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Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 48, Number 28 Saturday, January 27, 2018
2018 Basketball Fan Appreciation Night
Bago Bits…
Mary Payer and Alex Flanders both
received medals at the Lewis and Clark
Honor Band. They received second chair
medals, which are given for how well
they auditioned for their chair placement.
Around 20 medals were awarded to the
120 piece band. Congratz Girls!
Winnebago Warpath 3rd, 4th and 5th
grade teams approach the Winnebago
Tribal Council to match their fundraising
efforts for new uniforms.
Not only did the Indians and Lady Indians of Winnebago take the Indians and Lady Indians from Ponca out back to the woodshed last
week, HCI was putting our best foot forward by holding a Fan Appreciation Night Event.
“What a night! Huge thank you to all the fans and Ho-Chunk, Inc. employees who joined us for an exciting evening. We served over 750 free
hot dogs and both the Winnebago boys and girls teams won their games versus Ponca. Way to go!” Ho-Chunk, Inc. Community Engagement
Pictured WHS & HCI Staff with WPS superintendent, Dan Ferringer
Warpath Sports New Game Gear for the Second Half
First 2018 Blizzard proves too tough for
local drivers trying to get their kiddies to
school.
The Winnebago Warpath 3rd, 4th and 5th grade teams are sporting new Game Gear for the second half of their Basketball Season. Head
Coach Greg Bass, Jr. and assistant coach Marcel Moniz, along with a canoe full of supportive parents have been busy for months holding
fundraisers to get their boys new uniforms. The boys recently asked the Winnebago Tribal Council to help out with the last payment on
the gear. “We wanted the boys to work for their new dudes so they will hopefully appreciate them more and take better care of them. They
deserve them,” says Coach Q. “The boys, all of them have worked hard all season. This group will reload the Indians team in amatter of a
couple years.” We’ll hold you to that Coach Q.
HoChunk Harvest Village Market
Local Activist Frank LaMere visited and
spoke at a number of venues last week
on Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday.
The Lady Indians of Winnebago took out
the Lady Indians from Ponca last week
earning rights to the name for the next 12
months.
Terry Medina doesn’t blame anyone
for his condition, except himself.
At the age of 63, he’s struggled with
diabetes for nearly 7 years. The probation officer said it’s not easy to eat
right living on the Winnebago Indian
Reservation.
There are feasts, memorial dinners
and community gatherings where corn
soup, frybread and cake are often on
the menu.
“Indian people are killing themselves
with what they eat,” he said. “We’re eating frybread, all sorts of things we’re not
supposed to.”
But he’s fighting back.
He’s quit diet sodas and is down to
184 pounds.
“It’s all about will power and choices,” he said. “I’ve tried to learn to eat
healthy.”
His community is fighting back, too.
A new initiative on the Winnebago
Indian Reservation is seeking to improve
the health of residents in the northeast
Nebraska community.
A coalition of tribal and business
enterprises is seeking to encourage
Winnebago citizens to grow their own
gardens and develop agricultural businesses. The HoChunk Community
Development Corporation (HCCDC) is
spearheading the project.
The nonprofit – which is affiliated
with the Winnebago Tribe – won a grant
from the USDA for planning a food sovereignty project. With that planning now
completed, representatives for the tribal
council, Ho-Chunk Inc., the Little Priest
Community College and tribal health
department have begun work on the first
projects related to the effort, which is
being called HoChunk Harvest.
“This is all part of the tribal council’s
vision for how to meet the needs of tribal
members best, as far as food and nutrition needs and just be able to build
their self-reliance and sovereignty,”
said Brian Mathers, executive director
of HCCDC.
HCCDC now plans to apply for
$231,000 in USDA funding to pay for
half of the cost of the HoChunk Harvest 2-year initiative. The effort will
include the purchase and distribution
of 60 raised garden beds each year
for 2 years. Summer youth workers
will install the 4-by-8-foot beds and
provide topsoil, hand tools, seedlings
and seeds.
Con’t. on page 4
Indianz.com… Special Diabetes Program for Indians runs out of money
The Sacred Fire place is still operational
despite the big blizzard that dropped
more than 16 inches of snow on the Winnebago Rez.
The Winnebago Indians avenged their
only season loss when they tripped up
the Indians from Ponca 52-50. Ponca was
undefeated at 25-0, now they are 25-1.
in March
Short-lived shutdown speaks to bigger funding issues
B y
K e v i n
A b o u r e z k
The recent federal government shutdown exposed shortcomings within the
Indian health care system, including
the vulnerability of tribal health care
programs to such shutdowns.
But the ending of the shutdown on
Monday doesn’t mean the fight is over
for those concerned about Indian health
care, particularly regarding the fate of
a federal program designed to help Native Americans suffering from diabetes
and regarding funding for urban Indian
health care facilities.
V i s i t
u s
a t
When Congress failed to pass the
continuing resolution needed to keep
the government running, federal health
officials decided to keep funding flowing
to Indian Health Service facilities. However, they decided to withhold funding
for tribal health care programs, meaning tribes that operate their own health
facilities through contracts with IHS
weren’t funded during the shutdown.
