center in Lincoln on Saturday.

For this and more stories from around

Indian Country visit us at www.indianz.

com

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BAGO NEWS

Next WIN News Deadline:

January 20th

Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, January 11, 2020 — Page 3

COMMUNITY NEWS

WPS Indians Wrestling Team

Wrestlers Go 2-0 To End 2019 Dual Season

The Winnebago Wrestling team traveled to Oakland for the Oakland/Superior

Dual on Dec 20th. Starting out against Superior the Indians tied the school record for team points in a dual with 54. Picking up wins in the dual were Ricky

Suarez, Robbie Lovejoy, Ladanian Free, Michael Thomas-Horton, Adain Robles,

Antonio Robles, Matthew McDonald, Elias BLue, Mario Suniga. The wrestlers

also took on Oakland and came away with another win getting wins from Suarez,

Lovejoy, Earth, both Robles’, McDonald, and Suniga.

Indians Put 5 in the Finals, One Champ, Take 3rd as Team at

Lakota Nations Invite

The Indians took off to Rapid City to defend the LNI title they won last season

and would come up a little short but brought home 3rd place. It was a good tourney

for the Indians bringing 10 scoring wrestlers compared to Pine Ridge having all

14 weights filled. There were a few things we didn’t get done when we needed to

and that pushed Todd County ahead of us. We came up 3 points short of RunnerUp and with a few different outcomes we could have been 2nd place. Making the

finals were Ladanian Free at 106, Antonio Robles at 120, Alonzo Bass126, Matthew McDonald 132, Robbie Lovejoy 220 are the results from the meet.

The next issue of the WINNEBAGO INDIAN NEWS will be published on January 25, 2020.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A Letter from WPS School Board President

As we start planning for the 20202021 school year, there is information

I would like you to be aware of as our

children’s School Board President. I

would like to report progress, as well

as areas in need of improvement.

First of all I want to report the involvement of our Student Council (SC)

in ground-breaking activities. I have

been volunteering with the Student

Council since December 11, 2015. Previously, the majority of their activities

were planning for Homecoming and

Prom. I believed it important to provide

leadership skills and experiences for

future Tribal leaders.

I invited SC to our WPS Board meetings to report and provide comments.

We then included them in some of our

joint meetings with the Tribal Council.

I counseled, prepared, and arranged

for them to address the State Board

of Education (SBOE) on April 5, 2019.

You can find this meeting on youtube.

SBOE members were impressed: they

stated our SC “educated them in many

areas”; “helped frame their thinking”;

members were “just talking about”

getting more student voices and input;

and the SC was a “perfect example of

civic involvement.” The SBOE gave

them a standing ovation.

In 2017 they attended a UNITY Conference to give them the experience and

information to decide if they wanted to

start a UNITY Chapter in Winnebago.

While in Denver they met with University of Colorado, Professor Emeritus

of Law Charles Wilkinson, author of

“Federal Indian Law, Cases and Materials” and “Federal Public Land and

Resources Law,” as well as numerous

other books. This experience inspired a

couple of students to say they wanted

to study law and become attorneys.

I have attended numerous Nebraska

State School Board meetings for several

reasons. Foremost, just being visible

helps to remind other district Board

members throughout Nebraska there

are still Native American’s in Nebraska.

Also, as Tribal Nations we are more

knowledgeable about interactions at

the federal level and not so much at the

State level. It took me many months to

feel comfortable with state regulation

and administrative laws. I presented at

the State Board Conference in November

2017, and again in 2018-basically just

as a reminder we are still here. Even if

you do not believe in coincidences, it is

interesting to note I became a school

board member just as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was passed

to replace No Child Left Behind.

ESSA calls for Tribal Consultation.

I’ve had numerous experiences with

Consultation through our National Indian Head Start Director’s Association

and in partnership with the Dept. of

Health and Human Services. Through

this process and in partnership with

the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) and with the support of

Tribal Nations we passed Indian specific

amendments to the Head Start Act in

1994.

I find many are not aware of true

Tribal Consultation, even though there

are departmental polices. By pushing

this envelope I was able to get the attention of the Nebraska Department of

Education (NDE) and the rest is history.

In my next article I will share how we

effected change in the Social Studies

Standards revision process to include

lessons about contributions Indians

made to this country and how we are

reviving the Nebraska Indian Education

Association to further bring equity to

our Indian students on and off the reservations. I will also share how we have

worked to develop classroom lessons

on the science our ancestors employed

when building their mounds-so exciting.

