Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 46, Number 14 Saturday, July 14, 2018

Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 46, Number 14 Saturday, July 14, 2018

Bago Bits…

Culture Camp 2018 Successful

The Winnebago Tribe is still accepting

funds on behalf of the Winnebago Senior

Citizens who were displaced in the June

4th fire at the Winnebago Senior Housing

Complex. The Seniors were recently visited by employees of HCI with gift bags to

make their stay at the WinnaVegas Inn a

little more bearable.

Boys and Girls Club staff teamed up with the staff of HoChunk Renaissance, HCI, and Whirling Thunder Wellness Center to teach over

150+ community kids about HoChunk Culture. This is the second year hosting the Culture Camp which includes a week of cultural activities including dance, singing, crafts and cooking. Good job to all staff that helped to make this year a success!

The Winnebago Indians football team has

been busy this summer improving their

skills at various training camps. Go Big

Blue!

12 Clans Unity Hospital Becomes a Reality

12 days and counting until the 152nd Annual Homecoming Celebration.

Winnebago has a number of boys &

girls teams playing in softball leagues in

nearby Sioux City. Here Kali gets ready

to smack one to the fence.

The Winnebago Tribal Council accepted the keys to the Winnebago IHS Hospital at 12:00 am on Sunday morning July 1st. The move to take

control of the IHS facility by the Winnebago Tribal Council has been in the works for a number of years. In 2015 the facility lost its Medicare & Medicaid certification causing a loss of revenue and a serious lapse in quality health care for patients of the facility. On July 1st the

Winnebago Tribe accepted total control of the new 12 Clans Unity Hospital. Keep your eyes peeled for scheduled updates from the Steering

Committee and the New Board of Directors. Winnebago Tribal Council pictured left tom right: James Snow, Kenny Mallory, Vincent Bass,

Victoria Kitcheyan, Frank White, Isaac Smith and Curtis St. Cyr.

Indianz.com… Appeals court rules against Winnebago tribal corporation

in tobacco case

Last week the Physical Resources

Department held a team building event

at Brown’s Lake near Salix, Iowa. The

department’s SYEP interns spent some

time cooling off after activities

Posted: Thursday, July 5, 2018

By Kevin Abourezk

It’s always good to see this many young

men around the Big Drum. The boys

closed out last weeks Culture Camp with

an Honor Song.

After a weeks long rain on the Rez flood

waters at Glover’s Lake are finally trying

to recede.

Businesses owned by the Winnebago

Tribe must turn over tobacco records

to federal authorities, an appeals court

ruled this week.

Ho-Chunk Inc., the tribe's economic

development arm, argued that it wasn't

covered by a particular recordkeeping

provision of the Contraband Cigarette

Trafficking Act. Section 2343(a) of the

federal law does not specifically mention tribal governments or their businesses.

But the D.C. Circuit Cour t of Ap peals said Ho - Chunk Inc. was wrong

about the law. In a unanimous decision,

a panel of three judges determined that

tribal businesses must comply with the

recordkeeping requirements because

they are "persons," just like any other

corporation.

"They are not 'persons,' they argue,

V i s i t

u s

a t

because they are 'tribal instrumentalities,' which assumes that a tribal instrumentality – and for that matter, a tribe

itself – cannot be a 'person,'" Judge A.

Raymond Randolph wrote in summing

up the dispute. "Both assumptions are

mistaken."

The nine -page decision comes after agents from the Bureau of Alco h o l , To b a c c o , F i r e a r m s a n d E x p l o sives swarmed the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska and seized records

f ro m H o - C h u n k I n c. a n d i t s to b a cco

manufac tur ing subsidiar ies. The raid

took place in late Januar y, while the

appeal to the D.C. Circuit was pending,

but before the court had the opportunity

to hear the recordkeeping case.

The tribe has blamed the "attack on

sovereignty" on the state and has since

filed a lawsuit in federal court against

officials in Nebraska, seeking to protect

its rights. The state has yet to respond

to the complaint.

But the federal government is paying attention. A motion to inter vene

filed on May 31 asked the court to halt

the lawsuit, pending the resolution of

"ongoing federal criminal proceedings"

that are apparently linked to the raid on

the reservation.

Federal agents in unmarked black

spor ts utility vehicles can be seen

parked at the headquarters of HoChunk Inc. on the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska on January 30, 2018.

A decision has not been issued on the

request. But Ho-Chunk Inc. is charac-

terizing the "criminal proceedings" as a

ruse to prevent the tribe from moving

forward with its case against Nebraska.

In a June 14 objection to the government's motion, the firm pointed out that

"no grand jury has been impaneled, no

indictments have issued [and] no target

letters have been received" with respect

to the federal criminal investigation.

The following day, the magistrate

who was assigned to the lawsuit gave

the state more time to response to the

complaint, effectively delaying the case

until the federal government's motion

to intervene has been resolved.

But then Michael D. Nelson, an attorney who has worked as a federal

criminal defender, disqualified himself

from further proceedings, acknowledging that his "impartiality might reasonably be questioned." He did not explain

his potential conflicts in his June 15

order of recusal.

In light of the delay -- Nebrask a's

response to the complaint would have

been due on June 15 -- Ho-Chunk Inc.,

in a notice filed on June 22, called on

the cour t to make a decision on the

federal government's request to intervene "as soon as possible" in light of

the "important issues of federal law and

tribal sovereignty at issue in this case."

