Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 46, Number 14 Saturday, June 30, 2018

Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 46, Number 14 Saturday, June 30, 2018

Winnebago Tribe set to assume control of troubled hospital on reservation

Bago Bits…

Winnebago Indians 2018 Seniors,

Manape Cleveland & D’Von LaPointe

teamed up with the Seniors from the

Ponca Indians to represent in the Northeast Nebraska Senior All-Star Team. The

Indians, aka Dark Team, played the light

team, but came out about 5 points shy on

the scoreboard. Congratz Indians!

Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2018

The WIN staff was snooping around in

pictures from 2004, anyone recognize?

I don’t remember who sent this into the

WIN office, but it’s a good shot of the

Main Street of Winnebago from oh bout a

hundred years ago.

The town is abuzz with talk of the Winnebago Tribe taking control of our Hospital on July 1st…what are your thoughts?

Mudcat is at it again sharing his softball

skillz to coach yet another age group of

softballers. These girls won a tournament

last week in Sioux City at the Chiquita

Banana Park.

'We can’t keep begging them to fix it'

The Winnebago 12 Clans Unity

Hospital debuts under tribal control

on July 1

By Kevin Abourezk

WINNEBAGO, Nebraska – The

59-year-old Winnebago man suffered

a seizure late that night in May,

forcing his family to call 911.

An ambulance took nearly 25

minutes to get to his home in Winnebago.

Medical staff at the Omaha-Winnebago Hospital couldn’t find his

medical history, though he had been

there for all of his previous seizures,

and initially didn’t give him enough

sedative to stop the seizure. Staff

couldn’t find scissors to cut his shirt

off and failed to find a vein suitable for

an IV, leading them to drill a main line

into his neck.

The chaotic hospital scene that

nearly cost the life of Tori Kitcheyan’s

father is just one more reason she is

happy her people will now get to chart

their own course for health care.

“I really thought that we were going

to lose my dad that night,” she said.

“We should have a place that they can

get safe care.”

On Sunday, the Winnebago Tribe

will officially take control of the Indian

Health Service hospital in its community and finally have direct control of

its health care. The transition is a

major stepping stone toward sovereignty and self-determination for the

tribe, but also represents the start of a

hard fight to repair long-lingering

problems at the hospital.

The IHS hospital in Winnebago has

struggled following the July 2015

decision by the Centers for Medicare

and Medicaid Services to terminate

the facility's certification due to

serious lapses in patient care. The

hospital, already suffering from

inadequate funding, can no longer bill

Medicare and Medicaid for services.

Almost three years later, the IHS had

yet to even submit an application to

regain certification.

“This is the worst kind of chicken

and egg problem,” Rep. Jack Bergman

(R-Minnesota) said at a March 20

hearing on Capitol Hill that focused on

the IHS, arguing that the agency faces

an uphill battle in correcting problems

at Winnebago and other facilities in

the Great Plains.

The Winnebago Tribal Council voted

last November to pursue self-governance after failing to see improvements at the hospital.

Indianz.com…

The "Hoit'e Coni na" language class

is currently progressing through thier

8-week pilot class. They have recently

made it to the half way point and to

acknowledge their efforts they were

awarded a logo t-shirt.

Following are the prepared remarks

delivered by Kurt Alme, the U.S. Attorney for Montana, at a training conference for Indian Country law enforcement in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on

June 27, 2018. Alme serves as vice

chair of the Native American Issues

Subcommittee of the Attorney General’s

Advisory Committee at the Department

of Justice.

Our country is in the throes of an

opioid epidemic and a major meth crisis. Let me repeat some of the statistics

you may have already heard. There

were about 8,000 overdose deaths in

America in 1990. But in 2016, an estimated 64,000 Americans died of drug

overdoses. As the Deputy Attorney Gen-

V i s i t

Dr. Lynelle Noisy Hawk, who is

Oglala and Hunkpapa Lakota and the

former clinical director for the Crow/

Northern Cheyenne Hospital in

Montana, will serve as the hospital’s

clinical director.

Smith, a citizen of the Winnebago

Tribe, has served for 14 years as the

tribe’s general legal counsel and spent

the past 2 ½ years on the tribe’s

self-governance steering committee,

which has carried out planning and

implementation of the tribe’s assumption of the Indian Health Service

hospital on its reservation.

“Our people don’t even know what

good health care looks like,” Smith

said. “We made the big decision that

we can’t wait for IHS, for the federal

government, to do this for us anymore. We can’t keep begging them to

fix it.”

She said the tribe’s decision to take

control of the hospital is also a great

burden and it will be up to the

management team put in place to

ensure improvements are made. She

said she hopes to regain certification

from the Centers for Medicare and

Medicaid Services within 18 months

to two years.

“We’re going to push for sooner

than that,” she said.

Smith said the Winnebago Tribe

also will seek to gain a portion of

federal funding recently appropriated

for hospitals, such as the Winnebago

hospital, that are seeking to regain

CMMS certification.

Kitcheyan said the tribe has

worked hard to educate its members

about how self-governance works.

Some tribal members were concerned

the tribe would lose health funding by

taking over the hospital.

She said the tribe won’t lose health

funding but will get to decide how

best to use the funding it receives.

Also, the tribe will be able to decide

who to hire and who to fire at the

hospital, unlike when the hospital

was under IHS management, she

said.