Thank you and please stay tuned.

Students involved in 7-12 Music classes at

Winnebago Public School

HS Choir

Berridge, Dyami

Doxey, Sae

Frenchman, Angel

James, Timory

Morgan, Hahewi

Rodriguez, Angelina

Thomas, Kye

Thomas-Horton, Michael

Walker, Brandon

Houghton, Daniel

Gitana McClelland

Jakobe Mahon

Joseph Redhorn

Diane La Pointe

Toby Bassette

7/8 Band and Choir

Bass, Nadia

BigBear, Tressa

Chilson, Tylie

DeCora, Precious

Earth, Wallace

Frazier, Ylaina

Frenchman, Charlize

Grant, Mehawee

Harlan, Daynee

Kearnes, Emaline

Morgan, Haini-wiragusge

Redhorn, Nevaeh

Suniga, Ariayla

Walker, Kylena

White, Rein

Whitewing, Amya

Zephier-Wilkie, Avani

Dolezal, Mimike

Earth, Melodin

George, Melaki

Grant, Joseph

Harlan, Antrell

Houghton, Devin

Kennedy, Kaden

Littlegeorge-Cloud, Kahlen

Mejia, Andrea

Rivera, Robert

Tyndall, Amiah

Walker, Jacie

Wolfe, Desmond

HS Band

Matt McDonald

Jaron Curry

Garrett Farmer

Antonio Robles

Samatha Litt legeorge

Janae Doxey

HS Piano

Matt MCDonald

Mario Suniga

Avantika Kumar

Sae Doxey

Anissa Rave

Orion Cox

Jaron Curry

Digital Music

Teton Contreras

Orion Cox

Robbie Lovejoy

Jakobe Mahon

Matthew McDonald

Ivan Redhorn

Joseph Redhorn

Kane, Walker

Cristoff WhiteEagle

Thanks for your support of music!

Dianna Spirk- Vocal Music/Piano

Jared Garthoff- Instrumental Music/Digital Music

Austin Bales- Digital Music

Marian Holstein

10,000 year old Buffalo Horn found near

Missouri River

Boys and Girls Club News: A trip to watch

the South Dakota State Jackrabbits

Basketball game

By Gregory Bass

Shortly before the new year a fossilized horn core from a bison was discovered on Tribal land near the Missouri River, where there has been extensive soil

erosion. A horn core is the internal bone portion of a bison horn that’s covered

by keratin horn. Because the horn core is fossilized its likely at least 10,000

years old. Several geologists and paleontologists who viewed photos of the fossil

agreed that the horn core likely belongs to an extinct species of bison known by

the scientific name of Bison antiquus, which lived during the Pleistocene epoch,

or Ice Age, and was 15-25% larger than modern bison. Bison antiquus died out

around 10,000 years ago. The bison that this horn core came from likely died

somewhere upriver and the remains were eventually carried down river to rest on

the riverbank. The fossil is currently being held by the Tribe’s museum, the Angel

De Cora Museum and Research center, with future plans to place it on display.

Eben Crawford

Museum Curator & NAGPRA Assistant, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

402-922-0897

Hōcąk Corner

Hųc wiconį na

(hoonch wee-choh-nee nah)

January

Hikša re.

(heek-shah rday)

Smile./Laugh.

On January 2, 2020 the Boys and

Girls Club of HoCak Nisoc Haci visited

Brookings to watch Winnebago Public

School Alumni David Wingett in Division I action against Oral Roberts

University. We brought 22 students,

and there was also familiar Winnebago faces in our reserved section.

David played an overall well rounded

game with 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assist, and one block in 26 minutes of

gameplay for the freshman. From the

feedback that we heard from our club

members is that they all enjoyed the

trip, and that they were hoping to do

it again in the near future. Along with

the basketball game our club members

toured the athletic facility where SDSU

competes in basketball, weightlifting,

and swimming. In the tour we also

stepped foot on the main court in

Frost Arena, seen their trophy room,

and played basketball in their amazing

practice gym.

David had a very successful high

school career, scoring over 2000

points, and winning a state championship in the process. But I believe

that his biggest contribution to our

community is him being a positive

role model, motivating our youth to

do better and that it is possible to be

successful. I believe that it is important

for the leaders in our community to

expose our children to success stories

that happen before our eyes. Reason

being is that David is the first Division

I basketball player that our community

has seen, and the fact that we are

exposing our children to somebody so

close to home gathering his own success is something special. When we

expose our children to stories such as

David’s it shows them that it is possible to be successful coming out of

our community, it is possible to play

at the Division I level, and it is possible

to flourish academically at the University level. There are a lot of success

stories from Winnebago people, and

at the Boys and Girls Club we would

love to expose our youth to as many

success stories from our own people

as possible.