For this and more stories from around

Indian Country visit us at www.indianz.

com

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Bago News

The Winnebago Tribe would like

to thank the Winnebago Volun-

teer Firefighters for the Awesome

Firework Display on Tuesday,

July 3rd.

Hō­cąk Corner

Haizo 'ųne

(hy-zoh 'oo-nay)

Take it Easy

Nįpįkjene ną.

(nee-peek-jay-nay nah)

You'll be okay.

Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, July 14, 2018 — Page 3

Winnebago News

To the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and

Tribal Members: By Lance Morgan

When I star ted as CEO on Dec. 1,

1994, it was the business’ first day. We

had zero revenue, and I was the only

employee. Since then, we’ve grown into

an organization with plenty of both.

Those numbers and our growth are

detailed in this report.

While I’m very proud of our growth

as a company, the growth I’m most

proud of is greater than money. We’ve

grown as a community, developed our

people, and increased the quality of

life for Tribal members and employees.

It’s clear our people are powering

the continued success of this business.

They understand we’re a different kind

of company. Our ability to live our mission and make a bigger difference is

because of them.

L i k e m a ny ye a r s, 2 0 1 7 w a s ve r y

good overall. We worked hard, fought

battles and did great things. We also

learned from a few mistakes along the

way.

Most of our business continues in

government contracting. Those two divisions – All Native Group and Flatwater Group – lead in revenue and profit.

Across the other divisions, HCI

Construction is a solid financial contributor as they literally build the

l o c a l a n d re gi o n a l co m m u n i t y. O u r

retail and wholesale operations also

generate economic activity and boost

employment by serving thousands of

customers each day.

Our tobacco business expanded

locally-manufactured brands with

sales direc tly benefiting education,

housing, infrastructure and other

Tr i b a l p ro gra m s. Th e to b a cco b u s i ness has always been controversial,

and the coming years will be critical

to its future.

Dynamic Homes, one of our home building companies, has been a rocksolid contributor since we purchased

it 17 years ago. But 2017 was tough

financially with shifting market conditions. We think they ’ll get back on

track in 2018.

Ho -Chunk Capital, our real estate

and investment business, has been

wo r k i n g to d i ve r s i f y o u r l o n g - te r m

revenue with high-profile developments

and acquisitions in 2017. It’s been on a

roll, and we expect rapid growth in the

next several years.

It all comes back to our people. The

true measure of our success is how

we’ve helped the Winnebago people.

The days of treating poverty’s symptoms

needs to end. In 2017, we created a

new Community Impact & Engagement

division. Its employees link people and

resources across our companies and

community.

We’re optimistic this new division

will increase our abilit y to help our

community. We intend to foster an environment in the Winnebago community

where success touches ever yone. The

department’s motto: “In order to do one

thing in our community, you have to do

everything!”

Th ro u g h t h at d i v i s i o n a n d a c ro s s

the organization, our people advanced

the Tribe’s key priorities. Our pledge

to b u i l d 1 0 0 h o m e s i n f i ve ye a r s i s

more than half done with three years

to go. We acquired another 40 acres to

double the size of the award-winning

Ho - Chunk Village. This is the fastest

development of new housing in our

Tribe’s modern history. We’ll unveil the

incredible new plan in 2018.

Renewable energy projects represent

a significant investment toward selfsufficiency and sustainability. With the

Winnebago Tribe and par tners, we’re

creating one of the largest renewable

energy infrastructures in Nebraska.

Although I’ve worked almost half my

life at Ho-Chunk, Inc., this is just the

beginning. We’re excited to continue

advancing education, culture and socioeconomic development with innovative

programs in the coming years.

This is possible because of our people. They’ve helped the company reach

a s c a l e w h e re grow t h i s e s s e n t i a l l y

unlimited. Today, Ho - Chunk , Inc. has

career opportunities our grandparents

wouldn’t have dreamed possible.

We understand how we must provide

for ourselves. Nobody is going to save

us from generations of neglect and a

system that perpetuates poverty. This

has been a tough journey.

As a company and community, we

are rebuilding our right to achieve the

Native American dream. We’ve built this

community one brick, job and family

at a time.

The growing sense of pride among

our people is astounding. Other companies in America are legally obligated

to maximize profits; our mission is to

maximize good for our employees, community and Tribe.

Our native version of the American

dream truly seeks healthy balance – it is

not some corporate slogan. Each day’s

work is a step for tomorrow, creating

a path for the next 100 years of our

prosperity.

It’s an honor to represent the Winnebago people in this mission. I thank

you for the opportunity to do what I love.

�

Lance Morgan

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HO-CHUNK, INC.

“Powwow is a Celebration”

by Alayah Frazier

Powwow to me growing up, was

driving past the powwow grounds

in the summer- or anytime yearround and my Choka, Gregory Neff

Sr. asking us kids, if we smell the

frybread yet.

As I grew up and got older and

was finally able to go to powwow

by myself, I went with the $20 my

c h o k a g ave m e fo r fo o d a n d my

Auntie by my side. Now being older

and being able to roam around

pow wow, I watched the dancers,

the drummers, the flag raisings

in the morning, people eat, and all

the in-betweens.

I spent money on some jewelry,

t h e fo o d, a n d m a n o h m a n , way

more lemonade than I needed.