That means health care providers

who don’t serve the tribe’s members

competently likely won’t keep their

jobs, Kitcheyan said. However,

hospital employees who perform well

also won’t have to suffer under

incompetent leaders who typically

stay in their posts for only a few

months, she said. Indeed, the hospital has had 13 chief executive officers

...Con’t. on page 6

U.S. Attorney: Substance abuse on the rise in Indian

Country

Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Two young activists, Tyler LaMere,

and Parkland shooting survivor Emma

Gonzalez

The move to self-governance – as set

forth by Title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance

Act of 1975 – allows tribes to assume

control over health care funding and

programs that the IHS would otherwise provide. A tribe must enter into a

compact, as well as a funding agreement, with the federal government

that sets forth the terms of their

nation-to-nation relationship.

The effort, though, is seeing some

resistance. The Winnebago Tribe

shares the hospital with the neighboring Omaha Tribe, whose leaders have

raised questions about the initiative.

“I feel that IHS has failed us, has

killed our people, has not fulfilled

their obligations to the people,”

Omaha Chairman Michael Wolfe told

Indianz.Com in January. “Now they’re

bailing out, and they’re just happy

and tickled pink that Winnebago

wants to take this hospital over. They

broke it. Why should the Winnebago

want to come and fix it?”

The Winnebago and Omaha tribes

would need to agree to move forward

with self-governance if they wanted to

offer all of the same programs with the

same level of funding. For now, the

Winnebago Tribe plans to move

forward without the Omahas, though

they plan to keep the door open, said

Kitcheyan, a Winnebago tribal councilmember.

“I hope that the tribes are going to

come together in the near future to

finalize those conversations,” she said.

The failure of the tribes to negotiate a

hospital agreement could affect

Omaha tribal members who seek

health care at the hospital starting

Sunday, she said. The Winnebago

Tribe will have to start billing those

patients as it won’t have funding to

provide them health care.

“The Winnebago Tribe is not

wanting to do that,” Kitcheyan said.

“The Winnebago Tribe has done

everything to be a good neighbor and

to try to facilitate these conversations

over the past three years, but we’re

just kind of getting backed into a

corner ourselves.”

The hospital will have a new name,

new branding and new management

starting Sunday.

The tribe’s longtime legal counsel,

Danelle Smith, will serve as executive

director of the Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System (WCHS). The

tribe also has named Gary Wabaunsee, a citizen of the Seneca-Cayuga

Tribe of Oklahoma who has 40 years

of experience in health care management, as hospital administrator.

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eral has pointed out, our country lost

more Americans in 2016 to overdoses

than in battle during the entire Vietnam

War. Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under

the age of 50.

Native American communities have

been hit particularly hard by drugs.

We know from the most recent DEA

National Drug Threat Assessment that

while the drug threat in Indian Country

varies by region, meth and marijuana

are the most widely used illegal substances, while heroin and prescription

drug use has increased in many areas.

Between 2015 and 2016, BIA Field

Agents reported a 56 percent increase

in heroin seizures and a 109 percent

increase in meth seizures. Native American substance abuse disorder rates are

about twice that of the overall population. And according to the Center for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),

American Indian and Alaskan Native

people had the highest drug overdose

death rate in 2015.

In Montana, we are seeing the same

problems. Tribal councils report substantial meth dealing and use, and

growing opioid use. In 2016, nearly

half of infants born in one reservation county were at risk for neonatal

abstinence syndrome. While in 2017,

44 percent of the pregnant women

seeking care in another tribal health

care center tested positive for opioids

or other substances. Both on and

off reservations, substance abuse is

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Bago News

Twelve Clans Unity Hospital Logo Overview

“A great deal of focus was given to the design of the Twelve Clans Unity Hospital logo. We tasked the team at Blue Earth Marketing to create a modern logo that

also paid homage to our heritage,” said Danelle Smith, Executive Director of Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System. “We also wanted the logo to be significantly different from anything used by IHS in order to signify a complete shift in the quality of service that will be provided.”

Breaking down the elements of the logo, the circle at the top represents the medicine wheel, our interconnectedness between everything within Mauna's creation

for balance and wellness. Though at first glance it may appear to be a jagged line, the design is representative of an electrocardiogram display, commonly referred

to as an EKG. The design represents state of the art medical care, as well as the heartbeat of our community. The colors of the design also have significance with

the teal blue and green representing the sky and earth moieties, which provides the tie to the first line of text, “Twelve Clans.”

“Twelve Clans” is a bolder typeface and in the shade of teal blue, a viewer’s eyes tend to be naturally drawn to see it first. The emphasis on those words has an

obvious significance to the Winnebago Tribe. And the outline encasing the text binds it together, signifying unity.

The final element in the logo is the traditional Ho-Chunk ribbon work. The floral ribbon work rests at the bottom of the logo as an ever-present reminder of our

heritage, and it serves as a foundation for what the Winnebago Tribe will build the hospital to be.

“Every aspect of the logo was weighed heavily,” said Smith, “even the specific colors selected. Teal was chosen because it is said to open lines of communication

between one’s heart, controlling and healing the emotions creating balance and stability. Green is associated with renewal, growth, and hope. With the correlations

to healing and growth, they are the ideal combination for Twelve Clans Unity Hospital.”

Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, June 30, 2018 — Page 3

Winnebago News

Thoughts from the Cobell Land Settlement… JESUS OUR SAVIOR

By Lance Morgan

LUTHERAN OUTREACH

We take over the IHS hospital July

1, which has been a huge undertaking

and a major step forward for our tribal

sovereignty. We should be proud of the

hospital effort, but recently the Tribe

passed a resolution giving control of

tribal trust land back to the BIA. The

move was effective till the end of September. I really really hope this is just

temporary because it is a major step

backwards for our tribal sovereignty.