We would like to say thank you to

the Johnson-O’Malley committee on

granting us funds for the trip which

included meal money, and concession

money. We would also like to thank

the Education Department on transportation and chaperoning as well.

Also would like to thank the South

Dakota State coaching staff on making

this trip possible. This was an overall

collaborative effort between many organizations and turned out to be successful, so thank you to all who had a

helping hand in this wonderful event.

Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, January 11, 2020 — Page 5

COMMUNITY NEWS

WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

MID-MONTHLY TRIBAL COUNCIL

MEETING

December 30, 2019

TRIBAL COUNCIL PRESENT:

Coly Brown

John Snowball

Thelma Whitewater

Roland Warner

Aric Armell

Louis LaRose

Victoria Kitcheyan

OTHERS PRESENT:

Cece Earth

Olga Blackfish

Kenny Grant

Tiffani Warner

Marc Bird

LaDonna Holstein

Waukan Grastly

Shelly Bear

Avis Rice

Richard Walker

Garan Coons

Vacant Seat

Danae Blackfish

TRIBAL COUNCIL ABSENT:

Melton Frenchman (leave)

CALL TO ORDER: Chairman

Brown called the meeting to order at

5:06 p.m.

OPENING PRAYER: Roland Warner offered the opening prayer.

APPROVE AGENDA:

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to approve the agenda with additions.

Roland Warner seconded.

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

Motion carried.

*additions to the agenda: HHS-Secretarial Advisement Committee travel,

Walking in Partnership travel, Richard

Walker, Law Enforcement Drug Dog,

WIN Publications of Meth Convictions.

READING OF THE MINUTES:

12-2-19 Regular Meeting minutes

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to approve the December 2, 2019 minutes

with corrections. John Snowball

seconded.

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

Motion carried.

RATIFY FIVE SIGNATURES:

Adopt Resolution #20-56

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to

ratify the five-signature adopting resolution #20-56. Louis LaRose seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Adopt Resolution #20-57

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to

ratify the five-signature adopting resolution #20-57. Louis LaRose seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Adopt Resolution #20-58

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to

ratify the five-signature adopting resolution #20-58. Louis LaRose seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Adopt Resolution #20-59

Thelma Whitewater motioned to

ratify the five-signature adopting resolution #20-59. Louis LaRose seconded.

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

Motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS:

NIHB 11th Annual National Tribal

Public Health Conference, March 1719, 2020

Discussion only.

[John out at 5:58 p.m., In at 6:00 a.m.]

VK – NIHB Legislative Action Alert

Discussion only.

OLD BUSINESS:

LaDonna Holstein – 12 Clans complaint

Thelma Whitewater motioned to hire

Dayle Knutson as consult to investigate

complaints/statements at 12 Clans

hospital. Aric Armell seconded.

V O T E : ( 4 ) y e s , T W, R W, A A ,

CB

(3) no, LLR, VK, JSB

(0)abstain

Chairman Brown voted to break the

tie. Motion passed.

Robert’s Rules of Order Training

No action taken. (Get more proposals).

Marc Bird – follow-up on request

John Snowball motioned to build a

fence on Tribal property around the

trailer court by Marc Bird’s residence.

Aric Armell seconded.

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

Motion carried.

ADDED ITEMS:

HHS

Louis LaRose motioned to approve

travel for Victoria Kitcheyan to attend

STAC meeting. Aric Armell seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Walking in Partnership Conference

Louis LaRose motioned to approve

travel for Victoria Kitcheyan to attend

the Walking in Partnership Conference.

Roland Warner seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Richard Walker

no action taken.

[Coly out at 8:50 p.m., John assumes

Chair]

Law Enforcement – Drug Dog

Roland Warner motioned to approve

the sale of the Drug Dog (K-9 Duke) to

the Emerson Law Enforcement Department. Aric Armell seconded.

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

Motion carried.

[Coly in at 8:56 p.m. and reassumes

chair]

Publish Meth Convictions in the WIN

Roland Warner motioned to publish

all Meth Convictions in the WIN. Louis

LaRose seconded.

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

Motion carried.

ADJOURN:

Aric Armell motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:59

p . m . R o l a n d Wa r n e r s e c o n d e d .