B u t i t w a s n’t u n t i l I l e a r n e d t h e

h i s t o r y, t h e s o n g s w e s i n g , t h e

dances, and more about our people

that I learned the real meaning of

powwow. To me Powwow is a cel-

ebration where we come together

a s a t r i b e, o r a g ro u p o f N a t i ve

American people and we celebrate

and honor who we are as HoCak

people, past and present and, also

how far we have come.

T h e g r e a t t h i n g i s , y o u d o n’ t

have to be a par t of our tribe to

come, you don’t even have to be

Native American, but if you want to

come enjoy and honor our culture,

dancing, music, food and anything

else powwow has to offer you then

you should. B ehind the truly exhilarating environment with all the

super delicious food, Native pieces

to purchase, live music and dancing, and the competitions.

Th e re a re s o m a ny p e o p l e we

p ay t r i b u te to a n d h o n o r d u r i n g

the celebration, to all the Veterans,

f a l l e n H e ro e s, C h i e f L i t t l e Pr i e s t

and the warriors that bravely

fo u g ht a l o n g s i d e o f h i m , a n d to

those fighting for our freedom

currently.

JESUS OUR SAVIOR

LUTHERAN OUTREACH

"To Live Like You Were Dying"

Maybe you have heard the song

sung by Tim McGraw entitled "Live

Like You Were Dying," it was written

by Craig Michael Wiseman/James

Timothy Nichols and Tim Nichols. A

man in his forties receives the diagnosis that he is dying. It was at that

point in his life, the day before he

thought he would live a long, long life,

that he came to the realization that

he was dying.

The song then continues:

He said

"I went skydiving

I went Rocky Mountain climbing

I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named

Fumanchu

And I loved deeper

And I spoke sweeter

And I gave forgiveness I'd been

denying"

And he said

"Someday I hope you get the chance

To live like you were dying"

I par ticularly like the line: 'And I

gave forgiveness I'd been denying.' Is

there someone who you stubbornly

will not forgive? He or she has done

you wrong, but you are unwilling to

forgive as your Heavenly Father has

forgiven you through Jesus Christ.

The reality of death sometimes has

a way of shattering a heart of stone,

or thawing up a cold hearted sinner.

The song continues:

He said

"I was finally the husband

That most of the time I wasn't

And I became a friend a friend

would like to have

And all of a sudden going fishin'

Wasn't such an imposition

And I went three times that year I

Pastor Ricky Jacob

lost my dad

I finally read the Good Book, and I

Took a good, long, hard look

At what I'd do if I could do it all

again

The life of a Christian is one of

living like you are dying, dying to sin

that this. A Christian has already died

a cco rd i n g to St. Pa u l. A C h r i s t i a n

dies when he or she is baptized. Paul

wrote: 'What shall we say, then? Shall

we go on sinning so that grace may

increase? By no means! We died to

sin; how can we live in it any longer?

Or don’t you know that all of us who

were baptized into Christ Jesus were

baptized into his death? We were

therefore buried with him through

b a p t i s m i nto d e at h i n o rd e r t h at,

just as Christ was raised from the

dead through the glory of the Father,

we too may live a new life' [Romans

6:1–4 (NIV84)].

A baptized child of God learns to

live life, dead to sin but alive trusting

in Jesus!

Paul continues, 'Now if we died

with Christ, we believe that we will

also live with him. For we know that

since Christ was raised from the

dead, he cannot die again; death no

longer has master y over him. The

death he died, he died to sin once

for all; but the life he lives, he lives

to God.

In the same way, count yourselves

dead to sin but alive to God in Christ

Jesus [Romans 6:8–11 (NIV84)].

You and your family are invited

t o S p l a s h C a n y o n Va c a t i o n B i b l e

School this Sunday at 4 p.m. at Je sus Our Savior Lutheran Church,

games, craft, Bible story and evening

meal. It continues Monday through

Wednesday, from noon to 2:30, ages

3 through 11.

Letter to the Editor…

“The silence is complicity”

Mr. Editor;

Whatever action the tribal council takes WE bear the burden from the

youngest to the oldest.

When is enough going to be enough? This council is erasing fifty years of

progress by every seated council that ever was and to those good men and

women who fought the good fight. This council is doing it in one year. Well

not even one year. They don't even give us the courtesy of doing this out in

the open. It's all being done behind closed doors (secret meetings).

What else will they blithely turn back or sign away. Lets hope that in one

year they are not turning the qif we think we cannot manage it. Are we quitters?

What is it that is driving this backward behavior. Now if either the casino

or HCI falls we fall because they are our financial foundation now. HCI is us,

it stands for HoChunk, Inc., We are HOCHUNK. They tear it down, they tear

us down. This behavior doesn't have a seat at that table, or any board or any

committee of this tribe. All tribal members who are proud HoChunks think

about what's happening to our own company by the people who swore to up

hold our constitution. A clause in that constitution supports tribal business

to better member’s lives to put it simply.

As far as we know no one has produced a report from the outside lawyer,

though we are assured one has been sent. All the membership has seen is

an itemized accounting of expenses but no findings report. It doesn't belong

to the council it was paid for with tribal money. It is public record for tribal

members. Are you sure nothing devious happened in the take over (it was a

tribal program (Land Company) that employed tribal members). So why the

subterfuge? Now it is totally gone the director, the employees and even the

board of directors.

What a victory that was to gain the ability to 638 Land Management, Education, Social Services, Law Enforcement, and Roads. The federal government

never gave up oversight of OUR land or any of these departments and if we,

in essence, admitted that we could not handle OUR land they would assume

control again. Remember it is our land we bought it. That's it in a nutshell.

