Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 48, Number 11 Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 48, Number 11 Wednesday, May 31, 2017

8th Grade Academy Class visits the beautiful Northwest

Bago Bits…

We’ve followed Pilar throughout her

college basketball career at St. Mary’s

College, but it’s all over, Pilar graduated

at ceremonies held last week.

Congratulations Pilar!

Students of the Winnebago Public School last week visited the beautiful state of Washington. The students visited many landmarks I and

around Seattle. They are pictured here at the Tillicum Village Landmark & Historical Place at Port Orchard, WA. The students visited many

tribal sites and made their way through a snow storm, rain and sunshine, all in one day.

Winnebago Educare holds Headstart Graduation Ceremonies

Hope everyone had a good memorializing

all their loved this past weekend. The

Boys at the Facilities Department sure

did a good job at preparing the grounds

for the Holiday.

Kenny Blackhawk was the Winner of the

Wild Life & Parks “Biggest Mushroom”

contest held for the first this year. Including the stem Kenny’s mushroom measured a whooping 10.5 inches.

The Thunder Way housing development is

expanding east on that property, these two

units snuck up within the past few weeks.

Anyone recognize this guy? If you have a

good guess you could win a small prize

from the WIN office.

These cute little 4 years olds graduated this week from the Winnebago Headstart Program, also known as Eduare Winnebago. Each class

wore different colored caps & gowns that were chosen by each class. Ceremonies were held at the Winnebago Public Schools due to the

number of graduates. Each graduate received gifts from area businesses and from funds raised by their supportive parents.

Ho-Chunk Inc.’s Lance Morgan named “Superhero”

Economic Development Professional of the Year

Travois recognized housing and economic development

professionals in Indian Country

K A N S A S

C I T Y, M o . –

May 19, 2017 –

Lance Morgan,

president and

CEO of HoChunk, Inc.

was named

Economic Development Professional

of the Year at the 17th Annual Travois

Affordable Housing & Economic Development Conference. Four outstanding

industry professionals and an American Indian tribe were recognized at a

Superhero Awards luncheon on April

5 in Austin, Texas.

Ho-Chunk Inc. (HCI), the awardwinning economic development corporation owned by the Winnebago Tribe

of Nebraska, was founded in 1994 by

Lance Morgan. The organization has

grown to over 1,000 employees with

operations in 16 states and nine foreign

countries.

Recently, HCI partnered with Chickasaw Nation Community Development

Endeavor and used New Markets Tax

Credits to continue investing in HoChunk Village, its vibrant, walkable,

new urbanist community. Ho-Chunk

Villages includes affordable housing

that was developed through the Low

Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)

program.

“We are fortunate to have Lance’s

advice and assistance as a member of

our advisory board,” said Phil Glynn,

president of Travois. “He continues to

break new ground in economic and

community development and HoChunk Inc.’s success inspires fascinating work across Indian Country.”

Morgan was unable to attend the

event but later said: “I am honored to

be named a Superhero in economic

development by Travois,” said Morgan. “At Ho-Chunk Inc., our agenda is

clear; we are committed to developing

and operating successful businesses

and providing job opportunities for

tribal members. We desire to improve

the lives of our tribal members. With

successful economic development, we

achieve this by directly providing jobs,

and by indirectly providing homes, educational opportunities and a wide variety of community-based initiatives.”

2017 Superhero Awards winners:

Housing Professional of the Year:

Floyd Tortalita, executive director for

Pueblo of Acoma Housing Authority;

Acoma Pueblo, NM

Economic Development Professional

of the Year: Ho-Chunk Inc. and Lance

Morgan, president and CEO of HoChunk Inc.; Winnebago, NE

Pillar Professional of the Year:

Danny Chatter, maintenance superintendent for Yavapai-Apache Nation

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Indianz.com… President Trump confirms Indian Country’s

fears with budget request

Mainstreet HoChunk Village is looking

very nice, not too much space left in the

40 acre project. Still room for some tribal

member to get into that Subway, McDonalds or Taco Bell franchise.

American Broadband winners of Chromebooks from the Senior Citizens Center.

News from American Broadband inside

this issue.

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

President Donald Trump is confirming Indian Country's worst fears by seeking drastic cuts in education, health,

housing and other key programs.

As expected, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service are

among the many losers in Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget. Details released

on Tuesday show both agencies being

reduced to levels not seen in nearly a decade, essentially setting the clock back

on gains seen during the Obama era.

But even though tribes and key law-

V i s i t

u s

a t

makers knew the cuts were coming, the

new president still managed to pull out

some surprises as he departed the Middle

East for the Vatican on his first foreign

excursion. He proposed the outright

elimination of a grant program that tribes

nationwide have used to improve housing

and economic development opportunities

in their communities.