Most tribal health programs likely
had enough reserve funding to remain
operational during the shutdown, including the Ponca Tribe’s two clinics in
Omaha and Norfolk, Nebraska.
Larry Voegele (left), CEO of the
Fred LeRoy Health and Wellness
Center in Omaha, Nebraska, and
Larry Wright Jr., chairman of the
Con’t. on page 5
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Bago News
Today, the HoChunk language is a living language. Every
day our modern world changes and many new objects, people and concepts are invented or appear in our everyday life.
Although these objects, people and concepts were non-exist in our ancestors lifetime they are now currently around us in our everyday life.
For our language to grow and to reflect on our modern day
world, our tribal fluent speakers and veterans adopted new
ter ms to the HoChunk language. In doing so, our language
team will begin incorporating these in our daily instruction.
Here is the first part of the new words adopted to the HoChunk languge
in 2017.
Next WIN News Deadline:
February 5th
Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, January 27, 2018 — Page 3
Winnebago News
Thoughts from the Seventh Generation!
By Lance Morgan
I have always disliked the phrase
“Seven Generations” when it comes to
discussing tribal issues. I get that it
is a good thing to think long term, but
what always bugged me about it was
how short term our thinking actually
was in real life. I recently went off on
my marketing team about this and the
need to be future oriented and to quit
using the term Seven Generations.
Karma is a funny thing. The very
night I said those things, I had several
troubling dreams that all related to
the past Seven Generations and all the
things our people have gone through.
I woke up at 4 am and wrote down my
dreams so I wouldn’t forget.
I dreamed the dates of the generations and realized that we are currently
living in the Seventh Generation since
we arrived in 1864. If each generation
was 20 years, then our first generation
after we arrived started in 1884. Our
second generation was 1904 and then
third (1924), fourth (1944), fifth (1964),
sixth (1984), and our seventh generation started in 2004. We only have six
years left until 2024 and the start of our
8th generation.
The story is that we Ho-Chunks
showed up with very little and took
refuge with the Omaha Tribe in 1864.
This was our trail of tears and represented rock bottom for our people. I
am not really the authority on this and
I hope people add to this discussion,
but I want to chronicle a few things that
happened in each generation because it
shows how far we have come.
1864: We showed up with nothing
and bought the northern half of the
Omaha Reservation to try and create a
life and sustain our people.
Generation One (1884 to 1904):
This generation had it rough. In 1885,
Congress passed the Major Crimes Act
making tribal members subject to federal law even though we were not U.S.
Citizens. In 1886, the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled that Congress has Plenary
Power over tribes which allowed them
to do whatever they wanted to us. In
1887, Congress passed the General Allotment Act and the all Tribes lost 90
million acres of land and the Winnebago
Tribe lost approximately 80 percent of
our remaining lands. 1903, the U.S.
Supreme Court said that Congress can
use their power to unilaterally cancel all
treaties with tribes.
Generation Two (1904 to 1924): We
finally became U.S. Citizens in 1924,
but were still subject to federal criminal laws.
Generation Three (1924 to 1944): In
1934, Congress passed the Indian Reorganization Act and shortly afterward
The Winnebago Tribal Constitution was
adopted and our first non-traditional
government was formed. In 1940, Winnebago won the Class B state championship in basketball.
Generation Four (1944 to 1964): In
1944 and 1948, my parents were born.
In 1953, the Federal Government started terminating tribes and the boarding
school era took off in earnest. In 1962,
Winnebago won the state football championship and my dad was the middle
linebacker!
Generation Five (1964 to 1984): In
1968, I was born and I hear we went
to the moon also that year. In 1975,
the Tribal Self-Determination Act was
passed. In 1978, the Indian Religious
Freedom Act was passed. In 1980,
the Tribe adopted a 20-year economic
development plan, which anticipated
starting several tribal corporations. In
1984, the Winnebago Tribe adopted its
first corporate code.
Generation Six (1984 to 2004):
Around 1988, the Tribe opened up a
high stakes Bingo operation. In 1992,
WinnaVegas opens after a long legal
battle had shut it down. In, 1994 HoChunk, Inc. is formed. In 1996, Little
Priest Tribal College is formed. In 1999,
the Winnebago Down Payment Assistance Fund is started with a small
donation. In 2000, Ho-Chunk, Inc.
buys Dynamic Homes. In 2000, the
Ho-Chunk Community Development
Corporation is formed. In 2001, HoChunk, Inc. invests in Liberty National
Bank. In 2003, the Winnebago Gaming
Development Corporation is formed to
open the Iron Horse and Native Star
Casino’s. In 2003, the Ho-Chunk Village starts construction. In 2003, the
Winnebago Community Development
fund is created.