Our leadership is so caught up in their own agenda that they've lost sight of

their oath of office. It's as if they don't remember taking an oath of office, or

those pretty little speeches they gave when assuming office. Can anyone see

sense in this senseless tribal fiasco? Find the petitions and sign them because

they've signed our intelligence and all those hard fought battles away and

walked us back half a century.

Yes there will be a second round of Cobell payments, but the Winnebago

tribe is not included. We are wondering why too. Who should know? Who do

you think? Go ahead ask them.

Star t questioning. Demand answers. Don' t let them just sit there and

stare back like so many sheep. Here's a question IF we BORROW from the

INVESTMENT portfolio, how are we going to pay it back? And if we borrow

from our own money won't we be broker? WAKE UP people or there will be

nothing to wake up to.

How is the council protecting our assets and money tied up in HCI? Or is

this a "cut off your nose to spite your face" type of situation? We don't know

because the outside lawyer is working behind closed doors. We really can't

believe that there are tribal members sitting silent while our nearly Fortune

500 company is being raided (by the feds), ripped and torn (by the council).

The silence is complicity.

Ruby Bellanger Jeanie Eagle

The next issue of the WINNEBAGO INDIAN NEWS will be published on July 28, 2018. DEADLINE for this issue will be July 23, 2018.

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Sr. Miss Nebraska

Winnebago

Jr. Miss Nebraska

Winnebago

Savannah Chamberlain

Asia Rave

Greetings relatives…

I’m very honored to have been selec ted Sr. M iss Nebrask a Winnebago

2017-2018.

My Hocak name is Maxi sk a inga,

White Cloud Woman, I come from the

B u f f a l o C l a n . M y p a r e n t s a re B r i a n

and Sharon (R edhor n) Chamber lain,

My grandparents are Keith Chamberl a i n a n d J e n n i fe r K e a r n e s, a n d t h e

late Stanford Whitewater and Winona

Redhorn. I have 4 brothers and 1 sister. I will be going into my 3rd year of

college, I was at Haskell Indian Nations

University majoring in Media Communications and Business. I played on

their volleyball team as right side hitter

and danced with the dance club. Im

currently at Little Priest Tribal College

for their summer session. My passions

are playing volleyball, staying fit by

working out, hanging with my friends

and listening to music. I love being with

my family. As we go into the 152nd

Homecoming Celebration please be reminded we celebrate the homecoming

of Little Priest, our last war chief and all

the Company A Omaha Scouts, we are

honoring the warriors past and present.

Have a safe and fun weekend! Mauna

bless us all.

Respectfully,�

Savannah M’lynn Chamberlain

Maa pixji hiza hinussana! Waxja haa

naaga rooha ceek yaperesana. Hoocak

rašra hohaapjikereinga hingaire.

M aixete R ašra Asia R avega hingaire.

H i’ac haara coowejamaaniga higaire.

Hi’uni haara maixete raašra M ichelle

R ave g a h i g a i re. Huuc hi k ik arac hiz a

wa’u haje. M aa S aacašana wau’haje.

Nioxawani eja haci haje.

Hello! My hoocak name is morning

light and my English name is Asia Rave.

My parents names are Jeriah and Michelle Rave. I belong to the bear clan,

I’m 15 years old, and live in Black

R i ve r Fa l l s, Wi s co nsin. I’m ver y at hletic and play on the varsity teams for

Volleyball, Basketball, Wrestling, and

Track and Field.

This past year I was state champion

in wrestling at 185 pounds for the third

year in a row. I also recently broke the

school record for shotput with a throw

of 37’8.

I played at the indigenous games in

Canada last summer on the U19 softball team as starting catcher. We took

home Bronze for Team Wisconsin.

My freshman year I finished with a

4.0 GPA and in the future I want to go

into the marines.

This past year I had a great time

dancing and traveling for Niišoc. Thank

you for choosing me as your 2017-2018

Winnebago Jr. Miss. Niišoc hiyugeingra

hinaicawira piixjinagigi anaga, Hanainaxguwina wa’iniginapwi!

SUICIDE IN INDIAN COUNTRY PART 20

The following statements are from the website LIVE THROUGH THIS.

The voices of suicide attempt survivors are very powerful and impactful

for better� understanding of what it is like to live with suicidal thoughts

and living through actual attempts to end one’s life. Statistics show

that there are 25 attempts for each individual that dies by suicide.

“I t can affec t anybody, anytime, any where. Anybody you’ve ever

seen.”

“I had lost hope, lost hope of living, and loving and being pain free.

Despair, desperation.”

“Nobody cares. Nobody likes me. I just don’t want to be around

anymore. I don’t want to live this way anymore.”

“Difference between not wanting to live anymore and actually wanting

to die. I’m not coping right now. I didn’t have any coping mechanisms.

Feeling trapped and helpless. Trapped animal feeling.”

“Desperately pained, life was painful and overwhelming, smothering

situation. I was sleeping and crying a lot. I just need others to shut up

and listen to me! Don’t be judgmental. I need a voice to speak to me

calmly and be mellow when I say I want to die.”

“ You just don’t care about anything. Sometimes I just get DONE,

you know?”

“Get rid of the stereotypes of suicidal people: that they ’re dark, or

antisocial, or feel too much. That they ’re selfish. They ’re doing it for

attention. SELFISH? I get why people would think that, but those are

the people who don’t know what this feels like. The people who don’t

know what it feels like are the people that are saying that.”