“President Trump's budget proposal

for programs affecting Indian Country

is extremely troubling because of its

disregard for the federal government's

responsibilities and its troubling lack of

understanding of the challenges facing

tribal communities,” Sen. Tom Udall (DNew Mexico), the vice chairman of

the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs,

said in a press release. “I'm concerned

that it would violate the federal government’s trust and treaty obligations to

provide even basic health, education,

public safety and other core services to

American Indians, Alaska Natives, and

Native Hawaiians.”

Even Republicans expressed concerns, although in a different fashion.

They quickly pointed out that Congress

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Around Winnebago

TESTIMONY OF VICTORIA KITCHEYAN, COUNCILWOMAN

WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

MAY 16, 2017

Good Afternoon Mr. Chairman

and Members of the Committee:

My name is Victoria Kitcheyan. I

am a member of the Winnebago Tribe

of Nebraska where I currently serve as

the Treasurer of the Tribal Council.

I would like to begin by thanking

the Members of this Subcommittee,

its staff, and our Congressman Jeff

Fortenberry and his staff, for your

on-going support for our efforts to address the continuing health care crisis

at the Omaha Winnebago Hospital. A

crisis that led our hospital to become

the only federally operated health care

facility in the United States to lose its

Medicare/Medicaid Provider Certification over poor and inadequate patient

care.

Mr. Chairman, as you know, CMS

revoked our Indian Health Service

(IHS) hospital’s certification almost

two-years ago, and with it the hospital’s ability to bill Medicare and Medicaid for services provided. I wished

that I could come here today and tell

you that our CMS certification has

been restored, but I cannot. When

I started writing this testimony, last

Friday May 5th, the IHS was telling

our Tribal Council that it was planning

on requesting recertification at the end

of this month. However, as of today,

May 9th, that effort has been delayed

yet again. Apparently, the latest news

is that the IHS has now become concerned by some of the findings that it

received in the recent CMS review of

its Rosebud and Pine Ridge facilities.

It has therefore decided to conduct yet

another internal review of the progress

at Winnebago before resubmitting

its recertification package to CMS.

While this appears to be logical, I have

frankly grown tired of receiving and

giving this Subcommittee new target

dates for this important recertification

submittal.

While the IHS is telling our Congressional delegation that it is making

progress, my Tribe still has a number

of major concerns. For example, as of

today, we still have 51 staff vacancies

out of a total of 202 positions, giving

us a staff vacancy rate of 25.2%. Ad-

ditionally, our Service

Unit has now suffered

a net total loss of more

than $4 million in

third party income,

as a direct result of

our hospital’s delay

in obtaining CMS recertification. This $4

million net loss is after

accounting for the IHS

carry over amount

that were reallocated

to our Service Unit to

deal with the absence

of CMS reimbursements.

That is not to say

that some improvements have not been

made. We now have

a new CEO who my

Tribal Council genuinely believes is working very hard to make

improvements. Nevertheless, while this

Gentleman works very

well with our Tribal

Council, we have quickly come to understand that he is not the person who

controls the funding for our Service

Unit. So, in short, to say that things are

where they should be after two years

would be an exaggeration.

Mr. Chairman, our hospital’s lack of

full staffing and its $4 million loss in

third party billing has clearly limited the

quality of care provided to our people. I

only wished that I could tell you where

the extra funding that this Subcommittee has provided for recertification

work at our hospital has been used,

but I honestly cannot. Please believe me

when I tell you that this is not a result

of my Tribal Council’s failure to ask. The

Winnebago Tribe knows that our Service

Unit has received some of those dollars,

and we greatly appreciate that help,

but when we ask for a full accounting

of where those monies were expended,

the answers that we receive were vague

at best. So, in short, while we are regularly assured that the recertification of

the Omaha Winnebago Hospital is a top

priority of the IHS Central Office, our

experience at the local level suggests

that this message is not being passed

down to the Great Plains Regional Office.

For all of these reasons, we would

like to request your assistance in obtaining a direct, clearly identified portion

of the additional FY 2017 funding that

this Subcommittee just appropriated

to IHS to address CMS certification issues. Our Omaha Winnebago Hospital

is at a critical junction in the recertification process, and our Service Unit is

burning through the carry over dollars

that were provided to it every day that

this recertification is delayed. In fact,

every time our CEO attempts to fill one

of the critical vacancies that the CMS

has identified as a prerequisite to recertification, our Great Plains Regional

Office’s Finance Department stops him

from doing so because it is, by their

account, “not in the budget.” How can

our Service Unit ever expect to obtain

recertification when our CEO has to

jump through hoops just to hire for a

mandatory position?