Generation Seven (2004 to 2024):
In 2004, the new hospital opened. In
2005, Ho-Chunk, Inc. crossed $100
million in annual revenue. In 2007, I
was suspended for 10 days for political
reasons I think—oh buh! In 2008, HoChunk, Inc. passed $150 million in revenue. In 2011, Ho-Chunk, Inc. crossed
200 million in annual revenue. In 2015,
Ho-Chunk, Inc. crossed $250 million in
annual revenue. In 2015, Ho-Chunk,
Inc. becomes the largest shareholder
in the Native American Bank. In 2015,
Educare opens and Winnebago wins the
state championship in basketball. Also,
in 2015, the Winnebago Land Company
is formed to buy back the reservation.
In 2017, the next 40 acres to expand the
Ho-Chunk Village is purchased.
I know I got a little carried away with
Ho-Chunk, Inc. statistics at the end,
but I wanted to make a point. I get lots
of criticism about this and that related
to Ho-Chunk, Inc., but when you step
back and look at it, we have come such
a long long way from showing up with
nothing in 1864. It almost seems like
our rise back into a proud self-sufficient
tribe was our destiny.
We need to keep rolling with building our community, strengthening our
culture and finding ways to provide
a quality life for our people. We only
have 6 years left in this important 7th
generation and then we need to start
focusing on the 8th generation who will
be born into a completely different world
then those of the previous generations.
I can’t wait to see what happens next,
but I know that our future is up to us
and no one else.
Contact me at hochunk@aol.com
Little Priest Women’s Basketball Schedule
(2017-2018)
Date
Time
Team
Place
Location
1/30/2018
5:00
Northeast
Home
Winnebago, NE
2/1/2018
5:00
Cottey
Home
Winnebago, NE
2/6/2018
5:30
Buena Vista
Home
Winnebago, NE
2/7/2018
5:30
Iowa Lakes
Away
Estherville, IA
2/14/2018
5:30
Central
Home
Winnebago, NE
2/17/2018
1:00
Marshalltown
Home
Winnebago, NE
2/20/2018
5:00
Southeast
Away
Beatrice, NE
2/24/2018
2:00
Cottey
Away
Nevada, MO
2/26/2018
5:30
Central
Away
Columbus, NE
3/5/2018
5:30
TBD
Away
TBD
JESUS OUR SAVIOR
LUTHERAN OUTREACH
'Eyewitness of God's glory'
Where do you place your trust when
it comes to spiritual matters? Who do
you rely on for what is true and what
is not? Do you rely on those who agree
with what you think or believe? Do you
seek out like minded spiritual people?
WARNING: there is one who would
have you believe in what feels good, in
what eases the pain, and in what frees
you from being accountable to anyone
except oneself. There is one who invents
cleverly invented stories that hold no
truth, merely lies. Actually he has been
properly labeled as the father of lies.
Who is this father of lies? He is none
other than a rebellious, one time angel
of God, known as the devil or Satan.
The devil is unable to speak the truth.
This will not stop him from attempting
to have you think that he is not lying,
at least not this time. He tells you what
you want to believe and laughs when
you take the bait, hook, line and sinker!
One of the biggest spiritual lies is
that the Bible, a 'book of books,' was
written through the wisdom of mere
men. And that men have misused the
Bible to control one's life through fear
mongering! I recently heard this claim
from a 'so-called man of God.'
Jesus would go to the cross in order
to suffer the agony of total separation
from the love of God, hell on earth
through being forsaken by God. I can
in no way explain how Jesus, true God
and true man, suffered being forsaken
by Creator God. I can tell you that Jesus
endured this excruciating pain so that
no one else would have to be forsaken
or separated from the love of God.
This teaching is not to control one,
but rather is good news that will lead
the one filled with the Spirit of God to
honor Creator God with his or her life.
Who should you trust when it comes
to spiritual truth? How about an eyewitness? One such eyewitness of Jesus was
Peter, one of his twelve disciples. Peter
was also one of Jesus' inner circle of
three, along with brothers James and
John.
Peter wrote: 'For not by embracing
cleverly devised myths did we make
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known to you the power and coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ, but because we
became eyewitnesses of his majesty, for
when he received honor and glory from
God the Father-- when such a victory
was conveyed to him by the majestic
glory: "This is my Son, my beloved,
with whom I am well pleased"--indeed
this voice we ourselves heard when it
was conveyed from heaven, since we
were with him on the holy mountain.'
[2nd Peter 1:16-18 Curtis P. Giese:CPH
commentary]
Peter was there on the mountain,
with James and John, and heard Creator God's words of claiming Jesus
as His Son and in whom He was well
pleased (pi-na-gi-gi)! The three were
instructed by Jesus not to tell anyone
about this until after the Son of Man
was raised from the dead. Peter would
witness the resurrected Jesus, as well
as see Him ascend into heaven.