The tribe took control of managing

its land a long time ago and has what

is called a 638 contract with the BIA

to allow us to receive the federal funding that the government would have

otherwise spent on managing our land.

Tribes sued the federal government for

mismanagement of our trust lands and

it all culminated a few years ago with

the Cobell Litigation settlement. So why

would we give control of our land back

to the entity we just settled a mismanagement lawsuit with?

I believe the Tribe would prefer to

manage it, but really doesn’t have

much of a choice at the moment. The

tribal council attempted to disband

the Winnebago Land Company (“Land

Company”) late last year. The Land

Company dissolution wasn’t very well

thought out and has created this crisis.

The Land Company still exists because

the attempt to dissolve it violated tribal

law requiring the Land Company board

to do it first. But the Tribal actions have

created a sort of paralysis because the

legal status of the Land Company and

the CEO has been in limbo for the last

six months. This has caused several

things to not be done and has idled the

CEO and approximately $1 million in

the Land Company’s account.

The Tribe hired a lawyer to look into

it, but not many people have actually

seen his report, strangely including

some tribal council members. However,

after the lawyer issued “something”, the

Tribe took several actions, including

removing the old board of directors, of

which I was one. They also appointed

a new board recently.

My guess is that the new board may

keep the company functioning or may

just take some perfunctory actions outlined by the lawyer to shut the company

down and take out the money in the

bank account that was supposed to be

used to buy back the land on our reservation. I seriously doubt that money will

be used to purchase land now, which is

really too bad.

So why give control to the BIA of

tribal land? It is because we probably

don’t have much choice at the moment.

Lots of things need to be done with the

land leases and we don’t have a land

management department anymore and

the Land Company has a new board

and unclear if it has a CEO even. So

I suppose it makes some sort of sense

to turn over our land to the BIA, but it

sure doesn’t feel right when it comes to

tribal sovereignty. This whole thing is

really a side effect of not understanding the tribal law and the implications

of some of our tribal actions. We are

not exactly out of it yet, but hopefully

we don’t repeat this unusual chapter in

our recent government history again. I

also hope we take back control of our

land October 1.

Contact me at hochunk@aol.com

“This a Hotter Topic”

We start this letter with this statement: Council members you are on your

own, no one person or group of people should set your agenda. We would

like you tribal members to think about some of the choices being made for

us. These are a few of the tribal council's favorite things. (apparently).

By the time this is read the hospital will be just days away from assumption by the Winnebago Tribe. Let’s all hope that all will be well when it's

ours, (can't be any worse can it?) So, Winnebago’s at last it's ours the whole

building; not from this entry to that threshold, but the whole hospital. WE

can make it great.

Leases - this is a hot topic. What should be a confidential matter is now

in the public domain. Why? Ask the BIA staff it seems all information and

action flows from there. How did that happen? Is any tribal member concerned? Under the Land Corporation the tribe owned it, now its back under

the BIA. Still no answer. Then ask the council to see if you can get an

answer.

Meth - this is a hotter topic. Why? Because the number of tribal members who have become addicted is growing at an alarming rate. This epidemic (it is epidemic amongst our native populations) does not bode well for

our tribal future. We need our members for our very existence. We need

you to be healthy.

Hoping to help educate voters in the up-coming election cycle we pose

these questions: What has this council accomplished (ask them)? Who will

benefit (ask them)? If only a group will benefit, (a clue), which group will

it be? Tribal members if you have been listening to council speak you will

know. No, it isn't the hospital that process was started back in 2015 think

of your own questions to ask them. We are paying enough in salaries that

each council member should be unrolling a scroll of accomplishments when

asked.

Money - Good news, we now have a savvy bank. Need we say more...

Land Corporation - if you want more information forget it, but there has

been serious interference by the council so much so that the tribe no longer

has a viable, functioning 638 Land Management Office (remember a majority

of the council gave the contract back to the BIA.) It's a fiasco. We won't say

anymore except Winnebago's we deserve much better, and there is more.

Speaking seriously, this last year has felt like grade school again. There

are bullies on the playground. And our lives as tribal members have not

improved. We've lost ground so very much. These two elders are dismayed

and alarmed. All the things stated in these letters to the editor makes us

wonder, is this how and who we really are?

The Lawyer - only one thing he's quieter than before.

This may seem light on information, and a little humorous that's life in

Winnebago. Help (lightly drag it out and fade away)

Tribal members election time will be here soon. Just remember question

everything. We do. It's our right, duty and privilege.

Jeanie Eagle

Jesus was the greatest story teller

ever. I was taught that prior to the good

news of reaching the Ho-Chunk people

they began their prayers with these

words: "Aho Mauna waza-hanach-guzra." Bert Greyhair instructed me that

this meant "Aho Earth-Maker teacher

of all things." Creator God's Son, Jesus,

came down from heaven to not only

teach us, but to offer us 'real living!'

Two issues ago in the Winnebago Indian News, I began summarizing a story

that Jesus taught. The story began that

with a father who had two sons. The

younger son disrespected his father,

demanded and received his inheritance

even before his father died. This younger

son thought that by so doing he would

be really living! In reality, he soon found

out that he was really dying.

This young man came to his senses

and decided to turn back to his earthly

father. We learned in the last issue that

his father welcomed him home. He embraced his son and on top of this threw

a party for his homecoming. There was

music and dancing. Now this was real

living!