“Unless you’ve really thought about suicide, or if you had someone

that it happened to or something like that—and even still some people

just can’t, some people just can’t put themselves in the shoes of someone else and think from someone else’s perspective. I think that’s really

crucial in understanding.”

“I just wish I were dead. I ‘m a burden, nobody will miss me. Perfectionism thing. Where I feel like the world’s not the way it should be,

and I don’t want to be in it if it’s not. Maybe the world’s just per fect

and I’m the one who’s screwed up. I just wanted the pain to go away.”

“Panic attacks all the time, because I thought I ruined everything. I

thought I ruined everything everybody planned for me, and there was

no turning back and I couldn’t fix it. Fear of failing out of school. Be ing a disappointment to everyone. “

“I was thinking that there was no other way out and that my only

choice was that I had to end my life and leave this world, and that I

would be better off, and I almost thought that everyone else around

me would be better off. I thought I didn’t have any other options.”

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 ( TALK ) or Behavioral Health 1-402-878-2911, After Hours Crisis # 1-712-259-3263

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Nebraska tribe

becomes a solar

power leader on the

Plains

By Karen Uhlenhuth

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebrask a

a l re a d y b o a s t s 4 0 0 k i l ow at t s o f i n stalled solar panels, more than nearly

any other Midwestern Indian tribe.

It doesn’t plan to stop there.

The American Indian tribe expects

to learn later this summer whether it

will receive a federal grant to pay half

the cost of an additional 300 kilowatts.

Tr i b a l l e a d e r s i n t h i s co m m u n i t y

of about 850 people in nor theastern

Nebrask a say the solar push, which

started a decade ago, advances commitments to sustainabilit y and selfsufficiency, and is cutting electric bills.

“ R e n e wa b l e e n e rg y i s s o m e t h i n g

w e ’ r e a l l a b o u t ,” s a i d A n n M a r i e

B l e d s o e - D ow n e s, v i ce p re s i d e nt fo r

community impact and engagement of

Ho Chunk Inc, the tribe’s economicdevelopment entity. “My boss would

say it’s just the right thing to do.”

The idea of the tribe producing its

own energy started small in 2008 with

a 25-kilowatt experiment. The concept

resonated with members and the effort

has grown rapidly in the last couple

of years.

Indian tribes, like schools, churche s a n d g o v e r n m e n t e n t i t i e s , d o n’ t

have tax liability and therefore can’t

directly benefit from federal renewable

energy tax credits. In 2002, the U.S.

Depar tment of Energy began awarding competitive grants to tribes and

has since distributed $78.5 million for

250 projects.

The vast majority has gone to tribes

in the western U.S., but the largest

beneficiar y in the Midwest has been

t h e Fo re s t Co u nt y Po t awato m i i n

Wisconsin, which has installed 1.61

megawatts of solar generation. The

Winnebagos received $425,000 from

the grants, which they matched with

funds from tribal sources.

The solar projects are paying off at

monthly bill time. The tribe currently

i s s av i n g ro u g h l y $ 4 7 , 0 0 0 a n n u a l l y

o n e l e c t r i c i t y, a c c o rd i n g t o R o b e r t

Byrnes, whose company installed the

tribe’s system.

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebrask a

has installed more than 400 kilowatts

of solar, including these on a senior

housing facility.

Most of the panels have gone up in

the town of Winnebago, where most

of the tr ibe’s members reside. Pan els have been installed on the roofs

of the economic development office,

powwow grounds, veterans’ building,

senior center, and some senior housing.

The tribe recently added a 60-kilowatt

ground-mounted array on a field just

outside of town that provides power

for a used-car dealership and a convenience store.

Byrnes claims it ’s “the most dense

concentration” of solar panels in

Nebraska, where utilities and state

lawmakers have been slow to embrace

solar.

Residential rooftop solar arrays

have been rare. Bledsoe -Downes said

that’s because residents don’t own their

homes, for the most part. They live in

apar tments belonging to the tribe or,

more often, the federal Department of

Housing and Urban Development. Residential solar could gain momentum,

t h o u g h , a s p r i vate l y- ow n e d h o u s i n g

develops in Winnebago.

“We are just now growing as a communit y with individual home owners h i p,” s a i d B l e d s o e - D ow n e s. “ Th at i s

a n e w t h i n g fo r u s.” A l t h o u g h t h e re

is a lot of interest in solar panels on

top of private homes, she said that the

population of Winnebago is growing,

and, “ We’re about getting people into

houses now. We have a huge housing

shortage.”

If the Winnebago’s pending applicat i o n fo r $ 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 i n s o l a r g r a n t s i s

successful, it would likely use it to put

another 300 kilowatts worth of panels

o n pro p e r ti e s i nc ludi ng t r ib al headquarters and the casino, Byrnes said.

After winning its first federal solar

grant, the tribe instituted a monthly

monitoring system. They inspect units

at all 13 sites every month, take readings and address any errors and also

make any needed repairs. Byrnes cons i d e r s t h e m o n i to r i n g p ro gra m “o n e

of the most impor tant things we did.

When we applied to the DOE for the

big grant, they saw the continuing commitment and the monitoring program.

Those were big points in our getting

that award.”

While tribe members await word on

a second DOE grant, they are hosting

lots of curious visitors.