Peter goes on to write on how one
should trust in the spiritual words of
the true prophets of God: 'And we have
as very certain the prophetic Word, to
which you will do well if you hold fast
as to a lamp shining in a dark place,
until the day dawns and the morning
star rises in your hearts, knowing this
above all, that no prophecy of Scripture
arises from an individual's own interpretation. For never by the will of man
was a prophecy uttered, but men spoke
from God as they were being moved
by the Holy Spirit.' [2nd Peter 1:19-21
Giese:CPH commentary]
Allow the Spirit of God to reveal Jesus as the morning star to you. Jesus is
the very Son of God. He is the Lord and
Savior to each and every person who believes in Him! My prayer is that I would
never, ever add to or take away from
God's Sacred Word. Instead, I would
tell you exactly what eyewitnesses, like
Peter saw, heard and revealed through
God's Sacred Word!
It is in hearing about and believing in
Jesus, that His majesty is visible among
us. We who trust in this spiritual truth,
share in the hope of life everlasting, and
are assured that in Jesus our Savior,
God is well pleased (pi-na-gi-gi) with
us as well!
The paper with the word “forever”
(An American Indian fable – or is it?)
Many moons ago, a great nation of
red people signed a paper with the word
“forever” with a great white father, who
promised to make a life better and to
provide for their every need…if they
gave up their Sacred Land.
The Nation of Red People believed
the great white father because he said
the paper with the word “forever” would
last until the grass no longer grows and
the river no longer flows. They thought
of their children, their grandchildren
and those yet unborn. “Good! Good!”
they said as they smoked the Sacred
Pipe and Tobacco with the great white
father, and put their ‘marks’ on the
paper with the word “forever.”
Not many moons passed until
the children of the great white father
started to complain…the Nation of Red
People have land reserved for them
only, they don’t pay taxes, they get ‘free’
food, houses, medicine, blankets; they
get to fish, hunt, gather berries and
herbs; they get to gamble, and they
hold federal jobs.
“Right! Right!” said the great white
father forgetting he had put his ‘mark’
on the paper with the word “forever.” He
was very troubled and consulted with
his chiefs. “Aha! Aha!” they said “We
have a plan…we will offer the Nation of
Red People a chance to self-govern. We
will offer them big bunches of wampum
and beads. They will be blinded and
never see that if they take this stuff…
they will release us from the paper with
the word ”forever.”
By this time the great Nation of Red
People were ‘Fed-Up’ with the great
white father and his chiefs. They had
some real good friends call ‘barristers’
(lawmakers) who took much wampum
but never gave anything in return. Little
did the great Nation of Red People know
that these barristers were relatives of
the great white father.
Now, not many moons passed, the
great Nation of Red People have no
land, no food, no homes, no medicine,
no blankets, no wampum, no beads…
they don’t get to hunt or fish, nor do
they have federal jobs, nor do they have
the paper with the word “forever.”
But what does it matter anyway? The
word “forever” has been reduced to just
another “F” word now. This is the end
of the American Indian fable, or is it?
Woks-jay-moni-winga
“Victory Walker/Warpath Woman”
Mrs. Nicky Solomon
The Winnebago Eye Care Program encourages everyone to get
an eye exam, even if you don’t wear glasses, to check on your
eye health. Prevention is the goal, rather than treatment. Most
eye problems do not happen overnight, but rather progress over
time. The best protection is early detection! With regular eye exams problems can be detected early, and treatment can be started
to attempt to avoid major damage. Another important tool to
prevention is education. Following is an overview of glaucoma, and
information on how you can protect your vision.
To schedule an exam, please call 402-878-2428.
More info on glaucoma at www.glaucoma.org
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Bago News
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Indians Winter Sports Schedule
Ho-Chunk Farms will help create
compost for the topsoil to be used
in the gardening beds and provide
gardening and farming education to
potential growers, Mathers said.
The goal is to reconnect the Winnebago people to the food they eat,
said Ann Marie Bledsoe-Downes,
vice president of community impact
and engagement for Ho-Chunk Inc.,
the tribe’s economic development
corporation. Ho-Chunk Inc. owns
Indianz.com.
“Once you grow it, you’re interested in cooking it and cooking it
healthy,” she said. “It’s very much a
progression and creating a comfortable entry point into making sure we
all have individual responsibility for
making sure we can feed ourselves
and making healthy food.”
You see, life wasn’t always this way
for the Winnebago people.
They were once farmers and hunters. They planted corn, beans and
squash. They hunted deer and buffalo and fished.
But like so many tribal people,
their lifestyles changed dramatically after they were forced onto
reservations and had to assimilate
to western culture, a shift that led
to the tribe losings its connection to
the land.
Today, few Winnebagos grow their
own food, and many struggle with
obesity and diabetes.
Nearly 32 percent of the tribe’s
children age 0 to 4 are considered
obese and an additional 16 percent
are overweight. About 35 percent of
elementary students are obese and
another 19 percent are overweight.
And almost 39 percent of the
tribe’s high school age youth are
considered obese, while another 17
percent are overweight.
The centerpiece of the HoChunk
Harvest initiative is Village Market,
a 4,644-square-foot indoor farmers
that will be constructed in the HoC-
hunk Village development adjacent to
Nebraska Highway 77. It will be built
on a concrete slab and will have space
for 10 indoor vendors and 10 exterior
vendors.