However, there was someone who

was not happy. The older son hearing

the party going on finds out that his

younger brother had returned. This up-

Winnebago Summer Youth Employees 2018

Antonio Robles is 15 and in 10th grade this year, he is the son of Felicia

Masquat and Eli Roberts and is a part of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

Antonio enjoys drawing and playing video games. Robles started working to get

out of the house because he's "tired of doing nothing." He works with the Boys

and Girls Club and enjoys working there because of the free snacks, and the trip

he takes with the kids. "If I wasn't working I'd be sitting down at home, playing

games all day." Robles plans on buying shoes, games, and to help pay the bills

with his incoming money but also to save money for the Mall of America trip.

Willy Wingett is 15 and in the 11th grade, he is the son of Darla Lapointe

and David Wingett Sr. And is a part of the Winnebago tribe of Nebraska. Willy

enjoys playing basketball, fishing and sports. Wingett wanted to work this summer because of the money and "it was fun last year." Working for the Boys and

Girls Club Willy enjoys interacting with the kids, and "it's close to the gym."

"If I wasn't working I'd be at the gym mostly, probably would spend more time

with my friends." Wingett plans on saving most of his money but still wants to

get shoes, and maybe a new pet.

Natasha Deal is 14 and in the 10th grade this year, she is the daughter of

Julie Paulson and Nate Deal and a part of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

She likes playing sports and sleeping. Deal started working this summer because she did not want to sleep all summer. Deal works at the Boys and Girls

Club and enjoys working there because, "I like the kids." "If I wasn’t working

I'd be going to workouts and would be at the school (conditioning workouts)."

Natasha plans on saving all her incoming money, Good luck.

Sebastian Armell is 16 and in the 11th grade this year, his guardians are

Cupcake and Jorge Suarez, and he is a part of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Sebastian likes staying home, playing games and watching T.V. Armell

started working to earn money and it gives him something to do. Sebastian

enjoys working with the Boys and Girls Club because "It's alive," the kids are

funny, there's fun activities and the people around him are funny. "If I wasn't

working I'd be sitting home, I'd be sleeping right now, bored out of my mind."

Sebastian plans on buying useless stuff, clothes, games, and food.

Mackenzie DeCora is 15 and in the 10th grade, her mom is Jodeen Frenchman and she is a part of the Winnebago tribe of Nebraska. Mackenzie like

to play sports and eating. She works at the Boys and Girls Club and started

working to not be bored and earn money. Mackenzie plans on buying stuff for

herself and food. DeCora enjoys working because it's not boring, something is

always going on. "If I wasn't working I'd be just chillin' at home."

Aiden Bear is 14 and in the 10th grade this year, his mom is Sunshine

Thomas-Bear and he is a part of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Aiden likes

to chill, play games, basketball and work. Bear started working to earn money

and he plans to spend his money on clothes, shoes, and food. Working for the

Boys and Girls Club and "If I wasn't working I'd be sleeping."

Aiden Bear

Age 14, Grade 10

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Mom- Sunshine Thomas- Bear

Likes to chill, play games, basketball, and work

Started working to earn money

Works at the Boys and Girls Club

Plans to spend his money on clothes, shoes, and food

"If I wasn't working I'd be sleeping."

Doesn’t like work

The next issue of the WINNEBAGO INDIAN NEWS will be published on July 14, 2018.

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set him so much that he refused to join

the fun. His father heard of his elder

son's refusal to welcome his brother and

had gone out to him. His father plead

with him. But the elder son answered

his father rudely, "Look! All these years

I've been slaving for you and never

disobeyed your orders. Yet you never

gave me even a young goat so I could

celebrate with my friends. But when

this son of yours who has squandered

your property with prostitutes comes

home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

"‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are

always with me, and everything I have

is yours. But we had to celebrate and be

glad, because this brother of yours was

dead and is alive again; he was lost and

is found.’ ” [Luke 15:29-32 NIV]

The story ends there. It leaves the

reader with a question: 'What did the

older son do?' Did he 'really live' with his

father and his formerly 'dead' brother

or did he refuse to live and thereby forfeited His loving father's offer of grace?

Are you willing to accept Creator God's

offer of 'real living' on His terms?

Each and every Sunday Creator God

offers you 'real living' at His Divine Service held at Jesus Our Savior Lutheran

Church at 11 a.m., preceded by the

study of God's Word at 10. We are presently studying the book of Job, a story

of trial, temptation and perseverance,

in other words 'real living.'

Kiana Lewis is 16 and in the 11th grade, her mom if Tina Lewis and she is a

part of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Lewis enjoys playing sports and being active. Lewis started working because, "I didn’t want to sit around at home

being bored," it's something to do and you earn money while doing it. Lewis

Works and the Boys and Girls Club and enjoys working with the kids and her

coworkers. "If I wasn’t working I'd be sitting at home, cleaning."

Letter to the Editor…

Ruby Bellanger

"Real Living versus really dying Part Three"

Pastor Ricky Jacob

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Bago News

WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

REGULAR TRIBAL COUNCIL

MEETING

June 11, 2018

TRIBAL COUNCIL PRESENT:

Curtis St. Cyr

Coly Brown

James Snow

Vincent Bass

Victoria Kitcheyan

Kenneth Mallory

OTHERS PRESENT:

Ron Nohr

JoAnne Baker

Tonia Keller

Luala Hutchinson

Phyllis Ware

James Price, Sr.

Victor Smith

Garan Coons

Shelly Bear

TRIBAL COUNCIL ABSENT:

Frank White (GPTCA meeting)

Roland Warner (leave)

Isaac Smith (leave)

CALL TO ORDER: Vice-chairman

St. Cyr called the meeting to order at

11:21 a.m.

OPENING PRAYER: Offered by

James Snow.