The federal hiring freeze has also

created some serious delays in our recertification process. While the IHS is

telling the Tribes that the hiring freeze

no long applies to our Service Unit, no

one seems to have made that clear to

the Great Plains Regional Office. How

can we be expected to recruit when we

cannot even tell an applicant whether

a given job is or is not available today?

Our hospital’s on-going budget is based

upon recertification by no later than

Oct 1, 2017. If that does not happen,

it cannot continue to perform at the unacceptably low level that it is operating

now. That is very scary.

Additionally, while we know this

Subcommittee has never failed to pass

its Appropriations Bill out of full Committee on time- every time, and it has

never failed to fight hard to get those annual funding bills passed, the Congress’

failure to appropriate full year funding

in a timely manner has made addressing

our local problems all the more difficult.

Planning is hard enough under one Continuing Resolution, but making the kind

of improvements that we need to make

under multiple Continuing Resolutions

has been beyond difficult.

I am here today because I am genuinely worried. Given our highly volatile

situation, any cuts in FY 2018 IHS funding, which may be proposed by the new

Administration, can very easily destroy

what we are working so hard to achieve.

So thank you for everything that you are

doing to protect the health of our people.

You are true heroes!

Rumors of future cuts in HHS and

IHS funding are already affecting our

recruitment efforts. It is hard enough

to get a highly qualified medical expert

to accept a job in Winnebago, Nebraska,

at a salary which is below that being

paid in surrounding urban areas, but

when you add to this the possibility of

salary freezes, layoffs of support staff,

and limits on medical procurements, it

becomes almost impossible. So please,

remind your colleagues that, as our five

unnecessary deaths have shown, the

decisions that you make here in Washington do, in fact, impact people’s lives.

Before closing, I would also like to

take this opportunity to speak again

about the problems that the Winnebago

Tribe has experienced in its efforts to

assume control over the operation of

our hospital under a future P.L. 93-638

compact. As you can imagine, assuming control of something as technically

demanding as a hospital requires a great

deal of planning and a skill set that my

Tribal Council simply does not have. The

Winnebago Tribe wants to take over our

IHS facility as soon as possible, but we

simply cannot afford to hire the hospital

management and planning expertise

that is required to accomplish that goal

on the tiny planning grant that the IHS

has offered. For this reason, we again

ask for your help. Mr. Chairman, my

Tribe wants to do this correctly, and

we simply will not attempt to assume

control of this facility unless we feel

confident that we are prepared to run

it in a professional manner. The risk is

just too great.

Finally, I would be remiss if I failed

to speak briefly about the problems

that the Great Plains Tribes are having

in addressing the IHS funding and reorganization issues at the Great Plains

Regional level. I have been honored to

serve on the advisory committee on

Great Plains reorganization for just over

11 months, and I can honestly state that

it has been one of the most frustrating

experiences of my career. This is because no one in the IHS system wants to

give the Great Plains Tribes the budget

and staffing information that we need in

order to make informed decisions and

recommendations. Allow me to explain.

• We travel for hours to attend an IHS

sponsored meeting where we expect to

receive regional budget and spending

information. When we arrive, we are

provided with nothing but a useless

PowerPoint talking about the overall

national IHS budget process.

• We ask the Regional Office to explain how national IHS appropriations

are divided into funding for given service units, and when we do, we seem

to know more about this process than

the IHS employees that we are meeting with.

• Even simple questions never get

answered. For example, just over a

month ago, we learned for the first

time, from the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux

Tribe- not from the IHS- that monies

had been taken from the Sisseton Service Unit’s budget and “reallocated.”

Yet, when we asked where those monies

had been sent, the IHS personnel in our

meeting could not give us a straight

answer. This has led us to demand

an accounting of all funds reallocated

from one Great Plains Service Unit to

another, including the amount reallocated and the purpose for the reallocation, but no information has been

provided to date.

• We also asked for documents that

show the current and historic IHS budget allocations to the various Service

Units, but get no usable information.

• We ask for a detailed accounting

of where the additional funds that this

Subcommittee has provided for Great

Plains CSC issues have been used, but

the answers that we receive are confusing and uninformative.

• We ask for information on how P.L.

93-638 contract and compact decisions

are made and how monies are allocated

under those circumstances and no one

is willing to answer those questions.

So, in short, we are getting the “run

around” and that is wrong, especially in

cases like ours where CMS certification

is at stake.

Mr. Chair man, we understand

that appropriations and authorizing

committees serve different roles and

have different authorities, but we also

understand the power of the purse.

Thus, we are respectfully calling upon

you to do everything in your power to

provide some true oversight over what

is going on with funding in the Great

Plains Region which is, by CMS’s own

reports, in crisis.