The more than $265,000 structure
will be paid for through a tribal community development fund, HCCDC
and Ho-Chunk Inc., as well as USDA
funds.
Mathers said he hopes to see the
Village Market built by 2019, though
that timeline could be shortened
should HCCDC receive significant
USDA funding sooner than expected.
The Village Market will provide
vendors – many of whom currently set
up along roadsides in Winnebago and
sell everything from sweet corn and
popcorn to jewelry and crafts – greater
access to customers.
“Just having the space becomes
this catalyst for making different
choices, whether it be around food
or arts or crafts or what I do with my
Saturday,” Bledsoe-Downes said.
Growers won’t be expected to pay
to utilize space in the Village Market,
though they will be asked to donate
unsold produce at the end of each
market day for use by Senior Meals,
WIC, Kids Café and local Boys and
Girls Club food programs.
Lance Morgan, president and CEO
of Ho-Chunk Inc., said he hopes the
Village Market will encourage local
producers to establish food-related
businesses and inspire entrepreneurship among his people. He said he
also hopes it will provide better access
to affordable, fresh foods.
“It just ties a lot of things together,”
he said.
Mathers said HCCDC is working
with the Nebraska Department of Economic Development to provide loans
to tribal citizens interested in starting
small businesses and expects to be
able to offer up to $50,000 in loans
for food-related businesses.
A community task force – the Winnebago Food Security Task Force
– helped plan the HoChunk Harvest
initiative and will continue to develop
other projects as part of the overall
effort to help the Winnebago Tribe
produce its own foods. Among those
projects will be an effort to convert
tribal land now leased to non-tribal
producers to food production for humans and organic farming, Mathers
said.
He said the tribe also is considering
year-round, indoor growing initiatives
through Ho-Chunk Farms, Mathers
said.
“There are many things that have
to happen to move the community
toward true food sovereignty and
true food self-reliance,” he said. “We
have to kind of start with some easier
things and build some momentum
toward those things that will take a
bigger capital investment or just more
time and effort to get them up and
running.”
Bledsoe-Downes said she is hopeful HoChunk Harvest can help turn
the tide against the problems of obesity and diabetes that have plagued
the tribe by encouraging healthier
eating habits … and reminding the
Winnebago people who they were.
“It’s kind of a ‘if you build it, they
will come’ approach to things,” she
said. “It’s got a lot of positive community aspects to it.”
Varsity Indians Basketball
January 29th thru February 5th
February 6th
February 10th
February 16th
February 20th
February 26th
March 7th thru 9th
Lewis & Clark Tournament
Wakefield
Heartland Hoops Classic
GACC @ West Point (JV)
Sub-Districts
Districts
State
Home
Away 8 pm
Grand Island, 4 pm
Away 6 pm
TBA
TBA
TBA
Varsity Lady Indians Basketball
January 27th thru February 5th
February 6th
February 8th
February 12th-15th
February 23rd
February 28th-March 2nd
Lewis & Clark Tournament
Wakefield
Wahoo Bishop Newman
Sub-Districts
Districts
State
TBA
Away 6 pm
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TBA
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2015 Nissan Versa Note
$10,000
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137 k miles
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2006 Chysler PT Cruiser
$4,000
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REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS
Architect/Engineering Services
TWO HOUSING
PROJECTS
The Winnebago Housing and Development Commission (hereinafter
WHDC) is seeking proposals from
qualified individuals and firms for design, bidding, planning, inspection,
construction monitoring, and close
out of two separate housing projects
on the Winnebago Reservation in
northeast Nebraska. All projects
shall be subject to design, cost, and
other standards and requirements
under the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self Determination
Act (24 U.S.C. 4101 et seq) and its
implementing regulations (24 CFR
part 1000). The projects shall be
financed with NAHASDA funding.
1.
TWO 3-PLEX APARTMENT
BUILDINGS – Two single level buildings containing three one-bedroom
apartments. Each apartment shall
have its own front and back entry
door, a full bathroom, kitchen, dining
area and living room, three closets,
Energy Star doors and windows,
furnace, water heater, LED lighting,
at a minimum. Design includes site
works and parking area. Other specifics may be decided in consultation
with the Owner, WHDC.
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TINY HOUSES – Four single
level units (400 square feet maximum
size) for one resident, containing
a bedroom, bathroom, efficiency
kitchen, with dining and living room
space; Energy Star doors and windows, furnace, water heater, LED
lighting, at a minimum. Units will
be built on slab. Site work, will also
be required for the four units. Site
of each unit to be determined by
location of existing infrastructure of
water, waste water and storm sewer
system.
Send request for full RFP to danazagurski@gmail.com. Send seven
copies of your proposal to Norma
Stealer, Winnebago Housing and
Development Commission, 100 S.
Elm Circle, PO Box 671, Winnebago,
NE 68071. Deadline for receipt of
proposals is February 9, 2018 at
4:00 p.m. Faxes are not acceptable.
Questions: call 402-878-2241.
