Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 48, Number 12 Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 48, Number 12 Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Baseball is back in Winnebago

Bago Bits…

Winnebago High School Graduate, Drake

Gorrin played in the Northeast Nebraska

All Star game last week. The game was

for 2017 Graduates. Drake’s last time

representing WHS. Congratz!

The “Fun in the Sun” program is back at

it this summer, getting ur kids out completing healthy active activities daily from

10 am to 2 pm. Watch out for them, they

bike, hike, and run the rez.

After years of being absent from the ball fields of Winnebago, baseball is back! Coaches Eugene DeCora an Jared Doxey have put a group

of 14 and under Winnebago boys together to form a team to compete in a Northeast Nebraska League. The team has had a few home

games at the Land of Wellness Sports Complex, and recently traveled to Homer to play them little Knights. The baseball boys share the

fields with Men’s, Women’s, Boy’s & Girl’s softball teams that play in leagues at the LOW with some of the teams competing in Sioux City

Leagues. Stop by the LOW, watch some softball, baseball, horseshoes, and volleyball, and you can’t miss the LOW Concession stand. I had

the juiciest cheeseburger the other night, and if you like to sip lemonade, they whip up some pretty tasty and cold lemonade. “Take me out

to the ball game, take me out to the crowds. Buy me some frybread and mah heench soup. I don’t know if I’ll ever come back. And it’s root,

root, root, “Let’s Go Winnebago” if they lose it’s a shame. Cause it’s one, two, three strikes your out at the ole ball game”

Winnebago Hosts Memorial Day Powwow

Rohahehs Aldrich completed his EMT

classes on April 6, 2017 and completed the

National Registry of Emergency Medical

Technicians Exam on 6/5/2017. Rohahehs works for the Winnebago Tribe of

Nebraska for both Community Health

Representatives and for Emergency Medical Services as an EMS Driver who is now

promoted to Emergency Medical Technician. Congratz Roha!

The WHS gym is being demolished this

summer for a brand new floor coming in

the Fall.

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Winnebago Veterans Association, LeMere/Greencrow/Rice American Legion Post #363 & Auxiliary

hosted a Memorial Day Feast & Powwow. Families were present for a noon day feast, and some singing and dancing. Here members of the

Cleveland family were in the arena paying their respects to loved ones lost.

Indianz.com… Frank LaMere A good man’s work is never done

by Leo Adam Biga

June 2, 2017

Cindy “E” Earth got her hands on the “e”

from the old court.

Paco Smith’s 10 & under Lady Ndn’s

softball team. Games are held at the Coke

field’s in Sioux City, Iowa.

Davis Rave placing flowers on Sgt.

John Rice’s grave in Arlington National

Cemetery as part of his participation in

School Tours of America

Frank LaMere, self-described as

"one of the architects of the effort to

shutdown Whiteclay," does not gloat

over recent rulings to deny beer sellers licenses in that forlorn Nebraska

hamlet.

A handful of store owners, along

with producers and suppliers, have

profited millions at the expense of

Oglala-Lakota from South Dakota's

nearby Pine Ridge Reservation, where

alcohol is banned but alcoholism runs

rampant. A disproportionate number

of children suffer from Fetal Alcohol

Syndrome (FAS). Public drunkenness,

panhandling, brawls and accidents,

along with illicit services in exchange

for alcohol, have been documented in

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and around Whiteclay. Since first seeing for himself in 1997 "the devastation"

there, LaMere's led the epic fight to end

alcohol sales in the unincorporated

Sheridan County border town.

"This is a man who, more than anyone else, is the face of Whiteclay," said

Lincoln-based journalist-author-educator Joe Starita, who’s student-led reporting project -- www.woundsofwhiteclay.com -- recently won the Robert F.

Kennedy Human Rights Journalism

grand prize besting projects from New

Yorker, National Geographic and HBO.

"There is nobody who has fought longer

and fought harder and appeared at more

rallies and given more speeches and

wept more tears in public over Whiteclay

than Frank LaMere, period."

LaMere, a native Winnebago, lifelong

activist and veteran Nebraska Democratic Party official, knows the battle,

decided for now pending appeal, continues. The case is expected to eventually

land in the Nebraska Supreme Court.

Being the political animal and spiritual

man he is, he sees the Whiteclay morass

from a long view perspective. As a frontline warrior, he also has the advantage

of intimately knowing what adversaries

and obstacles may appear.