“We’ve had 100 tribes visit our comm u n i t y,” B l e d s o e - D o w n e s s a i d . “ We

talk about many subjec ts with these

leaders. We spend substantial time on

our renewable-energy effort.

“ O t h e r t r i b e s s a y, ‘ L e t ’s d o w h a t

Winnebago is doing.’ It resonates with

people that we are taking control over

our own resources.”

ABOUT KAREN UHLENHUTH

Karen spent most of her career reporting for The Kansas City Star, focusing

at various times on local and regional

news, and features. More recently, she

was employed as a researcher and

writer for a bioethics center at a children’s hospital in Kansas City.

ILLEGAL DUMPING

IS A CRIME – SEE IT! REPORT IT! STOP IT!

WTC: Title 3, Article 3: 3-324, (TCR 86-79, 89-87)

Illegal Dumping is the disposal of waste generated at one location and disposed

of at another location without legal permission. Illegal Dumping is the disposal

of trash, tires, yard waste, appliances and other waste materials, disposed of

without the permission of the property owner. It is also known as “Open Dumping”, “fly by dumping” and “midnight dumping”.

Yard wastes, Furniture and appliances, Auto waste: (tires, oil, antifreeze and

auto parts), Concrete

If illegal dumping problems are not reported, the problem often grows. Once a

pile begins, it often seems to take on a life of its own by inviting other people to

pile on additional wastes including hazardous waste, such as house household

waste’s (batteries, oil, paint, anti-freeze), a commercial or industrial wastes and

other regulated or illegal substances.

Illegal dumping can cause health hazards, including:

Physical injuries from sharp and pointed objects

Diseases spreading from rodents and insects: vector control problems

Fires from flammable materials

Flooding from material blocking flood control channels and storm drains

Economic concerns, including:

Decrease in property values

Expensive clean ups - EPD does not pick up residence or curb side waste

Need help - Call EPD for Department Recycling - Schedules or Concerns

Contact the Environmental Protection Department, Winnebago, NE

402-878-4060 Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm

Winnebago artist Henry Payer taps into

tribal history

Posted: Thursday, July 5, 2018

'I’m interpreting Ho - Chunk

c u l t u r e ' H e n r y Pa y e r h a s b e e n f i l l ing sketchbooks since childhood

By Kevin Abourezk

Henr y Payer ’s earliest memor y involves an 18-by-24-inch sketchbook

his father once gave him.

When the young boy handed the

sketchbook back to his father with

only a small drawing in it, his father

handed it back to him and told him to

fill the entire page.

“It instilled in me that discipline and

that need to create, that want to create,” said Payer. “For the most part, I’ve

always remembered doing art.”

T h e 3 2 - y e a r - o l d Wi n n e b a g o a r t ist has spent much of his life fulfilling

his father’s request to “fill the page.”

R e ce nt l y, h e co m p l e te d a n e a r l y

fo u r - m o n t h re s i d e n c e a t t h e G re a t

Plains Art Museum in Lincoln as

the 2018 Elizabeth Rubendall Ar tist

in Residence.

During his residenc y, Payer used

the museum’s lobby to create a painting of an ancestor that will become

p a r t o f t h e m u s e u m’s p e r m a n e n t

collec tion. He also was able exhibit

much of his other work in the gallery.

Work ing primarily with collage and

mixed media, Payer’s work references

the altered landscape through indigenous car tographic methods of “picture-writing” combined with European

modernist models of cubism, spatial

distortion and collage. Each work offers a visual narrative of symbols and

appropr iated voices from Amer ican

consumer societ y that reconfigures

history, the landscape or the identity

of a portrait.

Payer received a Bachelor of Fine

Ar ts from the I nstitute of American

Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico,

in 2008. He then obtained a Master

of Fine Ar ts from the Universit y of

Wisconsin-Madison in 2013.

He has exhibited his work at the All

My Relations Galler y in Minneapolis;

S h e r r y Le e d y Co n t e m p o r a r y A r t i n

Kansas City, Missouri; and Janus Galleries in Madison, Wisconsin.

He has taught at the Oscar Howe

Summer Ar t Institute in 2015 at the

University of South Dakota in Vermillion and at Little Priest Tribal College

in Winneb ag o, Neb ras k a. Payer h a s

been awarded B est of Show at the

annual Northern Plains Indian Art

Market in 2014 and 2011 and Best of

Division: Two Dimensional at the 2016

Fourth Annual Native POP: People of

the Plains.

He said attending the Oscar Howe

Summer Art Institute when he was in

high school helped him realize he could

make a career out of art.

“It was there that it kind of pushed

and allowed me to know that you can

do art as a profession,” he said.

He said teaching art also has provided steady income and offered him

the opportunity to continue to create

ar t as well. Much of Payer ’s work is

displayed in community buildings

throughout Winnebago.

"Le Interpreteur" by Henr y Payer,

2018. Photo by Kevin Abourezk

When Payer first began creating art,

he focused on acrylic painting but was

forced out of his comfort in graduate

school, where he began creating collage

and mixed media, he said.

Collage, he said, allows him to physically represent his own people’s history

of removal from their homelands in Wisconsin, where some Ho-Chunk people

stayed, to Nebraska.

“ You’re physically removing some thing and placing it into this world,”

he said. “I felt that related to how my

history was as a Ho-Chunk person, being taken from Wisconsin and placed

in Nebraska.”