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... Indianz.com
A Spark - Alexus Little
Con’t. from front page
Ponca Tribe, stand together inside
the clinic. Photo by Kevin Abourezk
Larry Voegele, CEO of the tribe’s
health department, said the tribe had
enough reserve funding, primarily built
up through collection of insurance payments, to keep its health care facilities
open.
“It’s not a terrible situation for us,”
he said, shortly before the end of the
shutdown. “I suppose if the shutdown
went a really long time and it drained
those resources we would possibly have
to make some hard decisions, but we’re
not anywhere near that point.”
The National Indian Health Board
sounded the alarm prior to the government shutdown, saying tribal health
care was facing funding delays until a
new continuing resolution or a budget
bill was passed.
The Senate and House of Representatives passed the continuing resolution
Monday before President Donald Trump
signed it into law. The continuing resolution will keep the government funded
until at least February 8.
After the shutdown began Friday
at midnight, hundreds of thousands
of federal employees were furloughed.
The U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services issued a shutdown
contingency plan, describing what
health programs would continue to
receive funding.
Voegele said the Ponca Tribe currently operates all aspects of its health
programs, except for the internet technology needed to run those programs.
He said the tribe briefly discussed what
might happen if the shutdown had lasted for several months and eventually
depleted its health funding reserves.
“Even if we ran out of that, we could
get a loan to help cover these expenses
in the meantime,” he said.
He said the shutdown likely won’t
have any lasting impacts on the tribe,
considering the Poncas should be able
to get reimbursed for the expenses it
incurred during the shutdown by claiming those costs as allowable expenses
under its federal contract.
Voegele said he is more concerned
about the fate of the tribe’s diabetes
program after Congressional leaders failed to include funding for the
Special Diabetes Program for Indians in
the continuing resolution that was approved Monday.
American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) adults suffer from the highest
rates of diabetes in the United States.
Source: Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
The Ponca Tribe’s diabetes program
is funded through the federal Special
Diabetes Program for Indians, as are
most tribal diabetes programs.
Voegele said the Ponca Tribe’s program employs a full-time dietician and
a registered nurse/case manager. They
help the tribe’s patients manage their
diabetes through medical nutrition
therapy and case management services.
They also work to ensure the tribe’s
other health providers are working to
help their patients who suffer from diabetes better manage their disease.
“I know they’re nervous about whether or not they’ll have jobs,” he said of the
program’s two employees.
He said he’s hopeful the tribe could
continue to fund the program should it
fail to be funded. If Congress doesn’t approve funding for it, the Special Diabetes
Program for Indians is set to run out of
money on March 31. However, that likely
would require the tribe to divert funding
to the program from funds now set aside
for other services, Voegele said.
He said the program is one of the
many ways the Ponca Tribe serves its
patients beyond the exam rooms of its
two clinics. “It’s something that our staff
has a lot of experience doing and I hope
we can continue to provide these kinds
of services,” he said.
Congressional leaders from New
Mexico are seeking to make other improvements to Indian health care.
In November, Sen. Tom Udall and Rep.
Ben Ray Luján – both Democrats – introduced legislation in both houses
of Congress seeking to increase funding for urban Indian health care programs. S.240, the Urban Indian Health
Parity Act, would ensure urban Indian
health facilities receive the same reimbursement rates for Medicaid patients
as IHS- and tribally run facilities.
Currently, IHS- and tribally run facilities receive higher reimbursement
rates for Medicaid patients.
"The federal government has a treaty
responsibility to ensure every Native
American has access to quality, affordable health care — whether they live in
an urban community like Albuquerque
or Farmington or on a reservation,"
Udall, who introduced S.240, said in
a news release. "This legislation is a
common-sense measure to ensure
parity between IHS facilities so Native
Americans on and off the reservation
have access to the care they need."
For this and more stories from around
Indian Country visit us at www.indianz.
com
“I’m doing something. You can do something. Be a light for everyone else
around you,” encourages Alexus Little, a member of the Cherokee nation who
lives on the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe reservation in South Dakota. Alexus is, in
fact, a light to those who know her. Her positive outlook radiates relentlessly
against the lows that often come with life on the reservation.
Kansas Middletent, Native Hope Ambassador, suggested that we shoot a video
featuring Alexus and her basketball ability. We agreed, but what we didn’t know
was that she was going to offer us so much more than dribbling, shooting, and
rebounding.
“I combat the lows [prevalent drug and alcohol use] by getting involved in positive activities: sports, youth groups, and community activities,” relates Alexus.
“If I notice someone is feeling down or left out, I try to get them involved, too.”
She maintains all the principles of the leaders Native Hope aspires to empower.
Her motivation to be successful comes from those who are unsuccessful. “Everyone else my age [17] who isn’t doing anything—those not staying in school,
not getting an education” keep her striving to be a more.
Alexus admits that without the game of basketball in her life, it would be
“boring, empty, and confusing.” She attributes her skill and passion for the game
to her entire family of players: her grandma, aunts, uncles, and siblings all love
basketball. Through the sport, Alexus has learned to be more outgoing and open
as new opportunities and friends have arisen from participation in the game.