His actions have gotten much press.

He's a key figure in two documentaries

about Whiteclay, But his social justice

work extends far beyond this specific

matter.

"I've been involved in many issues

in my life," he said.

Indeed, he's stood with farmers, immigrants, persons with disabilities, police misconduct victims, child welfare

recipients. He's opposed the Keystone

XL Pipeline.

"I must have marched a hundred

times in my life and not always on

Native interests. If somebody's being

mistreated and I have time and they

come ask me, I don't care who it is,

I'm going to go there. That's what it's

all about. That's what drives me in my

work."

LaMere's fought the good fight over

Whiteclay, where he sees a clear and

present danger of public health and

humanitarian crisis. As a Native person, it's personal because Whiteclay

exists to exploit alcohol intolerance

among the Pine Ridge populace. He's

cautiously optimistic things will get

better for residents, assuming the

courts ultimately uphold the denial of

the liquor licenses.

"We'll see where things go from

there," he said, "but rest assured,

things will never be the same at Whiteclay. The only thing I know is that the

devastation will never be like it was. I

truly believe that."

Just don't expect him to do a victory lap.

"There are no wins and losses at

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Around Winnebago

Congratulations

Miss Nebraska Winnebago

from the

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

The Kidz Cafe

started

June 1st

Cassie Kitcheyan and her kiddies were participants at the WPS Honoring Powwow. Students were recognized for their achievements and awarded prizes.

Winnebago Indian News, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 — Page 3

In My Opinion

Thoughts from BRAN…

Iowa has the famous RAGBRAI,

which is a week-long bike across Iowa.

It has several thousand riders from all

over the country. Nebraska has the

lesser known BRAN or Bike Ride Across

Nebraska. The bikers pedal anywhere

from 35 to 70 miles a day and stay the

night in various host towns. This year

BRAN had approximately 300 suntanned and determined riders.

Several months ago, people from

the BRAN requested that the Village

of Winnebago be a host community for

BRAN. The Village contacted the Tribe

who agreed and took the idea and really ran with it. The Tribe opened up

the Pow-wow grounds and arranged for

several food vendors. Ho-Chunk, Inc.

put our interns to work and also did

several tours of the town and the HoChunk Village in a very hot school bus.

I talked to one of the organizers of

BRAN and he said they stayed in a few

very exposed football fields that week

and loved all the trees and excellent

facilities the pow-wow grounds offered.

He even mentioned that Winnebago was

likely to win the award for best host city.

The Tribe put on a dance exhibition

with local school age children. Garan

Coons was the MC and explained the

meaning of several dances. Sadly, I

JESUS OUR SAVIOR

LUTHERAN OUTREACH

by Lance Morgan

learned a few things myself listening to

his explanations. At the end, he invited

all the bike riders to join in a round

dance. So my jaw drops as I watch

a few hundred non-Indians stroll out

into the arena and start going around

the circle. At first the rhythm wasn’t

the best, but after about a minute

they started copying a few of the tribal

members and looked pretty good going

around. I even posted a short video on

my personal facebook page if you want

to check it out.

Three things struck me about the

event as I watched this play out. My first

thought was that I was impressed with

how well the event turned out and was

proud of my tribe for doing it. The second thing was how impressed so many

of the non-Indians were by the event

and our community. Chairman White

thanked them for coming and smartly

invited them back for our annual powwow in July for more Indian tacos.

Lastly, I realized I personally was

incredibly proud of our community. I

liked hearing their comments of surprise. I liked hearing that they weren’t

sure what to expect. I liked hearing how

nice our community was or how much

it has changed since they last had been

to Winnebago. Joi Long, my assistant

at Ho-Chunk, Inc. and experienced tour

guide for Winnebago, said the bike riders enjoyed their short tour.

When you drive through our town,

you see the contrast between the old

and the new, but overall there is so

much progress. The Ho-Chunk Village,

the schools, the hospital, the remodeled tribal building, Educare, the ballfields and the ever improving pow-wow

grounds. I think we sometimes forget

how far we have come in such a short

period of time. Showing off our progress a bit combined with the wonderful

hospitality of the tribal members and

employees who participated really made

Winnebago a lot of friends this week and

that can only help us in the future.