APPROVE AGENDA:

Vincent Bass motioned to approve

the agenda with the addition of WinnaVegas ShoBox and Hospital Assumption Ceremony. James Snow seconded.

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

Motion carried.

READING OF THE MINUTES:

MAY 21, 2018 MID-MONTHLY MINUTES

James Snow motioned to approve

the May 21, 2018 Mid-monthly meeting minutes.

Vincent Bass seconded.

VOTE: (3) yes (1) no (1) abstain

Motion carried.

MAY 22, 2018 SPECIAL MEETING –

WCHS MINUTES

James Snow motioned to approve the

May 22, 2018 Special Meeting-WCHS

minutes.

Victoria Kitcheyan seconded.

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

Motion carried.

MAY 25, 2018 TREASURER’S REPORT MINUTES

James Snow motioned to approve

the May 25, 2018 Treasurer’s Report

minutes.

Vincent Bass seconded.

VOTE: (4) yes (0) no (1) abstain

Motion carried.

RATIFY FIVE SIGNATURES:

APPROVE A & E SELECTION FOR

HUMAN SERVICES RENOVATION

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to ratify

the five signature from Construction

Management for Approval of the A &

E selection for the Humans Services

Renovation Project (R.M.L. Architects).

Vincent Bass seconded.

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

Motion carried.

SYEP

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to ratify

the five signature to approve additional

funds for SYEP from NNG monies. Vincent Bass seconded.

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

Motion carried.

GPTCA-SPECIAL MEETING JUNE

11, 2018

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to ratify

the five signature approving travel for

Frank White to attend Great Plains

Tribal Chairman’s Association Special

meeting in Niobrara, NE on June 11,

2018. James Snow seconded.

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

Motion carried.

PURCHASE OF WALMAR T GIFT

CARDS FOR DISPLACED SENIORS

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to ratify

the five signature approving the purchase of Walmart gift card for $200.00

each for immediate need of displaced Senior’s due to fire. Money to be paid out

of outside donations received. James

Snow seconded.

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

Motion carried.

EARLY RELEASE OF MINOR TRUST

FUND – FINANCIAL HARDSHIP

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to ratify

the five signature approving the Early

Release of Minor Trust Fund for Manape

Cleveland for financial hardship. James

Snow seconded.

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

Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS: None.

NEW BUSINESS:

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION

PLAN

RESOLUTION 2018 FIVE YEAR

LONG RANGE TRASPORTATION – LRTP

Vincent Bass motioned to adopt

resolution #18-98: 2018 Five Year Long

Range Transportation Plan-LRTP Winnebago Tribal Transportation Planning

(TTP).

James Snow seconded.

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

Motion carried.

TEMPORARY EASEMENT REQUEST

FOR NDOR/FHWA

Kenneth Mallory motioned to approve

the Temporary Easement Request for

NDOR/FHWA, Project NH-75-4(112), CN

32155 In Winnebago Veterans Memorial

Section 4(f) Exception for Temporary

Occupancy. Vincent Bass seconded.

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

Motion carried.

NAC – REQUEST TO SPONSOR FINAL MEAL, SUNDAY JUNE 17, 2018

James Snow motioned to approve the

request from Native American Church

to sponsor the final meal on June 17,

2018 for $1500.00 out of General Fund.

Kenneth Mallory seconded.

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

Motion carried.

ROADS DEPARTMENT REQUEST:

No show.

RESOLUTION – 2018 HISTORIC

PRESERVATION FUND GRANT – THPO

Kenneth Mallory motioned to adopt

resolution #18-99: 2018 Historic Preservation Fund Grant – Tribal Historic

Preservation Offices. James Snow

seconded.

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

Motion carried.

WINNAVEGAS MARKETING - SHOBOX: THE NEXT GENERATION LIVE

BOXING

Kenneth Mallory motioned to approve

the WinnaVegas Marketing request for

Showtime: ShoBox: the Next Generation Live Boxing event on Friday July

20, 2018.

Vi c t o r i a K i t c h e y a n s e c o n d e d .

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

Motion carried.

TRIBAL COUNCIL ITEMS:

TATANKA PETITE – REQUEST TO

REVIEW GRIEVANCE

Move to Mid-monthly meeting.

TRIBAL COUNCIL LEAVE DONATIONS

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to have

General Counsel “Draft Leave Donation

Policy”. Kenneth Mallory seconded.

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

Motion carried.

L. HUTCHINSON – REQUEST EXECUTIVE SESSION

Vincent Bass motioned to go into

Executive Session at 1:34 p.m.

Vi c t o r i a K i t c h e y a n s e c o n d e d .

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

Motion carried.

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to come

out of Executive Session at 2:26 p.m.

James Snow seconded.

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

Motion carried.

HOSPITAL ASSUMPTION CEREMONY

Discussion on Event planning.

[Vincent out]

ADJOURN:

James Snow motioned to adjourn at

2:26 p.m. Coly Brown seconded.

VOTE: (4) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

Vice-Chairman St. Cyr adjourned the

meeting at 2:26 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Coly Brown, Secretary

Winnebago Tribal Council

Respectfully submitted,

Coly Brown, Secretary

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Next

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WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

SPECIAL MEETING – ELECTION

ITEMS

June 11, 2018

July 9th

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2008 GMC Sierra

$17,500

TRIBAL COUNCIL PRESENT:

Curtis St. Cyr

Coly Brown

James Snow

Vincent Bass

Victoria Kitcheyan

Kenneth Mallory

OTHERS PRESENT:

Lilly Snow

Sheila Corbine

Ron Nohr

Luala Hutchinson

TRIBAL COUNCIL ABSENT:

Frank White (GPTCA meeting)

Roland Warner (leave)

Isaac Smith (leave)

CALL TO ORDER: Vice-chairman

St. Cyr called the meeting to order at

10:10 a.m.