Alexus plans to attend college in Winnebago, Nebraska, at Little Priest Tribal
College to study elementary education and play basketball. Alexus believes in
the power of education.
She wants others to know, “You should finish school...go to college, do something fun, inspire others around you...NO ONE should get in the way of what
you want to do—if they do, keep pushing and try harder!”
It takes all of us working together to cultivate a culture that celebrates our
unique differences and embraces one another without prejudice. We invite you
to join us on our mission to dismantle barriers and inspire hope for Native voices
unheard. Together we will see this generation of Native American youth thrive.
Grief Support Group
Masthead Scene
The HoChunk Village was buried under 16 inches of snow that was delivered by the first Blizzard of 2018. The snow started flying shortly before
midnight on Sunday, January 28th and didn’t quit until sometime Tuesday
night. Snow removal crews on the Rez were busy for 48 hours straight and
were still busy cleaning up on Wednesday night. Many of the Winnebago
suburbs were without electricity throughout the storm but fortunately
we’ve all been through rough weather before.
Feb. 12, March 12, April 9, May 14, June 11, July 9, Aug. 13, Sept.10,
Oct. 8, Nov. 12, Dec. 10th
Meets the second Monday of each month at:
Whirling Thunder Wellness Center
100 Bluff Street
Winnebago, NE 68071
1-3pm at Ho Chunk Hope Classroom
Anyone who has lost a loved one to any form of death. A counselor will
be available during our time together.
For more information contact Donna Wolff, Native Connections Project
Coordinator, 402-878-3659
Page 6 — Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, January 27, 2018
Community News
WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA
CEO REPORT
December 20, 2017
TRIBAL COUNCIL PRESENT:
Frank White
Curtis St. Cyr
Coly Brown
Roland Warner
James Snow
Vincent Bass
Victoria Kitcheyan
Kenneth Mallory (in at 10:22 a.m.)
Isaac Smith (in at 10:26 a.m.)
OTHERS PRESENT:
Garon Coons
Mona Zuffante
Joy Johnson
Sharon Frenchman
Allison DeCora
Ilona Maney
Dorothy Houghton
Lewis St. Cyr
Tonia Keller
Diane DeCora
Kelly Snow
William DeCora
Barbara Eagle
Tiffani Warner
Pat Greyhair
Royce Payer
CALL TO ORDER: Chairman White
called the meeting to order at 10:16 a.m.
OPENING PRAYER: Vincent Bass
offered the opening prayer.
[Kenneth in at 10:22 a.m.]
APPROVE AGENDA:
Vincent Bass motioned to add New
Year’s Pow-wow, Tribal Flags and approve as amended. Curtis St. Cyr
seconded.
VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain
Motion carried.
[Isaac in at 10:26 a.m.]
PLANNING DEPARTMENT:
Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to
amend resolution #18-29: Winnebago
Community Development Fund – Facilitating Growth Project 2018. James
Snow seconded.
VOTE: (8) yes (0) no (0) abstain
Motion carried.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT:
Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to approve the Department realignment
and organizational chart. James Snow
seconded.
VOTE: (8) yes (0) no (0) abstain
Motion carried.
TRIBAL COURT:
Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to approve the Organization Chart amendments and position description (Contract/Grant Fiscal Specialist). Vincent
Bass seconded.
VOTE: (8) yes (0) no (0) abstain
Motion carried.
COMMUNICATIONS: - Rescheduled
Self-Governance Community Meeting
for January 25, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
ENROLLMENT:
Isaac Smith motioned to accept the
Absolute Relinquishment request from
#383-UO3701. Victoria Kitcheyan
seconded.
VOTE: (8) yes (0) no (0) abstain
Motion carried.
Vincent Bass motioned to accept the
Conditional Relinquishment request
from #383-UO6408. Isaac Smith seconded.
VOTE: (8) yes (0) no (0) abstain
Motion carried.
Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to adopt
Resolution #18-30: Tribal Enrollment
Applicants [A3395, A3396, A3397, and
A3400]. Vincent Bass seconded.
VOTE:
(8) yes (0) no (0) abstain
Motion carried.
PHYSICAL RESOURCES: Bridge
home – update.
HOCHUNK RENAISSANCE:
Roland Warner motioned to purchase
Tribal Flags from the General Fund for
$4600.00. James Snow seconded.
VOTE: (8) yes (0) no (0) abstain
Motion carried.
SELF-GOVERNANCE: Update.
HUMAN RESOURCES: Update.
NEW YEAR’S POW-WOW:
Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to approve New Year’s Pow Wow 2018 with
the same budget of 2017 from General
Fund. Kenneth Mallory seconded.
VOTE: (8) yes (0) no (0) abstain
Motion carried.
ADJOURN:
Roland Warner motioned to adjourn
at 1:59 p.m. Vincent Bass seconded.
VOTE:
(8) yes (0) no (0) abstain
Motion carried.