The Winnebago Tribe knows how

hard this Subcommittee has fought to

preserve the IHS budget during these

tight fiscal times, and we appreciate

those efforts very much. It is my sincere

hope that you can use my testimony to

show your colleagues that their decisions about Indian Health Care Funding have consequences, and that the

wrong decisions can lead to very real

harm. Thank you for this opportunity

to address you today. I will be happy

to answer any questions you may have.

Winnebago Indian News, Wednesday, May 31, 2017 — Page 3

In My Opinion

JESUS OUR SAVIOR

LUTHERAN OUTREACH

Thoughts from College… by Lance Morgan

Someone suggested I write about

my experiences in college because we

have so many young people heading

off to college this fall. I liked the idea

because I have attended several graduation parties recently, but often I don’t

know the graduate well enough to offer more than just a few encouraging

words and a little cash for the cause.

Going off to college is an exciting

time, but it can also be a solitary exercise fraught with opportunities to succeed or quit. Everyone is wishing you

well and you are excited to experience

something new. It is also the first time

from home and often the first time you

have to compete at a higher level. There

is a lot of self-doubt and concern about

fitting into such a different environment. Some people slide right into it

and push through and adapt and succeed and some simply start to slide and

end up back home fairly quickly with a

diminished sense of self that can hold

back a young person for years.

Personally, I started at the University of Nebraska, at Lincoln (UNL). I

had turned down an appointment to

the naval academy because I wanted

to be like the movie Top Gun and fly

jets, but apparently if you have bad vision they don’t let you fly $20 million

supersonic heavily armed jets.

I didn’t have much money so I only

applied to one school and that school

was Harvard—talk about naïve and

cocky! However, I was missing a few

things from my application and instead

of getting the big envelope of acceptance I got the little letter saying they

removed my name from consideration.

Ouch! I joined the army reserves a few

weeks later and applied to UNL. Nebraska took ½ off tuition for members

of the military and I got a pell grant,

some tribal education dollars and the

G.I. Bill. It was just enough to get me

through. I distinctly remember being

in boot camp at a base in southern

Missouri and being exhausted after a

15 mile fully loaded hike and thinking

this is a long way from the Ivy League.

I loved UNL and had a great time,

but what I remember about both UNL

and Harvard was the amount of time it

took to be successful. You need to put

in the time studying if you want to do

well. I was a guy who crammed hard

before a test and would be up late into

the night trying to memorize information. No one can make you put in that

time. You have to be self-motivated.

I remember walking home late one

night during finals in law school. It was

December and very cold and I was so

tired, but I knew if I kept plugging away

it would be worth it. I didn’t want to

return to the life I knew before. I always

had enough to eat and a roof over my

head, but basically my family didn’t

have a lot extra. I was determined to

have more and I figured the only real

path was going to be education, so I

just kept pushing.

The second thing I remember was

the sense of accomplishment after

finishing each semester. I had 7 total

years of college and after each of the 14

semesters I would have that little walk

to my dorm or apartment after my last

final. I walked slow and soaked up that

little feeling of accomplishment. It was

my solitary moment where I knew the

hard work paid off.

To finish the story, when I applied to

law school I was a little bit less cocky

and applied to six law schools, one of

which was Harvard, which saw the light

this time and let me in! Getting that big

envelope instead of the little one denying me was one of the most memorable

moments of my life. Unfortunately, no

one was around at the time and it was

before social media so I jumped up and

down along in my apartment.

Going to Harvard was a shock to

my system. I had never been in such

an intensely intellectual environment.

I wasn’t sure I was smart enough and

it took me about a year to adapt to the

level of competition, but once I realized

I belonged and could do the work, it

turned out great. But this leads me to

my one bit of advice for graduates who

go off to college.

If you go to college, expect a bump

in competition. Often the students who

came to UNL from Winnebago or tribal

colleges struggled their first semester.

I was the leader of the native student

organization and I would tell them to

expect some frustration, but if you can

get through the first semester or first

year, then you will adapt to the level of

competition and then your chances of

finishing are much greater. It is so easy

to give up and go home or tell yourself

you will go back, but that rarely happens. Life gets in the way, so tough it

out. Face your self-doubt and push

back using your natural intelligence

and hard work. Trust me I know that

the hard work will eventually pay off

and it will positively impact you for

the rest of your life. Good Luck Class

of 2017!

Pastor Ricky Jacob

is that? And ever, and ever, and ever,

and ever, and when you get through

with all of the forevers, then 'Amen.'

“Who is this ‘Jesus’?”

He's enduringly strong.

He's entirely sincere.

He's eternally steadfast.

He's immortally graceful.