Contact me at hochunk@aol.com

“Making a Name for Oneself”

Recently I heard a salutatorian give

her speech. She admitted that when she

entered high school she wanted to be

the smartest student, the most popular,

etc. In a sense she wanted to make a

name for herself. To be # two of one’s

high school class, of some four hundred

students, meant that in a way she had

succeeded.

However, along the way she came to

realize her goals placed herself above

God. She did not totally stop attending church, but slowly and surely she

drifted away from serving Him because

of her self-centeredness. The good news

was that she had come to the realization

of her desire to ‘make a name for herself’

and humbly repented of it. She gave God

the glory for her success.

We sometimes fall into the same

trap. How?

You want to be the best player.

You want to be the smartest student.

You want to be the most popular.

You want to be the life at the party.

Now there is nothing wrong at doing

your best.

However often it comes at an expense,

that expense is often one's relationship

to God.

You place you, yourself above God

You stop listening to Him, you stop

walking in His ways.

It becomes all about Y-O-U!

This brings me to the Bible story

about a group of people who attempted

to make a name for themselves. This

story follows the world-wide flood. Following the flood Creator God blessed

Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be

fruitful and increase in number and fill

the earth" [Genesis 9:1]. In other words,

God would bless them with the first

part of having countless children and

offspring. They were to then go in all

four directions and fill the earth.

Creator God did His part. However

instead of going forth and fill the earth,

most likely to care for it, they decided

to gather in one place. Why did they do

Pastor Ricky Jacob

this? We learn from Moses: ‘Then they

said, "Come, let us build ourselves a

city and a tower with its top in the

heavens, and let us make a name for

ourselves, lest we be dispersed over

the face of the whole earth"’ [Genesis

11:4 ESV].

The answer to the why question

was they wanted to make a name for

themselves. To make matters worse

they built a tower, or ziggurat up to

the skies. They not only defied Creator

God’s command, they also began to

worship the sun, the moon, and the

stars instead of Creator God.

So Creator God in His wisdom confuses the people by confusing their

languages. End result is that the people

were dispersed over the face of the

world. Sadly, the prince of this world,

Satan, has used the confusion of languages to further separate one people

from another. Today there are nearly

7,000 distinct languages.

This means that there are over 7,000

distinct names for Creator God. Yet

there is only one Creator God. This

Creator God would bless each and every person, no matter what his or her

language, by sending His only begotten

Son Jesus the Christ! Jesus would take

the place of all of us who desire to make

a name for ourselves.

Jesus would send His apostles in

all four directions with the Good News

of His saving work. He commanded

them to go and keep on going, making

disciples of all nations (all languages)

by baptizing them in the name of the

Father and of the Son and of the Holy

Spirit. Thereby adopting them into God'

family, His one family of each and every

person that believes in Jesus as his or

her Lord and Savior.

Only centuries later to send forth

His apostles to have them proclaim the

Good News of Jesus our Savior in order

to have them brought back together

again. Today we gather together as one,

one family through being adopted into

God's family with Jesus as our LORD

and our Savior.

Introducing Darion “Bubz”

Earth WIN Summer Intern…

Winnebago Tribal Chairman, Frank White and First Lady, Elizabeth White enjoy the

tribe’s BRAN Presentation

The Winnebago Veteran’s Building is now Handicap Accessible.

Hello, I’m Darion Earth this is my

new job and my first time working at

a job.

I’m excited to work and do some

reporting.

I am 14 and I like to do sports, like

football, track, and wrestling. Wrestling

was my favorite sport I had a lot of fun

More and closer parking for attendees of the Winnebago Powwow this year, “Oldest Powwow in North America.”

The next issue of the WINNEBAGO INDIAN NEWS will be published on June 28, 2017.

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Bago News

Indianz.com…

Con’t. from front page

Whiteclay. Nobody won, nobody lost,

but all of us decided maybe we should

begin to respect one another and find

a better way. I think we will after the

dust settles."

The state Liquor Control Commission, a district judge and the Nebraska

attorney general oppose beer sales happening there again but LaMere knows

powerful opposing forces are at work.

"I think Nebraskans have good sense.

We know what's right. But there's

money involved. Whoever controls alcohol at Pine Ridge-Whiteclay controls

money, controls county government

and until very recently even controls

state government. I am unequivocal on

that. I understand what's going on here.

You're talking about tens of millions of

dollars and we're threatening that, and

when you threaten that, you know, you

get a reaction."