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

Motion carried.

Chairman Brown adjourned the

meeting at 8:59 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Thelma Whitewater, Secretary

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

The Nebraska Extension Master Gardener

Volunteer Program

By Kathleen Cue, Nebraska Extension Horticulture Educator

If you like to garden and are interested in helping people, the Nebraska

Extension Master Gardener Volunteer program may be a good fit for you.

People can find out more at the Master Gardener informational meeting

Tuesday, January 7 at 3:30 pm at the Dodge County Extension Office, 1206

West 23rd Street in Fremont. You don’t have to a Dodge County resident

to participate. The education is available to surrounding counties as well.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the class work and

volunteer activities of the program, as well as ways Master Gardeners

improve the lives of residents of their communities and state. No preregistration is necessary, participants will sign in at the door. Applications to the Master Gardener program are only available at this meeting.

Master Gardener classes cover important topics like Integrated Pest Management, diseases of fruit trees, proper tree planting and pruning, insect pests,

and a host of others, all designed to lay the groundwork for Master Gardener

Volunteers to have the necessary skills to grow healthy plants and foster a

green environment. All classes are taught by UNL faculty and Extension staff.

Questions? Contact Kathleen Cue at 402.727.2775 or email at

kcue2@unl.edu. See you there!

All-State Student Recognition

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BAGO NEWS

WINNEBAGO HOUSING AND

DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Updates:

Meth – Is alive and present in Winnebago. The low-income housing

program

is obligated by its funding source, the U.S. Department of Housing and

Urban Development (HUD) to make the effort to work against meth, an

Illegal drug, in the the low-income housing units.

This is a friendly reminder that the annual inspections will

commence in March 2020.

ATTENTION READERS!!

The Winnebago Tribal Council mandated,

starting January 1, 2020, the Winnebago

Indian News will be publishing any & all

METH related offences that take place on

the Winnebago Reservation.

PUBLIC NOTICE:

Beginning on January 13, 2020 the Utilities Department will start to install new water/sewer meters into

each home in the Tribe’s service area. These new meters

will measure water and sewer usage for each individual

home and we will no longer need to bill a flat rate. The

service area includes homes and businesses from the

Heritage Market south to Kelly/Thunderway, Horseshoe

and Valley to east on 75, Frenchman road, BIA 3, BIA

17, East side of D. Ave beginning Neff residence, St.

Augustine’s Drive, Pony Express and 29th road. Please

have an adult available at the time of install, if it would

be better to schedule your installation please call the

Facilities Department at 402-878-2203.

Senator Joni Albrecht WEEKLY UPDATE

January 2, 2020.

Welcome to a new year and to a new

decade. And welcome to Nebraska’s

2020 Legislative Session. As everyone

settles into the new year and back into

the routines of life, I myself am settling into my “home away from home”

in Lincoln, ready for session to begin

Wednesday, January 8. Although I

spend much time in Lincoln during the

Legislative session, I also remain fully

involved with constituents in Legislative District 17 by phone, email and

meetings and visits when I am home.

My office has been busy and working hard ahead of all that we expect

is ahead. As I have mentioned in

previous updates, finding ways to

provide Nebraskans with property

tax relief is at the top of many of our

lists and will occupy much of our time

and energy right from the beginning

of session. Add to that bills that did

not make it to the floor last Session,

those that are still working their way

through committees, and new bills

being introduced and you can imagine

the abundance of work there is to do.

DATES YOU SHOULD KNOW:

January 8, 2020 (Wednesday) D a y

One of the session. The Legislature

will be in session from 10 a.m. to 12

noon. New bills will be able to be introduced beginning Day One.

January 13, 2020 (Monday). Day

Four of the session. Debate of carryover legislation from the 2019 session

will begin.

January 15, 2020 (Wednesday).

Governor Ricketts delivers his 2020

State of the State Address to the Legislature.

January 22, 2020 (Wednesday).

Chief Justice Heavican delivers the

Nebraska State of the Judiciary Address to the Legislature.

January 23, 2020 (Thursday). Last

day to introduce new bills for consideration in this Legislative Session.

April 23, 2020 (Thursday). Last day

of 2020 Legislative Session.

Any bills that do not see final decisions by the last day of session will not

carry over to the 2021 session.