He's imperially powerful.

He's impartially merciful.

He's God's Son.

He's a sinner's Savior.

He's the centerpiece of civilization.

He's stands alone in Himself.

He's unparalleled.

He's unprecedented.

He's supreme.

He's preeminent.

He's the loftiest idea in literature.

He's the highest idea in philosophy.

He's the fundamental truth in

theology.

He's the miracle of the age.

He's the only One able to supply all

of our needs simultaneously.

He's supplies strength for the weak.

He's available for the tempted

and the tried.

"Oh, I wish I could describe

Him to you."

He sympathizes and He saves.

He guards and He guides.

He heals the sick, He cleans the

lepers.

He forgives sinners,

He discharges debtors,

He delivers captives,

He defends the feeble,

He blesses the young,

He serves the unfortunate,

He regards the aged,

He rewards the diligent,

He beautifies the meek.

Do you know Him?

He always has been, and He always

will be. I'm talking about He [who] had

no predecessor and He [who] had no

successor. There was nobody before

Him and there will be nobody after Him.

You can't impeach Him, and He's not

going to resign. We try to get prestige

and honor and glory to ourselves, but

the glory is all His. Thine is the kingdom

and the power and the glory forever,

and ever, and ever, and ever. How long

These are the words of Dr. S. M.

Lockridge from his sermon entitled:

"He's my King!"

Our Bible verse for the coming

school year at Jesus Our Savior Lutheran preschool has Jesus informing

us of who He is. One of his students

heard and recorded Jesus as saying,

“I am the way, the truth and the life.

No one comes to the Father except

through me.” [St. John 14:6 NIV]

It is impossible to reduce knowing Jesus to mere words. Note what

He said, “I am the way.” He did not

say that he is one of several ways. He

is the one and only way back to our

Creator. There is no other way and it

is not up to me or to you in assisting

him in any way.

Jesus also went on to say, “I am . .

. the truth.” Again Jesus only speaks

the truth. His words and promises are

true. There is no reason to doubt any

word of Jesus.

Finally Jesus completed this statement with, “I am . . . the life.” Jesus

is the risen and ascended Son of God.

Jesus lives. The place that he longs to

live is with you. The time he longs to

live with you is now and forever.

Through the Word of God, just who

Jesus is has been revealed. Again it is

impossible to reduce knowing Jesus in

mere words. However, faith in Jesus

as Lord, as Savior, or as Dr. Lockridge

entitled his sermon as King, assures

one of a way to His heavenly Father.

This is truth – Aho – Amen! Celebrate

trusting in Jesus as your Savior now

and forevermore.

Contact me at hochunk@aol.com

In Loving Memory… Trent D. Erb

Wak Ce Xi Mani Ga

June 6, 1965—May 20, 2017

Funeral Services

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Whirling Thunder Wellness Center

Winnebago, Nebraska

In Charge:

Robert Armell, Sr.

Honorary Pallbearers

Brian Morgan-Anthony Erb- Joshua Erb

Mark Blackhawk-Luke Merrick-Alan Wolfe

Daniel Earth-O.C. Earth

Pallbearers

Frank Smith-Hank Rice

Darren Payer-Anthony Earth

Lane Veseley-John Smith

Interment

Orchard, Nebraska

Arrangements by

Winnebago Wake and Burial Program

Winnebago, Nebraska

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Bago News

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Tribal Housing; Camp Verde, AZ

Haven Professional of the Year:

Jean Defoe, finance manager for Red

Cliff Chippewa Housing Authority;

Bayfield, WI

Project Team of the Year: Red Lake

Reservation Housing Authority; Red

Lake, MN

About

the

Low

Income Housing Tax Credit

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit

program was developed by Congress is

1986 and is included in Section 42 of

the Internal Revenue Code. It was created to encourage private investment

in the construction or rehabilitation

of housing for low-income families.

Over the last 30 years, virtually all affordable rental housing in the United

States has been built or rehabilitated

with the support of the federal LIHTC

program. The LIHTC is an extraordinary partnership among state and local

governments, for-profit and nonprofit

builders, and private investors and

lenders that has enabled the rehabilitation and construction of 40,000

properties, and the financing structure

ensures that rents remain affordable

to low-income families. These properties have provided more than 3 million

rental homes for the most vulnerable

members of our society – struggling

working families, seniors, veterans,

people with disabilities, and the formerly homeless. These high-quality

and well-maintained homes have

strengthened thousands of urban,

suburban, and rural communities.

Harvard University’s Joint Center on

Housing Studies, which has exhaustively studied the housing credit, has

concluded that it is “widely regarded as

the most successful affordable housing

production and preservation program

in the nation’s history.”