He said he's received threats. He

and fellow Whiteclay advocate, Craig

Brewer, went there the day after the

sellers lost their licenses.

"There was a foreboding I had all that

day I've never had in my life," LaMere

said. "It was strange to me. I've been

dealing with things my whole life and

never been afraid. But this time I was

looking at different scenarios having to

do with the volatility there and if things

didn't work right what could happen to

me. Maybe it's aging. Maybe it was the

newness of the situation. I don't know.

"We got up there very apprehensive

about what we were going to encounter,

maybe from the beer sellers or from

those who support the sellers or maybe

from their hired associates. We didn't

know what to expect, but we went up

there because that's what we do – and

everything worked out. The right thing

happened."

The sellers did not open for business.

"I told a reporter we went up to look

the devil in the eye and the devil wasn't

there, and I don't think the devil's coming back."

He said attorney David Domina, who

represents the interests opposed to alcohol, appeared the same day there in

the event something amiss happened.

"It was no coincidence," LaMere said.

"We were to be there that day. A lot of

prayers went with us."

LaMere will maintain a wary watch.

"I will continue there to be careful, to be

apprehensive, but I'm still not afraid."

He knows some contentious situations he steps into pose certain dangers.

"I'm a realist, I know how things

are." He and his wife Cynthia made an

unwritten pact years ago not to be at

rallies or protests together to ensure

they won't both be in harm's way.

"I do a lot of things in a lot of places

and Cynthia grounds me. She critiques

whatever approach I'm taking, always

asking, 'Do you have to do it?' I've

learned she's protective of me. But I

also hear from her on many of these

issues, 'Well, why didn't you say that?'

because she knows Frank, what he's

committed to, and she never questions

that.

"I can do something I feel good about

and I'll come home and she'll tell me

the downside that maybe I don't always

want to hear. She'll give me a perspective I need to hear that sometimes other

people won't give me. She'll tell me the

brutal honest truth. Cynthia's tough,

engaged, committed."

His admirers marvel at his own doggedness. "He's an indefatigable worker

and once he latches onto an issue that

he sees as a moral challenge, he does

not let go, and Whiteclay is a case in

point. He's the most principled man I

know," said Nebraskans for Peace coordinator Tim Rinne.

Joe Starita said LaMere is "hard

working for his causes to the point of

physical and mental exhaustion."

"He's a man who shows up for allies

when nobody else is looking," Nebraska

Democratic Party chairman Jane Kleeb

said.

Setbacks and losses he's endured

have not deterred him, including a

serious stroke that required extensive

speech therapy, and the death of his

daughter, Lexie Wakan, who was a

Creighton University student.

"He's a man who's had hardship, yet

still continues to get up and stand up,"

Kleeb said. "For me, that's what Frank's

all about – he always shows up." For

LaMere, it's a way of life.

"Every day's a fight, and if you keep

fighting you win because others watch

that. The impact of Whiteclay will manifest itself hopefully with a win in the

Supreme Court and perhaps in some

young leader who cares about these

things. I've been in a hundred struggles

in my life, lost almost all of 'em, but I

was never afraid, and that's what I want

people to understand.

"If you're not afraid, people see that

as a victory because you cause others to

take heart, to persevere, to take action."

He's glad his resilience to keep agitating, even in the face of intransigence

and tragedy, inspires others. "I'll accept

that because that's what it is – you just

keep working."

He likes to say Whiteclay's implications are "bigger than we can ever

fathom." "Years from now, we will understand it is way bigger than us. I got to

be a bit player. The creator of all things,

said, Frank, I'm going to have you see

what you can do, and along the way I'm

going to cause you to struggle. I'm going

to knock you down, and I'm even going

to take something from you, and if you

keep going, maybe I'll let you change

something.

"That's the greatest work we can do."

Reflecting on Whiteclay, he said, "This

was an emotional roller coaster for all

Nebraskans." He chalks up the recent

breakthrough to divine intervention.

"There's things happening that are so

strange," he said.

He recalled a hearing in Lincoln on LB

407 introduced by Neb. State Sen. Patty

Pansing Brooks to create the Whiteclay

Public Health Emergency Task Force.

LaMere testified. His son, Manape

LaMear, sang a sun dance song. After

finishing his sacred song, Manape asked

if someone from Sheridan County was

there to speak.