When he attended graduate school

in Madison, Payer would travel a route

similar to the one his people would take

back and forth from Nebraska to Wisconsin, where they would visit relatives.

On the road bet ween his home and

school, Payer would often stop to pick

up materials for his art and found many

historical documents of his people’s

plight that he also has incorporated

into his work.

He said the history he has attempted

to represent in his work doesn’t only

belong to the Ho-Chunk people.

“It’s a shared histor y,” he said. “It’s

a collective history.”

I n one of his pieces, “ Winnebago

Camp,” Payer shows a gathering of wagons being used by his people on their

journey back to Wisconsin. He said the

painting is meant to reference the use

of the name Winnebago for a popular

recreational vehicle.

Payer theorizes that the use of the

n a m e Wi n n e b a g o w a s u s e d b y t h e

m o t o r h o m e c o m p a ny b e c a u s e t h e

company’s founders may have seen the

wagons used by the Ho-Chunk people

– who became known as the “wandering Winnebago” – on their journeys to

a n d f ro m Wi s co n s i n . Fro m a f a r, t h e

wagons look a bit like the motor homes

used today.

The motor home company even

named many of its first models Chieftain, Brave and Indian.

“That’s just my theory,” Payer said.

Many of his pieces also incorporate

antique windows, a building material

Payer began using as frames for his

canvas because they cost less than actual art frames. At first, he would take

the glass panes out but later began

incorporating the glass into his pieces.

By doing so, he was able to create

art that could be viewed from the front

and the back, he said.

“Anything I can find, I’m tr ying to

use, in any way,” he said.

He said his humorous pieces, such

as “#currentmood,” which features a

historical photo of a Native man with

a yellow smiley face emoticon placed

over his face, are meant to demonstrate

Native humor.

“ We like to laugh and poke fun at

each other and even poke fun at ourselves,” he said. “ That ’s an impor tant

part of the struggle, especially as we

have to constantly be reminded of this

history.”

Another piece, “Le Interpreteur,” is

a por trait of his ancestor, Alexander

Payer, who was an interpreter for the

Winnebago. The painting on glass, Henry Payer said, hearkens to his own role

as an artistic interpreter for his people.

“That’s kind of what I feel like I’m doing,” he said. “I feel like I’m interpreting

Ho-Chunk culture for non-Natives and

outsiders.”

Masthead Scene

Hats off to Stewy Guy, he is not only the voice of Winnebago Powwow, he’s the photographer extraordinaire.

Powwow is only 12 days away, better star t that last

minute powwow regalia.

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Community News

WHDC HOUSING UPDATES

Senior 12-Plex Tenants - The elderly

tenants are settling into various temporary housing situations. Five remain at

the Winna-Vegas Inn. Three are moved

into WHDC units. Four are moved into

a relative’s home. Winnebago Volunteer

Fire D epar tment –Thank you to the

W VFD was first to arrive on June 4,

to begin fighting the fire. Thank you to

the Homer Fire Dept. and the Dakota

City Fire Dept. for the suppor t they

also provided.

Tr i b a l C . H . R . s – T h a n k y o u t o t h e

CHRs who were on the scene quickly,

making sure that all elderly residents

were out of the building and safe. CHRs

transpor ted tenants to the E.R. for a

check and to the Senior Program to

wait for the Red Cross representatives.

The CHRs also delivered a lunch from

the Senior Citizen Program for several

w e e k s M o n d a y t h r u Fr i d a y, a n d t o

check for any medical needs.

American Red Cross – Thank you to

Three representatives from the Omaha,

Nebraska Office who arrived within 2.5

hours of the call for help. Thank you

tothe American Red Cross who provided to each elderly tenant a debit card

with $120 for “liveability” and $170 for

“immediate needs”.

W i n n a - Ve g a s – T h a n k s t o M a y a n

Beltran, casino general manager, for

authorizing the casino hotel and Inn

to provide rooms at the reduced rate

of $35.10 per night for the elderly tenants.M ayan also author ized the I nn

to offer housing for up to one year at

the cost of the usual monthly rent for

those elderly who wish to stay there

during the renovation or re-building of

the 12-plex. Deanna Whistler assisted

with providing two food comps for Sat.

and same for Sun. on three weekends

for those remaining at Winna-Vegas.

WHDC Staff – Dawn Snake, Resident

S er vices, and O wenah Sharp, Occupancy Specialist, have been busy doing

many tasks to be helpful to the elderly

tenants. Assisted with moving personal

proper ty that is salvageable to their

new housing site or to the Titan Storage Unit, offered at half price rental.

Transportation in a Tribal Health van

from Winna Vegas Inn to Wal-Mart for

shopping, and to meet with the newlycreated Resource Team to determine

on-going needs. Arranging for Behavioral Health staff to meet with those

elderly tenants experiencing effects the

trauma, loss and stress created by the

fire incident.

Maintenance stopped usual daily duties, prepared the two vacant units for

occupancy and assisted with moving

the three tenants into WHDC units.

Winnebago Tribe – Garan Coons established a “Go Fund Me” page for the

elderly tenants. As the contributions

built up, funds were transferred to the

elderly for purchase of basic necessities, such as clothing, shoes & food.

Many, many thanks for all that has

been donefor the elderly tenants in

this situation. More information will

be shared in the next issue. I believe

that the whole community is thankful

that no one was injured!