About New Markets Tax Credit Program

The New Markets Tax Credit was enacted in 2000 in an effort to stimulate

private investment and economic

growth in low income urban neighborhoods and rural communities that lack

access to the patient capital needed to

support and grow businesses, create

jobs, and sustain healthy local economies. The NMTC is a 39 percent federal

tax credit, taken over seven years, on

investments made in economically

distressed communities. Today due to

NMTC, more than $75 billion is hard

at work in underserved communities in

all 50 states, the District of Columbia,

and Puerto Rico

A b o u t

T r a v o i s

Travois is a mission-driven, familyowned consulting firm focused exclusively on promoting housing and

economic development for American

Indian, Alaska Native and Native

Hawaiian communities. Since 1995,

Travois has brought investor equity

to 200 projects through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program

and New Markets Tax Credit program,

making an impact of more than $1

billion across Indian Country. These

private investor funds have helped

build or rehabilitate more than 5,100

homes and have helped finance critical economic development projects,

including infrastructure, health care,

community centers, education facilities and job incubators. Travois family

of companies also offers architectural

design and construction monitoring

services, environmental assessments,

consulting on green energy leadership,

asset management and compliance

services, investment impact models,

and comprehensive training to clients

in 21 states, from Hawaii and Alaska

to Maine and California.

-- not the president -- has the final say

over funding levels for the BIA, the IHS

and other federal agencies.

“As the appropriations process moves

forward, I will work to provide our

agencies with the resources necessary to fulfill their missions while

also finding efficiencies to ensure

taxpayer dollars are being used judiciously,” Rep. Ken Calvert (R-California),

a key member of the House Appropriations Committee, said in a statement.

Calvert chairs the House Appropriation

Subcommittee on Interior, Environment,

and Related Agencies, which is responsible for writing the bill that funds the

vast majority of tribal programs. Just

last week, he presided over a series of

sessions in Washington, D.C., where

nearly 80 Indian Country leaders called

on Congress to fulfill the federal government's trust and treaty responsibilities.

"The federal government has a fiduciary trust responsibility under the Fort

Laramie Treaty of 1868 to provide adequate resources to the Rosebud Sioux

Tribe," Lisa White Pipe, a council member for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, told

Calvert's subcommittee last Wednesday.

According to Trump's Cabinet, the

2018 request fulfills those kinds of

responsibilities, just not at the levels

tribes want. Secretary Ryan Zinke, the

new leader of the Department of the

Interior, was upbeat even as his agency

took at 10.9 percent hit in the budget.

"We fully support and fund our trust

responsibility with a focus on self-governance, self-determination and sovereignty," Zinke said during a conference

call with reporters.

The Department of Health and Human Services is slated for an even larger

cut of 16.9 percent. Secretary Tom

Price linked the reduction in funds to

Republican efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system, which impacts

revenues at the IHS.

“More money isn’t the answer; replacing a broken system is,” Price said in

a statement.

Over at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the proposal calls for the complete elimination of $60 million in funds for

the Indian Community Development

Block Grant Program, which benefits

a wide variety of projects. The much

larger Community Development Block

Grant is also on the chopping block.

“This budget reflects this administration’s commitment to fiscal responsibility

while continuing HUD’s core support of

our most vulnerable households,” Secretary Ben Carson said in a press release.

“We will work very closely with Congress

to support the critical work of our agency

as we vigorously pursue new approaches

to help work-eligible households achieve

self-sufficiency.”

Typically, the House Appropriations

Committee starts working on funding

bills in June. The goal is for Congress to

enact the bills into law before the start of

a new fiscal year on October 1.

Due to partisan disputes over budget priorities, that's rarely happened

in recent years. Instead, Congress has

resorted to "omnibus" bills that have

included only modest gains for Indian

Country programs.

Still, the proposal released by Trump

fails to match even those levels. A summary of the request, in comparison to

fiscal year 2017, follows.

Bureau of Indian Affairs

• $2.083 billion for most Indian programs, a reduction of $181 million.

• $241.1 million for contract support

costs, a reduction of $34.5 million.

• $143.2 million for construction, a reduction of $50.3 million.

•When land claims, water settlements

and other payments are added, the BIA's

budget request rises to $2.48 billion, or

$303.2 million less than the 2017 level.

“President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018

budget request for Indian Affairs strongly reflects his proposed investments in

education, energy development, and infrastructure which focus on enhancing

tribal prosperity through tribal, rather

than federal efforts,” Michael Black,

the "acting" Assistant Secretary for

Indian Affairs, said in a press release.

“We will achieve that by refocusing our

resources into those programs that are

most effective in supporting tribal selfdetermination.”