OPENING PRAYER: James Snow

offered the opening prayer.

APPROVE AGENDA:

Vincent Bass motioned to approve

the agenda. James Snow seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to approve the 2018 random Election Board

Selection. Vincent Bass seconded.

Discussion followed motion.

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to rescind the previous motion to approve

the 2018 random Election Board Selection. Vincent Bass seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Vincent Bass motioned to approve

the (draft) 2018 Eligible Voters List

as presented by Lilly Snow. Victoria

Kitcheyan seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Vincent Bass motioned to nominate

randomly selected Election Board as

presented by Lilly Snow. Coly Brown

seconded.

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

Motion carried.

ADJOURN:

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to

adjourn at 11:20 a.m. James Snow

seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Vice-Chairman St. Cyr adjourned the

meeting at 11:20 a.m.

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causing overcrowded jails, burdened

emergency rooms, and overwhelmed

treatment programs. In Billings, which

is the largest town close to several

reservations, child abuse and neglect

cases increased from 173 in 2011 to

531 in 2016, and 266 involved meth.

Forty-three percent of those cases involved children who are tribal members

or eligible for tribal membership.

Of course, of significant concern to

us in law enforcement is the impact

trafficking and substance abuse has on

public safety. Last year, Attorney General Sessions directed all U.S. Attorneys

to reinvigorate Project Safe Neighborhoods, a comprehensive approach with

state, local and tribal law enforcement

partners to aggressively enforce the law,

and to form partnerships with communities and organizations to help prevent

crime and promote public safety. While

reinvigorating Project Safe Neighborhoods in Montana this past year, we

heard consistently from law enforcement that meth is the major cause of

our state’s almost 35 percent increase

in violent crime between 2010 and

2016. We are seeing increasing dealer

on dealer violence, armed robberies of

casinos and convenience stores, and

violent acts committed by meth users.

As everyone in this room knows,

these problems are not just apparent in

sterile statistics. There is always a real

person behind each number.

Within a few weeks on one Montana

reservation, two horrible meth related

crimes were committed.

In April 2016, Janelle Red Dog

was babysitting one-year-old Kensely

Olson. Little Kensely was fussing, so

Red Dog hit her in the head causing a

seizure. Rather than getting the baby

help, she put the baby in a bedroom

and had a friend over to use meth.

Hours later, Red Dog said she decided

to take the baby to the hospital, but

on the way she thought the baby died,

so she stuffed little Kensely’s body in a

duffel bag, threw the bag in a dumpster

and returned home to go to sleep. Red

Dog was convicted of murder.

A few weeks earlier on the same reservation, a 22-year-old man kidnapped

a four-year-old girl from a playground.

He physically and sexually abused her

and left her for dead in a pickup truck

where she was found four days later.

The defendant was convicted and sentenced to 500 months in prison.

Tribal leaders said these crimes were

rooted in the rising scourge of meth on

that reservation.

These most serious problems demand our best responses . . . and deserve our best efforts.

Many good responses have already

started to reduce supply and demand.

The opioid epidemic is a top priority for the President and the Attorney

General. Last year, the Attorney General announced the formation of the

Justice Department’s Opioid Fraud and

Detection Unit. The prosecutors use

data to identify and prosecute health

care fraud related to the diversion of

prescription opioids.

So many of our good responses are

successful because they result from

partnerships with Native Communities.

I encourage all of us to support any

positive efforts they put forth.

An opportunity to leverage tribal

partnerships is DEA’s Drug Take Back

Days. The last one, on April 28, gathered almost one million pounds of pills.

In American Indian and Alaska Native

communities, DEA collaborated with

the BIA, and engaged 80 law enforcement partners at 142 sites. They netted almost 2,270 pounds of pills. The

next Take Back Day will be this fall. I

encourage all of us to keep working with

our tribal partners to get even more pills

out of Indian Country.

To effectively reduce supply, we know

we need the resources to do our job.

We were all pleased to hear that BIA recently received $7.5 million for this purpose and is hiring 17 new Drug Agents.

Because resources are so important, the

Native American Issues Subcommittee

has recently formed a law enforcement

resources working group to work on

this issue.

But let’s not wait for more help. Let’s

go find and bring together the resources

that do exist. We need to commit to

our drug task forces and support them

however we can. In times of tight budgets, we all know local and tribal law

enforcement are pressured to have officers respond to reactive crime instead

of investigating drug organizations. We

need to convince our partners that by

working with us in drug task forces

and taking down drug trafficking organizations, they will actually do more to

reduce crime . . . and then we need to

prove them right.

Where task forces do not exist we

need to look for motivated partners to

create them – whether the task forces

are formal or informal. In addition to

tribal partners, let’s find other willing

federal, state and local partners in the

area, and one size does not have to fit all.

For example, in Montana, we’re trying any response that works to leverage

cooperation:

On two reservations in Montana the

DEA and BIA are spearheading a push to

investigate the drug trafficking networks

that are supplying these communities.

In another reservation, BIA has

been awarded a drug agent. FBI is now

exploring the availability of partners –

including the new BIA drug agent, U.S.

Border Patrol, the state drug investigation unit, highway patrol, sheriff’s deputies, and city and tribal police officers

- to form a Safe Trails Task Force.

And for two smaller reservations

close to each other with a larger town

between, we are exploring options to

better support the Indian Country work

of a local police-driven task force.