Chairman White adjourned the meeting at 1:59 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Coly Brown, Secretary
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
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LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
Case No. CV18-020
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
Case No. JFJ18-004
In the Matter of the
Guardianship Petition of:
MICHAEL & HEIDI MILES,
The People of the Winnebago Tribe
In the Interest of:
Z. W. (DOB 08/2016)
In Re:
A. E. (DOB 03/2012)
A. E. & A. E. (DOBs 02/2014)
To:
TO:
SONYA WHITE, Mother
ARIC A. ELMORE, 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. CV18-020 has
been scheduled and will be heard in the
Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,
Nebraska on the 13TH day of MARCH,
2018 at the hour of 11:30 A.M.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
Case No. CV18-021
In the Matter of the
Guardianship Petition of:
MICHAEL & HEIDI MILES,
In Re:
J. J. S. (DOB 10/2014)
You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning
the above referred minor individual(s)
in case no. JFJ18-004 has been
scheduled and will be heard in the
Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,
Nebraska on the 20TH day of MARCH,
2018 at the hour of 10:00 A.M.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
Case No. CV18-038
In the Matter of the
Divorce Petition of:
TIFFANY BUCHANAN
vs
SUNGMAITUSKA BUCHANAN
To:
TO:
February 5th
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
Case No. CV13-038
In the Matter of the
Guardianship Petition of:
APRIL BARNES,
In Re:
T. F. (DOB 06/2010)
TO:
APRIL ROBERTSON, Mother
KENNETH FRAZIER JR., Fa-
ther
You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed for Guardianship
and a hearing concerning the above
referred Individual(s) in Case No.
CV13-038 has been scheduled and
will be heard in the Winnebago Tribal
Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on the
20TH day of MARCH 2018 at the hour
of 9:30 A.M.
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You are hereby notified that a petition
has been filed for Guardianship and a
hearing concerning the above referred
Individual(s) in Case No. CV18-021 has
been scheduled and will be heard in the
Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,
Nebraska on the 13TH day of MARCH,
2018 at the hour of 11:30 A.M.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Suspending Parental Rights
Case No. CV18-032
In the Matter of the
Adoption of:
E. M. & E. M. (DOB: 09/2006 &
10/2005)
TO: KAYLA REYNOLDS, Mother
DAVID MEDINA JR., Father
You are hereby notified that a Petition
to Suspend Parental Rights has been
filed and a Hearing to Suspend Parental
Rights concerning the above referred
Individual(s) in case no. CV18-032 has
been scheduled and will be heard in the
Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,
Nebraska on the 8th day of FEBRUARY
2018 at the hour of 11:00 A.M.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
Case No. CV17-049
In the Matter of the Custody Petition of:
JONIELLE SMITH
vs.
JAMISON ROBINSON
To:
402-878-4210
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JAMISON ROBINSON,
You are hereby notified that a
Custody petition has been filed and a
hearing concerning the above referred
Individual(s) in case no. CV17-049 has
been scheduled will be heard in the
Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,
Nebraska on the 22ND day of FEBRUARY, 2018 at the hour of 10:00 A.M.
LEGAL NOTICE
TRISTA WHITEWATER, Mother
ALLEN WEITZEL, Father
SUNGMAITUSKA BUCHANAN:
You are hereby notified that a Divorce petition has been filed and a
hearing concerning the above referred
Case No. CV18-038 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,
Nebraska on the 12TH day of MARCH,
2018 at the hour of 10:30 A.M.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
Case No. JFJ17-051
The People of the Winnebago Tribe
In the Interest of:
M. W. (DOB 10/2006)
ANDREA HARLAN, Mother
To:
BIOLOGICAL FATHER:
You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning
the above referred minor individual(s)
in case no. JFJ17-051 has been
scheduled and will be heard in the
Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,
Nebraska on the 13TH day of MARCH,
2018 at the hour of 11:00 A.M.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
Case No. JFJ17-025
The People of the Winnebago Tribe
In the Interest of:
S. R. JR. (DOB 09/2014)
To:
RAELANA BERNARD, Mother
You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning
the above referred minor individual(s)
in case no. JFJ17-025 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago
Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska
on the 13TH day of MARCH, 2018 at
the hour of 10:00 A.M.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Hearing
Case No. JFJ17-028B
Notice of Hearing
Case No. CV18-029
The People of the Winnebago Tribe
In the Interest of:
A. H. (DOB 06/2011)
STEPHANIE HARLAN, Mother
In the Matter of the
Guardianship Petition of:
EMILY L. HERRINGTON,
To:
LAM LOK CHAN, Father
You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning
the above referred minor individual(s)
in case no. JFJ17-028B has been
scheduled and will be heard in the
Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,
Nebraska on the 27TH day of MARCH,
2018 at the hour of 11:30 A.M.
In Re:
R. G.-M.. (DOB 08/2011)
TO:
HANNAH GRIFFIN, Mother
DWIGHT MORRIS JR., 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. CV18029 has been scheduled and will be
heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court
of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 27TH
day of MARCH 27, 2018 at the hour of
9:30 A.M.
Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, January 27, 2018 — Page 7
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