Indian

Health

Service

• $4.898 billion overall, a reduction of $55 million.

• Modest increases for clinical services, preventive health and contract support costs

• Increases of fset by $59 million

construction, maintenance, medical

equipment and sanitation facilities.

• $150 million for the Special Diabetes Program for Indians,

which Congress has yet to renew.

• The budget, however, promises that

the cut in in infrastructure is a "onetime" occurrence.

"The Secretary is cognizant of the

budget constraints, but protects medical

services, holding the budget even with

FY 2016, proposing one time reductions

on parts of infrastructure projects and

management activities in the facilities

appropriation account," a justification

document reads.

Department

of

Housing and Urban Development

• $600 million for the Native American Housing Block Grant Program, a reduction of $50 million.

• $0 for the Indian Housing Loan

Guarantee pr ogram, also known

as Section 184, due to carryover funds from prior fiscal years.

• $0 for the Native Hawaiian

Housing Block Grant due to car ryover funds from prior years.

• $0 for the Community Development Block Grant and for the Indian Community Development Block

Grant, a reduction of $3 billion.

Earlier this month, President Trump

released a signing statement that questioned the legality of funding for Indian

housing programs.

Department of the Interior Fiscal Year

2018 Budget Documents:

R e l a t e d

S t o r i e s :

Office of Special Trustee pitches lower

budget as 'taxpayer' savings (May 23,

2017)

For this and more stories from around

Indian Country visit us at www.indianz.

com

Thank You From the

“Wesley Keno Green Family”

Thank you to Everyone, Friends n Family. His Funeral was full of Love

Just like He was.

He got to see his Sons Become Young Men. We are so thankful for that,

and a Very Special Pinigigi to Isaac Smith for being in Charge.

Thank you Robin Bear for making the Arrangements possible, and to Olga

Blackfish for Preparing our meals.

Pingigi to Our Winnebago Tribe for Being So Loving in our time of Sorrow

We are So Ever "Grateful to You "

God Bless!!

Winnebago Indian News, Wednesday, May 31, 2017 — Page 5

Winnebago News

Internet Education Classes…

Hi Jerome, I had a lot of fun teaching

these classes and thought this might

be something the WIN could share with

the Winnebago Community.

The Kidz Cafe starting June 1st

Between March and April of 2017,

American Broadband held 5 Internet

classes between the communities of

Winnebago, Macy and Walthill, Nebraska. These classes were held to help

people learn about the internet and its

many uses. American Broadband also

received a grant to purchase 10 Chromebooks to use in these educational

classes. At the end of our class sessions,

anyone who took part in these classes

were entered to win one of the Chromebooks we used. ABB is happy to announce that the winners are: Charlene

Earth, Alfred Lopez, Ramona Sandoval,

Elizabeth Walker, Wanda Lewis, Bonnie

Christiansen, Tonia Keller, Cynthia L.

Grant, Karl Baker and Iris Payer. Thank

you to Little Priest Tribal College, Winnebago Senior Citizen Center, Omaha

Tribe of Nebraska and Walthill Public

Library for making this possible.

Powwow is eight weeks away!

2009 Caddy DTS

$11,500

75 k miles

2010 Ford F-150

$9,000

4 x 4 Work Truck

90 k miles

2001 Chevy Silverado 1500

2006 Dodge Charger R/T

$8,500

$7,800

4 x 4, 95 k miles

Hemi Power, 114 k miles

SPRING

BLOW OUT

SALE !!!

2006 Hummer H3

$9,000

4x4

Page 6 — Winnebago Indian News, Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Community News

HAPPY SPRING!

School’s out, kids are home all

day…which means more cooking, more

dirty dishes, more chores. They’ll be

sleeping in, but after a good breakfast

& they are ready to face the day, it is

a great time to instill some good habits

that will stay with them a lifetime.

Make a chore chart or wheel & get

the gang to pitch in & help out every

day to keep mom, dad, gaga & choka’s

blood pressure healthy. There are

simple everyday tasks that even young

children can perform, from picking

up toys, to gathering soiled laundry &

getting it into the hamper. Older kids

can prepare simple, healthy snacks for

their young siblings, take out garbage,

scrape, rinse & stack dirty dishes, etc.

This will give your children a sense

of responsibility and pride in their

home & family. Simple rewards like

family game or movie night, a trip to

the park & ice cream for all…maybe a

sleep over with friends. It doesn’t need

to cost a lot to get the whole family

involved in supporting the household.

Also with the warmer weather upon

us, Resident Services will be touring

your neighborhoods with our friendly

“Door Knocker” notices reminding our

tenants of lawn upkeep, inoperable

vehicles, vehicles parked on lawns, etc.