We are also trying to support High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs)

in the larger towns serving as distribution hubs to Montana reservations in

order to interdict drug supply before it

gets to them.

Perhaps the most important step

we’ve taken to reduce drug supply is

creating a statewide drug enforcement

group of all drug task force leaders, and

federal, state and tribal law enforcement

entities doing drug enforcement work.

We’re sharing investigations and intelligence, and coordinating training and

resources.

By including agencies like the state

highway patrol, U.S. Border Patrol and

Postal Inspection Services in the group,

all law enforcement has a better understanding of all of the major ways drugs

are entering our state. I expect this will

help us better focus on reducing the flow

of drugs into our state.

We are also trying to better coordinate

prosecutions among federal, state, tribal

and county prosecutors to move cases

quicker and to be sure we account for

every member of a drug conspiracy by

either charging them or diverting them

to treatment.

At the end of the day, everyone in

this room knows that how effective we

are in reducing drug supply depends

on our resources, and the energy and

leadership we show other law enforcement who work with us.

But reducing supply is only half the

battle. We also need to help reduce demand for drugs.

Although this conference is mostly

about enforcement and supply reduction, I’d encourage you to learn some of

the highlights of federal funds available

to tribes for prevention, treatment and

diversion so you can encourage tribal

leaders to apply.

Most Department of Justice grants

available to tribes are offered through

the Coordinated Tribal Assistance

Solicitation or “CTAS”, a streamlined

grant program that is providing $101

million to American Indian and Alaska

Native communities this year to enhance

law enforcement practices and sustain

crime prevention and intervention efforts. In addition, the Bureau of Justice

Assistance recently held a seminar outlining many of the grant opportunities

for next year. It was recorded and will

soon be available on the Tribal Justice

Website, justice.gov/tribal. I encourage

you to tell your tribal partners about

the seminar if they don’t already know.

These grants are significant. For example, in 2018, Congress provided $35

million for Tribal Assistance, $5 million

for Tribal Youth Programs, and $30

million for the Tribal Resources Grant

Program.

Here are a few other noteworthy highlights for 2018 for you to share with your

tribal contacts:

First is our Comprehensive Opioid

Abuse Program which is run by the

Bureau of Justice Assistance. Its goals

are to reduce opioid misuse and overdose fatalities; and support the use of

prescription drug monitoring programs

to assist clinical decision-making and

prevent the misuse and diversion of

controlled substances. Sample grants

to tribes include: funds to the Seneca

Nation Peacemakers Courts to create a

culturally competent diversion project

aimed at helping Native American opioid

users; and funds to the Port Gamble

S’Kallam Tribe to support veterans’

courts and programs.

Mary Daly announced here yesterday that the Office for Victims of

Crime is offering a grant that could

be a “game changer” for some tribes.

Congress earmarked three percent of

the Crime Victim Fund to grants for

tribal programs. This means that tribes

have until August 6 to apply for up to

$110 million for a broad range of victim

services – including domestic violence,

mental health and substance abuse. In

short order, you can notify your tribal

contacts that there will be a webinar on

this opportunity tomorrow, June 28 at

2 pm eastern. It will be recorded and

available on the Office for Victims of

Crime’s website.

Tribes are being invited, for the first

time, to seek grants from the national

Crime Victims Fund. Some $110 million

will be available this year, thanks to

bipartisan action in Congress.

Substance abuse in Indian Country

is an issue receiving attention at the

highest levels of our agencies and government. I am vice-chair of the Native

American Issues Subcommittee of the

Attorney General’s Advisory Council. We

have recognized the importance of drug

and related violence issues in Indian

Country and formed standing working

groups to address substance abuse,

violent crime, and law enforcement

resources. I can tell you that the U. S.

Attorneys who serve on these groups are

energized and motivated to reduce drug

use and related violent crime.

Also, the Indian Country Law Enforcement Coordination Working Group,

co-chaired by the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Indian Affairs

is helping coordinate federal law enforcement in tribal communities. The

group includes representatives from

13 federal law enforcement agencies

and has focused heavily on the opioid

epidemic and coordinating responses to

the problem.

As you finish the rest of this conference and after you return home, I encourage you to keep thinking of better

ways we can attack these problems at

home or on a regional or national level.

Drug traffickers are always changing

and improving their methods. We need

to do the same. Feed your ideas to your

agency, your partner agencies, or feel

free to call me.

Let’s also commit to improving how

we do our jobs day to day – as you’ve

done by attending this conference. The

Department of Justice, often in coordination with BIA, offers trainings in

opioid trends, changing investigative

techniques, drug handling precautions,

naloxone use, and indicators that opioids are in the community.

In addition, the Executive Office for

U. S. Attorneys carries out the National

Indian Country Training Initiative

which includes training for federal and

tribal investigators and prosecutors on

topics such as drug-related offenses in

Indian Country. The training initiative,

together with SAMHSA and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, also hosts

a yearly training to help tribes create

a Tribal Action Plan to combat alcohol

and substance abuse among tribal

members. This type of comprehensive

planning is critical to minimizing drug

use in a community.

As these trainings are offered, I encourage you to attend those that are

helpful to you, but also to invite tribal

leaders to attend those that are helpful to them.

Last year, Mason Moore, a deputy

sheriff in Montana was shot and killed

in the line of duty. Last month, I had

the honor of delivering a letter from

Attorney General Sessions to Jodi

Moore, Deputy Moore’s widow, their

twin junior high boys and elementary

daughter. I got to thank Ms. Moore for

her family’s sacrifice and tell the children that their dad is a hero.