Employment Opportunity

The Center for Rural Affairs is hiring a Policy Writing Assistant

and a Grants Associate. The Center for Rural Affairs is a 501(c)3

nonprofit organization headquartered in Lyons, Nebraska and

focuses on small business and farm development, farm and rural

policy, research, and community development. Refer to www.

cfra.org/careers for position description, details, and application

instructions. EOE

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-149

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

WAKIYA REDHORN

In Re:

I. R. (DOB 05/2002)

LEGAL NOTICE

PRECIOUS VILLIARIMO:

You are hereby notified that a Divorce

Petition has been filed in the office of

the clerk of this court. You must file a

motion or answer within 20 days with

the Clerk of Cour t for the Winnebago

Tribal Cour t in Winnebago Nebrask a.

If you do not, judgment by default may

be rendered against you for the relief

demanded in the Petition.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-078

In the Matter of the

Name Change Petition of:

MAXWELL nmn WALKER

to MAXWELL nmn LITTLEWALKER

To:

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JEROME MCCAULEY SR.:

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

ing concerning the above referred Case

No. CV18-151 has been scheduled and

You are hereby notified that a petition will be heard in the Winnebago Tribal

has been filed for Guardianship and a Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on the

hearing concerning the above referred 13TH day of SEPTEMBER, 2018 at the

Individual(s) in Case No. CV18-149 has hour of 9:00 A.M.

been scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 11TH day of SEPTEMBER, 2018 at the hour of 11:30 A.M.

To:

To register contact: Donna Wolff

402-878-3659

In the Matter of the

Divorce Petition of:

MARY PAINTER-MCCAULEY

vs

JEROME MCCAULEY SR.

ROSALIND HAVLISH, Mother

L I N O B R OT H E R S O F A L L , Fa -

In the Matter of:

CHANEL VILLIARIMO

vs

PRECIOUS VILLIARIMO

Thursday - August 16th at 1pm - 2:30pm - Downstairs Classroom WTWC

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-151

To:

TO:

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-094

Thursday - July 26th at 1pm - 2:30pm - Upstairs Classroom WTWC

LEGAL NOTICE

ANY INTERESTED PARTIES

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

TITAN MOTORS

vs.

JASON BASS & TALIA BASS, CV18107, IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,200.60

J A S O N B A S S & D E S I A TA I L M ODGE, CV18-108, IN THE AMOUNT

OF $3,136.84

TALIA OR JASON BASS, C V18-109,

IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,504.44

SIERRA BIGFIRE OR JEREMIAH

BIGFIRE, C V18-111, IN THE AMOUNT

OF $7,174.30

S TO R M Y B R O W N R I G G , C V 1 8 - 1 1 2 ,

IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,572.51

L AU R A B U C H A N A N , C V 1 8 - 0 9 6 , I N

THE AMOUNT OF $447.99

D AV I D D I N S M O R E , C V 1 8 - 1 1 3 , I N

THE AMOUNT OF $4,273.65

JESS FRAZIER, CV18-114, IN THE

AMOUNT OF $9,552.39

JENA FREE, CV18-099, IN THE

AMOUNT OF $620.04

BENJAMIN HORN & JAMES REDHORN, CV18-115, IN THE AMOUNT

OF $6,396.05

NIANA OR NEVIN MASQUAT, CV18117, IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,699.29

N E V I N M A S Q U AT, C V 1 8 - 1 1 8 , I N

THE AMOUNT OF $10,337.70

B E V E R LY O R W I L L I A M S N A K E MORRIS, C V18-122, IN THE AMOUNT

OF $19,442.32

You are hereby notified that a petition for Name Change has been filed

and a hearing concerning the above

referred Individual in case no. CV18078 has been scheduled and will be

heard in the Winnebago Tribal Cour t

of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 13TH

day of AUGUST, 2018 at the hour of

10:00 A.M.

To: A L L I N D I V I D U A L S L I S T E D

ABOVE:

Yo u a r e h e r e b y n o t i f i e d t h a t a

C i v i l Pe t i t i o n h a s b e e n f i l e d a n d a

hearing concerning the above referred

Individual(s) has been scheduled and

will be heard in the Winnebago Tribal

Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on the

13TH day of AUGUST, 2018 at the hour

of 9:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-065

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

SERENITY DREW

In Re:

R. M. S. (DOB 09/2013)

TO: JENNIFER DREW, Mother

BIOLOGICAL 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. CV18-065 has

been scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

N e b r a s k a o n t h e 2 4 T H d a y o f J U LY,

2018 at the hour of 9:30 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-072

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

MARIA SCOTT

In Re:

A. S. (DOB 12/2009)

TO: JENNIFER DREW, Mother

BIOLOGICAL 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. CV18-072 has

been scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

N e b r a s k a o n t h e 2 4 T H d a y o f J U LY,

2018 at the hour of 9:30 A.M.

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ18-023

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

T. M. (DOB 09/2006)

CREE LYONS, Mother

To:

TYLER WRIGHT, Father

You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning

the above referred minor individual(s)

i n c a s e n o . J FJ 1 8 - 0 2 3 h a s b e e n

scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

N e b r a s k a o n t h e 3 1 s t d ay o f J U LY,

2018 at the hour of 9:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-065

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

SERENITY DREW

In Re:

R. M. S. (DOB 09/2013)

TO: JENNIFER DREW, Mother

BIOLOGICAL 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. CV18065 has been scheduled and will be

heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court of

Winnebago, Nebraska on the 24TH day

of JULY, 2018 at the hour of 9:30 A.M.

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