Lastly, please make sure to check

your mail regularly as Annual Housekeeping Inspection letters are sent out

every week along with other important

WHDC notices.

As always the Winnebago Housing

& Development Commission staff are

here to assist you with your housing

questions. Please feel free to call Dawn

Snake @ (402) 878-2241 for any questions regarding Resident Services & I

will be glad to assist you. Our office

hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. Our after hours

On-Call Emergency number is (402)

922-3099.

WINNEBAGO HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT

COMMISSION

Fire Arms, Guns – The Board wishes to remind all tenants that one must

have legal permits to own a gun, and to have a legal permit to carry, if

you take it out of the house.

For safety’s sake – we encourage all tenants to keep guns locked up in

a secure cabinet or locker so that no one can easily come into the

house, take it and use it. Better yet, pay the extra cost of securing the

firearm(s) in a safe place outside of your home.

Lease, Section 7. OBLIGATIONS OF THE RESIDENT. The Resident shall

be obligated as follows: Subsection DD. Illegal use or illegal possession

of firearms and/or weapons shall be grounds for eviction.

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June 9

Masthead

Scene

Winnebago Self Storage

5x10 - $35/month

10x10 - $45/month

10x20 - $65/month

The 12-plex has joined

the growing number of Winnebago Tribal Properties that

is in bad need of repairs. The

apartment building is a little

over 20 years old and was in

need of siding replacement.

The Tribal Housing Department recently awarded HuJope Contractors to put the

work in on the tribal property.

Nice job fellas!

LEGAL NOTICE

402-878-4210

www.winnebagoselfstorage.com

Native American Owned

Manufacturing Housing Company

LOOKING TO HIRE

Construction trades including,drywalling, roofing,

electrical, plumbing, framing, siding

Weekdays! 1st Shift! Attendance bonusus!

Apply at: Cascatra Homes 909 17th Ave. Central City, NE 68826

308-946-5400

randy@cascatahomes.com

Apartment For Rent

Lovely 1 bedroom apartment available for persons 62 years of age

or with a disability in Walthill, NE.

Controlled access building with laundry facilities. Rent based on income.

For more information, call

712-258-4765

or write: Weinberg P.M. Inc.,

600 4th Street, Suite 306, Sioux City, Iowa 51105

This institution is an equal opportunity provider

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ17-023

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

C. S. III (DOB 9-04-2016)

To:

CHARLES SEWELL II, Father

You are hereby notified that

a hearing for Initial Appearance concer ning the above referred minor

individual(s) in case no. JFJ17-023 has

been scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 6TH day of JUNE, 2017

at the hour of 10:30 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV17-051

In the Matter of the Custody Petition of:

MARK CLEVELAND

vs.

DANA FAYE PARKER

To: DANA FAYE PARKER,

You are hereby notified that a

Custody petition has been filed and

a Trial concerning the above referred

Individual(s) in case no. CV17-051 has

been scheduled will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 22ND day of JUNE,

2017 at the hour of 9:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV17-083

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

LISA PAYER,

In Re:

S. H. (DOB 05-26-2016)

TO:

JENNIFER DREW, Mother

UNKNOWN, 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. CV17083 has been scheduled and will be

heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court

of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 8TH

day of AUGUST, 2017 at the hour of

11:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ17-032

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

J. K. (DOB 4-8-2015)

To: STORMY KNUDSEN, Mother

CODY CHILSON, Putative

Father and ALL OTHER POTENTIAL

FATHERS

You are hereby notified that a

hearing for Initial Appearance concerning the above referred minor

individual(s) in case no. JFJ17-032

has been scheduled and will be heard

in the Winnebago Tribal Court of

Winnebago, Nebraska on the 29TH

day of AUGUST, 2017 at the hour of

10:30 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ17-010

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

M. T. JR. (DOB 7-22-2009)

To: MICHAEL THOMAS SR., Father

You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning

the above referred minor individual(s)

in case no. JFJ17-010 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago

Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska

on the 6TH day of JUNE, 2017 at the

hour of 10:00 A.M.

Winnebago Indian News, Wednesday, May 31, 2017 — Page 7

Around Winnebago

CONGRATULATIONS

Class of 2017

Shaundiin Evelyn Long

Red Nose Day 2017 by Shalise Cline

The Red Nose Foundation is a nationwide fundraiser ending May 24th to raise

money for children in poverty. Ms. Palmer’s homeroom class decided to take

part in the fundraiser this year. Teachers donated $5 to wear jeans or khaki

shorts the last week of school, and students donated $3 to wear their hats or

hoods. Together, teachers, staff, and students raised over $321. Donations impact children in all 50 states, including programs such as the Boys and Girls

Club of America.

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