"A big guy got up and testified," said

LaMere. "He was asked, 'Do you have

enough law enforcement to take care

of Whiteclay?' and he answered, 'Absolutely not.'”

“This man said some things absolutely nobody expected him, maybe

not himself. to say. If you're with those

(monied) interests of Whiteclay, you're

not supposed to say that, you're going to

be ostracized. But for whatever reason,

he told the truth. I attribute that to the

powerful prayers said that day.

"You're watching at Whiteclay a very

spiritual journey. There's something

much bigger than us that has brought

us to this point – that we would make

such a great change for the Oglala

Lakota people. I think it's God's work.

From that I hope things will be better."

He's convinced "the greatest impact

will not be felt for generations," but

added, "I've seen immediate impact

right now."

"I believe there's a child whose mother and father were together at home

and did not drink. I believe children

are feeling very good Whiteclay is not

open. I believe there's been prayers by

children that their parents be sober. I

believe their prayers are very powerful. I

think what we're seeing may have to do

with these children and their suffering

and their prayers."

LaMere has disdain for arguments

that banning alcohol at Whiteclay will

only move the problem elsewhere, thus

increasing the danger of drunk drivers.

"Worrying about someone driving

down Highway 87 who might get hurt

by a drunk driver can't be our greatest

concern. Our greatest concern has to be

the health and well-being of hundreds

of children crippled in the womb by fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). I've called

out many on this. Where are pro-life

people? Where's the church? Children

are crippled in the womb tonight and

nothing's said about it because there's

money involved. That's troubling to me.

"We've crippled hundreds of kids in

the womb on Pine Ridge – all so somebody can get rich, wrap themselves in

a flag, and talk about this model of free

enterprise. We cherish that more than

we cherish life. It's ugly to hear that but

that's what we've done. But we've always

been afraid to accept that."

Attorney John Maisch, whose documentary Sober Indian, Dangerous

Indian includes LaMere, said, "I would

say Frank's empathy is what drives

him. Frank is in a perpetual state of

mourning. Frank has lost many family members and friends to addiction. I

think that is partially what drove him to

tackle Whiteclay. Frank lost his daughter, Lexie, and I think that is why he's

particularly drawn to fighting for those

children, whether Native children lost in

our foster care system or suffering from

FAS as a result of their mothers drinking

on the streets of Whiteclay. He's drawn

to suffering of others because he has

also suffered great loss."

LaMere acknowledged he's "redoubled" his efforts since losing his

daughter.

"And it's not in any way substitution,"

he said. "I don't see it that way. I look at

it very simply that now I stand on the

shoulders of my daughter. In all of the

things I'm doing right now perhaps I'm

as bold as ever, and there's a reason for

that, for that is what she would have me

do. If I hedge, she'll say, ‘Why are you

doing that? That is not who you are.’ I

even heard her say in her young life:

'This is my father, this is who he is, and

this is what he does, and he does this

for the people.'

"All I do for the rest of my life will be

done in remembrance of my daughter

because she was so committed at a

very young age to the things I'm still

committed to."

LaMere's glad Nebraska may finally

own up to its sins.

"At long last Nebraskans have said

perhaps it's time for us to look at this.

For once I'm pleased Nebraskans are not

going to merely beg the question, they're

going to look at the impact of Whiteclay

and maybe we're going to act and make

some of it a little bit better."

As LaMere sees it, the whole state's

culpable.

"We as Nebraskans are unwittingly,

unknowingly responsible for it. We need

to act and to mitigate some of those

things we've helped to cause at Pine

Ridge. Even after all this, I say Nebraskans are fair – fair to a fault. Sometimes

it takes us so damn long to act."

The real culprits, he said, are "those

in Sheridan County" who've turned a

blind eye.

"The beer sellers and the rest are going to have hell to pay, not from Frank

LaMere, but from the Supreme Court,

the Liquor Control Commission, the attorney general, all these other interests,

because when they take a good, long

hard look at what's happened, there

there's no way you can reconcile that

as being anything close to normal or

acceptable."

As watchdog and conscience, LaMere

said he lives out a covenant he made

with his creator to serve others.

"I've traveled a million miles, spent

everything I have, taken time from my

family, taken time from myself. At some

point, there's a moral authority you feel.