STAY CONNECTED: I have been

contacted by constituents over the

interim who have submitted ideas for

legislation and/or who have indicated

support or opposition for anticipated

legislation. We have worked together

through a few issues, kept tabs on

highway work and bridge repairs that

affect us in Legislative District 17. I

will continue to keep constituents

informed through this weekly update, which can be also be accessed

at http://news.legislature.ne.gov/

dist17/ I invite residents of District

17 to write, email, or call my office

to express view about various bills

as they come before the Legislature

for debate or for consideration by

the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee, the Natural

Resources Committee, or the StateTribal Relations Special Committee

upon which I serve.

NEBRASKA SAFE. On January 6,

a number of State Senators, community leaders and interested individuals

joined Governor Pete Ricketts and Attorney General Doug Peterson for the

Governor’s Proclamation of January

2020 as Human Trafficking Awareness

Month. Over the past several years,

Nebraska has worked hard in its fight

against human trafficking. In 2011

the state rated an “F” in a nationwide

study of how states are dealing with

the tragedy of trafficking. Since then,

senators have worked with anti-human

trafficking groups to pass legislation,

the Nebraska Attorney General’s office

has increased efforts to train individuals and groups in recognition and

prevention and to enforce laws that

make penalties harsher for traffickers

and furthered awareness to help free

victims who often feel trapped in their

situation. At the January 6 press conference, the Governor told us that as

part of Human Trafficking Awareness

month, the State is launching a new

series of videos to raise awareness of

the signs of human trafficking and to

provide victims of trafficking information about how to get help. Nebraska’s

efforts now earn it an “A” in that nationwide study. It is not the grade, but

the accomplishment. Working together,

we continue to fight to make Nebraska

a safer place for everyone. If you need

to talk to someone about a situation

involving human trafficking, or know

someone who does, the national hotline

number is 1-888-373-7888.

RECOGNIZING ONE OF DAKOTA

COUNTY’S OWN. Near the beginning

of the 2020 Session, I plan to introduce

a Legislative Resolution honoring Allen Beerman, who is retiring in 2020

after fifty-five years of service to the

State of Nebraska. Mr. Beerman was

born and raised on a farm in Dakota

County, Nebraska and was a National

Honor Society graduate of South Sioux

City High School. After graduating

from Creighton Law School, he spent

30 years at the Nebraska Secretary of

State’s Office, including time as the

longest serving Secretary of State in

Nebraska’s history. Following his tenure there, Mr. Beerman embarked on

a stellar career of 25 years at the Nebraska Press Association. From being

appointed as a Nebraska Diplomat by

Governor Nelson in 1993 to being the

first civilian recipient of the Homeland

Defense Ribbon, presented by Governor

Mike Johanns and Adjutant General

Roger Lempke in 2003, Allen Beerman

has continued his distinguished service to all Nebraskans. Mr. Beerman

certainly would be justified in retiring

immediately, true to his character, he

has agreed to stay on in the position

until someone else is hired for the position and to help with the transition and

training of that individual. I am pleased

to bring the Legislative Resolution to

thank and honor Mr. Allen Beerman.

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

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV20-031

In the Matter of the

Divorce Petition of:

ANPAO MANI PETITE-SANCHEZ

vs

OSVALDO SANCHEZ

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV20-025

In the Matter of the

Name Change Petition of:

THOMAS LOUIS TWEEDY

to THOMAS LOUIS BUCHANAN

To:

To:

You are hereby notified that a Divorce petition has been filed and a hearing

concerning the above referred Case No.

CV20-031 has been scheduled and

will be heard in the Winnebago Tribal

Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on the

9TH day of MARCH, 2020 at the hour

of 11:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ20-001ABCD

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

D. A. (Born 4/2004)

D. A. (Born 7/2006)

D. A. (Born 7/2017)

D. A. (Born 10/2018)

You are hereby notified that a petition

for Name Change has been filed and a

hearing concerning the above referred

Individual in case no. CV20-025 has

been scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 17TH day of FEBRUARY, 2020 at the hour of 11:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV20-026

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

KUMIKO MASQUAT

In Re:

K. M. (Born 8/2017)

TO:

To:

ANY INTERESTED PARTIES

OSVALDO SANCHEZ

MICHAEL ALDRICH, Father

You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning

the above referred minor individual(s)

in case no. JFJ20-001ABCD has been

scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 18TH day of FEBRUARY, 2020 at the hour of 11:30 A. M.

KEZIA MASQUAT, Mother

SANTANA MCCAULEY, 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. CV20026 has been scheduled and will be

heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court

of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 4TH

day of FEBRUARY, 2020 at the hour

of 11:30 A.M.

Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, January 11, 2020 — Page 7

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