Nobody can give it to you or bestow it on

you. Once you acquire it, it means nothing unless there's a moral imperative

that goes with that. I've tried to achieve

some moral authority and the moral

imperative that goes with it.

"I hear every day in my work with

different agencies the words 'by the

authority invested in me.' Means absolutely nothing to me. Doesn't impress

me at all. I don't care how much authority you have – if you do not use it and

if there's no moral imperative to make

things better, it's meaningless. I meet

with those people all the time. They

have the authority, but they don't use

it. I'm not being cynical. I have the truth

on my side."

Whiteclay offered duly elected and

appointed officials decades of opportunities to act, but they didn't. LaMere never

left the issue or let authorities forget it.

"Sometimes I can go into a room with

a hundred people and I have the least

amount of authority-power-title, but

they have to listen to Frank because

he's put time and energy into it and he's

acquired that moral authority and he

uses it. He scares them. They wish he

would go away. People have to listen to

Frank because he never goes away and

there's nothing in it for him.

"That's why we made some changes

at Whiteclay and that's how we're going

to make change in our society – gain that

moral authority and act."

LaMere said his greatest asset is the

truth.

"Any issues of change, even Whiteclay, you stand with the truth. I've

learned that over many years. Because

once the press conferences, the conventions, the rallies are done, the arrests

are made, the petition drives are over,

the legislative efforts go by the wayside,

the only thing that's left is the truth. It's

very important you stand with the truth

and be recognized having stood with it.

"That's the only thing that keeps me

going. I'm firm, forthright and respectful

and always telling the truth. Of late, it

has worked in some respects for me."

If Whiteclay confirmed anything, he

said, it's that "nothing changes unless

someone's made to feel uncomfortable

and you have to make yourself uncomfortable." In dealing with Whiteclay, he

said, he expressed his "healthy disrespect for authority."

"Maybe it's a character flaw," he said,

"but you can put me in a room with a

hundred people and if there's a bully,

before the night's over I'll probably butt

heads with him."

As a young man he was active "on

the periphery" of the American Indian

Movement. Later in life he got close to

AIM legends Russell Means and Vernon

Bellacourt. The men became allies in

many fights.

"I saw Native people and non-Native

people be bullied simply because somebody felt they had a position of power

over them and whenever I see that I

naturally react to that. I don't care what

the issue is, I'll ask, 'Who do you think

you are? Why are you doing that? Why

are you treating him or her that way?'

I've said that. I've always grown up with

that feeling that if somebody is being

mistreated, I will always speak up for

them."

Whiteclay offered a microcosm of

predatory behavior.

"When I first went to Whiteclay 20

years ago, I took one look and you could

see the Natives who went there did not

have a voice and were not held in high

regard. The owners and residents paid

little attention to them. The other thing

I saw there was the lawlessness and the

mistreatment of vulnerable people being taken advantage of. I saw it and so

could everybody else. Then I saw how

nobody acted, so I thought perhaps I

should give some voice to them."

The still unsolved murders there of

Little John Means, Ronald Hard Heart

and Wilson Black Elk weighed on him.

The alcohol-related illness and death

of others haunted him.

"The alcohol coming out of Whiteclay

has killed scores of Lakotas and we're

still waiting for that one white man or

white woman, God forbid, who dies

on the road between Rushville and

Whiteclay.'

The documentary The Battle for

Whiteclay shows LaMere at a hearing

railing against "the double standard"

that overlooks Native deaths.

"It means we feel there's two classes

of citizens here in this state. Would

we allow the things in Whiteclay in

western Omaha or southeast Lincoln?

I don't think so. Scores of our people

… victimized, orphaned, many of our

people murdered. God forbid that one

young white woman, one white man,

die at Whiteclay tonight. We'd shut the

damn thing down in the morning, and

the pathetic thing about that is we all

know that's the truth."

LaMere feels that double-standard

still exists.

"We want everything at Whiteclay to

be just right, but we cannot even take

care of the clear and simple. There's

one thing you know you can do under

the law – you can shut them down, and

they've done that, and they're having

problems keeping them shut."

He refuses to be patronized because

he's learned from experience that playing the game doesn't get results.

"You'll pat me on the head and say,

Frank, you're a great guy, I appreciate

what you're bringing to us, but I know

in the back of your mind you don't want

to change anything. You'll even give

me a permit to march or picket. But I

bet you won’t do that for 20 years. You

can handle a year and then say – this

damn guy never goes away, perhaps we

should sit and listen to him."

LaMere regrets the one time he took

things for granted.

"I made a mistake many years ago. I

raised the issue of Whiteclay. We got a

lot initiated with then-Gov. (Ben) Nelson. He put together groups of officials

from Sheridan County, Pine Ridge,

state agencies, and we talked about

the lawlessness issues up there. So we

got something in the works a long time

ago and I appreciated that process. I

made the mistake though of thinking

it's a no-brainer. I thought all I have

to do is bring this back to Lincoln and

Nebraskans will change it.

"I was too hopeful. Many Nebraskans

would change it but those in power did

not. Where there's money involved,

nothing is a no-brainer. People are

going to weigh the money and the impact. Those with influence and monied

interests are probably going to win out.

That's what I watched. Whiteclay is

perhaps the poster child for greed, not

in Neb. but maybe in the whole nation.

It ranks up there with Flint (Mich.)."

For too long, he said, the attitude

about Whiteclay was, "We know what

we're doing but it's going to cost us

money, it's going to cost me to do my

job in the public trust. Just leave it the

way it is." Because the problem was allowed to persist, he said, "Whiteclay will

go down in our history as something

we tolerated and that we will forever

be ashamed of, and we're only going

to understand that when the Supreme

Court makes that final decision to shut

'em down. Then we're going to take a

look at what we've truly done."

Meanwhile, LaMere won't rest easy.

When well-meaning people offer condolences about Lexie and lament her

unfulfilled promise, he said he accepts

their sympathy but corrects them,

saying, "There's no unfulfilled promise

– it's more for you to do, it's more for

me to do.

"That's how it is. That keeps me going. That's the way I'll be until I'm not

here anymore."

The Winnebago Volunteer Fire Department spent almost a week fighting a wildfire on the

Missouri River Bottom between Winnebago and Macy.

Winnebago Indian News, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 — Page 5

Winnebago News

Financial Aid Assistant Job Announcement

Organization and Location: The position is located at Little Priest

Tribal College (LPTC) in Winnebago, Nebraska, 68071.

Purpose of Position:

The Financial Aid Assistant is a full-time, hourly, position and will be responsible for providing clerical assistance to the Director of Financial Aid assisting

in all aspects of the office. This a 40-hour a week position; additional hours

may be required on an as needed basis.

Qualifications

Minimum of an AA degree preferred. Business/office management experience

preferred. Preferred experience in Jenzabar and Powerfaids, or other financial aid

database software systems. Must have excellent oral and written communication

skills and basic computer skills. Must be a team player that implements the

philosophy and goals of the college. Must be able to maintain professionalism

and confidentiality in the office.

Responsibilities:

Maintain student records according to the Department of Education rules

and regulations.

Apply knowledge of and adherence to confidentiality according to Little Priest

Tribal College’s Privacy Policy and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

(FERPA).

Maintain, at all times, an organized, pleasant, professional office atmosphere

to properly represent the department.

Maintain computerized data base information on student financial aid awards.

Coordinate the preparation of internal and external reports, including setting

up a database to keep statistics relevant to financial aid office.

Provide the IT department with relevant and reliable information for the financial aid departments’ section of the Little Priest Tribal College’s website to

ensure that it is up to date and reader-friendly.

Coordinate workshops and activities to educate students and high school

students about financial aid and college preparation.

Assist students with general requests or inquires that do not require the

Director’s attention.

Process requests and communications from college staff/faculty, Tribal and

community agencies as requested.

Perform activities and oversee the Financial Aid office in the absence of the

Director of Financial Aid.

Perform other related tasks, as assigned.

To Apply:

Applicants can submit a cover letter, resume, college transcripts and three

letters of references to Human Resources Manager, P.O. Box 270, Winnebago,

NE 68071 or email to sandra.francis@littlepriest.edu.

Applicants may also go to http://www.littlepriest.edu/faculty-staff/humanresources.html and complete the on-line application and attach a resume.

Transcripts and three letters of reference are also required when submitting

an application.

Little Priest Tribal College is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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June 23

2001 Chevy Silverado 1500

$8,500

4 x 4, 95 k miles

2006 Dodge Charger R/T

$7,800

Hemi Power, 114 k miles

Welcome Donna Wolff to the Winnebago Tribe of

Nebraska as the new Native Connections Project

Coordinator.

She will be in charge of Suicide Prevention efforts for the Winnebago tribe and will be conducting upcoming seminars and training events for the

community at large.

Her phone number is 402-878-3659 and her

contact email is: donna.wolff@ihs.gov. If you have

any questions for her or would like to be a member

of the new Community Planning Committee please

contact Donna.

All of us can save a life and please know the

Suicide Hotline Number:

1-800-273-TALK (8255)

SUICIDE IN INDIAN COUNTRY

Suicide occurs across and within

all races and cultures. Within Indian

Country, the rates are higher than in

the general population. The subject of

suicide carries the stigmas of depression and death, the fear that just talking about it will make it happen, and

other stigmas, including:

Suicide is a cry for help

When a person decides to end his

or her life, there is nothing that can be

done to stop him or her

A person won’t die by suicide if he

or she has children, just bought a new

car, or is just having a “difficult time”

The reality is that suicide is preventable, and help is available.

Before talking with someone you are

concerned about, have suicide crisis

response available, such as the Nation-

al Suicide Prevention Lifeline number,

1-800-273-8255 (TALK), or numbers

and addresses of the local crisis lines

or treatment centers. Winnebago Behavioral Health is in the bottom level

of the hospital, 1-402-878-2911 and

the After Hours Crisis # 1-712-2593263. Mention what signs prompted

you to ask the person about how they

are feeling, the words used, or behavior

displayed (signs make it more difficult

to deny that something is wrong).

We will have the warning signs and

how to reach out to someone showing

suicidal ideation in our upcoming articles on the topic of suicide.

Donna Wolff is the new Native Connections Project Coordinator (Suicide

Prevention) with the Winnebago Tribe

of Nebraska. Her number is 1-402-8783659 if you need to reach out to her.

VJ & Bubz were out snapping their cameras to update everyone on Powwow Grounds

construction progress,

2006 Hummer H3

D

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SO

$9,000

4x4

SPRING

BLOW OUT

SALE !!!

2010 Ford F-150

$9,000

4 x 4 Work Truck

90 k miles

2009 Caddy DTS

$11,500

75 k miles

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Community News

Pharmacy Window Hours:

Monday

8:00am to 6:30pm

Thursday

8:00am to 6:30pm

Tuesday

8:00am to 6:30pm

Friday

8:00am to 6:30pm

Wednesday

10:00am to 6:30pm Saturday

Sunday

1:00pm to 5:00pm

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Any medication orders from Clinic after window closing hours WILL

BE Processed and Filled. If you would like to pick them up after your appointment, please REMAIN in the Pharmacy Waiting Area and you will be

called in to a counseling room.

Thank you!

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Masthead Scene

Winnebago Self Storage

5x10 - $35/month

10x10 - $45/month

10x20 - $65/month

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska recently hosted the participants of the

BRAN, bike ride across Nebraska. BRAN members began their trek in Falls

City, Nebraska biking through and stopping at Auburn, Weeping Water,

North Bend, Wayne, Wakefield, a Winnebago stop, and completing the ride to

Tekamah. The Annual Event is sponsored the BRAN organization with bike

riders from across Great Turtle Island. MORE PICTURES inside this issue.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV17-088

402-878-4210

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Construction trades including,drywalling, roofing,

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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

LEGAL NOTICE

To: ANY INTERESTED PARTIES

You are hereby notified that a petition

for Name Change has been filed and a

hearing concerning the above referred

Individual in case no. CV17-088 has

been scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 17TH day of AUGUST,

2017 at the hour of 11:00 A.M.

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

LEGAL NOTICE

In the Matter of the

Name Change Petition of:

MAXIMINO MATILDA CORTES LAMERE

to JOSUE MANUAL LAMERE

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.

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.

Winnebago Indian News, Wednesday, June 14 , 2017 — Page 7

Around Winnebago

Chairman White addresses the BRAN crowd and invites them all back for Powwow.

Facility Summer Youth workers, Jeremy Bear and Robbie Lovejoy working hard to get

Veterans Memorial Park ready for BRAN Riders and upcoming pow-wow celebration.

Coach Katie and her girls volleyball team were raising funds for this fall with a concession stand at the BRAN event.

Daga’s Grill in Winnebago HoChunk Village has a new patio for customers to enjoy the

nice smelly outdoors of Winnebago.

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