Last year, 129 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty, and

over 58,000 were assaulted.

There are some who say the work we

do at best doesn’t make any difference,

and at worst puts people in prison who

shouldn’t be there. I’m here to tell you

that’s not true. The work you do makes

a big difference in lives, in families and

in communities. I and all Americans

owe you a debt of gratitude for putting

your life on the line every day, just like

Deputy Moore and the other 128 officers who died last year. You are making

a difference, and you see it in the lives

of those hurt by drug related violent

crime, those in the grip of addiction,

and those family and friends who share

the consequences.

Thank you.

For this and more stories from around

Indian Country visit us at www.indianz.com

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Community News

On behalf of the Winnebago Tribe and the Winnebago Housing Development

Commission, we say "Wa' n ginap šana" to Little Priest Tribal College for the

fundraiser for our elders. The Winnebago Senior Citizens housing complex

fire displaced 12 elders and LPTC raised $962.00 by holding a cookout last

Thursday.

If you would like to donate visit:

www.gofundme.com/bhtx9-senior-citizen-housing

Thank you all that donated to the relief fund.

Pictured are: Wambli Dolezal - LPTC Student Support Services Director, Sandy Scott - LPTC

Student Support Services, Alan Post - Winnebago Tribe CFO, and Cory Cleveland - LPTC

Student & Event Coordinator.

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over the past 7 years.

“I think immediately people will see

a turnaround with customer service,”

she said.

The tribe doesn’t plan to continue

an agreement with the hospital’s

current emergency department

contractor. She said the tribe prefers

to hire permanent providers instead.

“We’re not going to leave that in the

hands of a contractor,” she said.

Starting Sunday, patients also will

see a new sign announcing the

hospital’s new name: Winnebago 12

Clans Unity Hospital.

The tribe plans to host a grand

opening celebration for the hospital

on July 25, a day before the start of

its annual powwow. The event will

feature speeches, dedications and

presentations by Winnebago powwow

royalty.

“We want to make a big deal out of

it,” Kitcheyan said.

The move to self-governance is a

personal one for Kitcheyan, who not

only nearly lost her father in May at

the hospital but also lost her aunt in

2011 and her boyfriend last year at

the hospital. Her aunt was considered

one of five unnecessary deaths at the

hospital since 2011.

She said her boyfriend suffered

cardiac arrest in August near Homer

SUICIDE IN INDIAN COUNTRY

TWO-SPIRITED PEOPLE

Suicide rates among two-spirited, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered

First Nations are not known, but the rates of related risk factors in these groups

indicate that the suicide risk is greater than among heterosexual First Nations.

Homophobia, isolation and rejection increase the risk of suicide. An individual’s

risk can be decreased if he/she is connected to his/her culture and traditions

in a way that recognizes the impacts of colonization. First Nations communities

can support two-spirited people by providing safe spaces that include and respect

them, by standing up for them, and by speaking out about the discrimination

they experience. The term two-spirit is used in this resource because it reflects

the importance of First Nations culture as well as sex and gender orientation

and diversity. However, it is important to respect that individuals may prefer

to identify with other terms to reflect their sexual orientation, sex and gender

identity, experiences, or preferences.

Historically, many First Nations cultures supported and honored two-spirited

people; these individuals served important community functions and held positions of high regard and prestige (NAFC, 2008). Traditional social norms typically

valued the inclusion and respect of two-spirited people or an understanding of

their unique contributions to the family and community (Balsa Huang,

Fieland, Simoni, & Walters, 2004). In pre-contact indigenous societies, twospirited people often held sacred or ceremonial roles such as counseling, healing,

being pipe carriers or being visionaries (Lang, 1997, as cited in Alaers, 2010;

Walters et al., 2006). Following contact with Europeans, many of these values

were lost through the effects of colonization, residential schools, and Christian

practices and beliefs that aimed to erase this rich culture, but today they are

being reclaimed with language and cultural revitalization (NAFC, 2008; Walters

et al., 2006). Some communities were able to retain their traditions and have

quietly continued to protect both the two-spirited members of their community

and their sacred ways (A. McLeod, personal communication, March 31, 2011;

Walters, 1997).

If you know of anyone struggling with suicidal thoughts, please contact The

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK), or the Winnebago

Behavioral Health 1-402-878-2911 or After Hours Crisis # 1-712-259-3263.

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-078

In the Matter of the

Name Change Petition of:

MAXWELL nmn WALKER

to MAXWELL nmn LITTLEWALKER

To:

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. CV18078 has been scheduled and will be

heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court

of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 13TH

day of AUGUST, 2018 at the hour of

10:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-065

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

SERENITY DREW

In Re:

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

TO:

JENNIFER DREW, Mother

BIOLOGICAL FATHER

You are hereby notified that a petition

has been filed for Guardianship and a

hearing concerning the above referred

Individual(s) in Case No. CV18-065 has

been scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 24TH day of JULY,

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

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

TITAN MOTORS

vs.

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

JASON BASS & DESIA TAILMODGE, CV18-108, IN THE AMOUNT

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TALIA OR JASON BASS, CV18-109,

IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,504.44

SIERRA BIGFIRE OR JEREMIAH

BIGFIRE, CV18-111, IN THE AMOUNT

OF $7,174.30

STORMY BROWNRIGG, CV18-112,

IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,572.51

LAURA BUCHANAN, CV18-096, IN

THE AMOUNT OF $447.99

DAVID DINSMORE, CV18-113, IN

THE AMOUNT OF $4,273.65

JESS FRAZIER, CV18-114, IN THE

AMOUNT OF $9,552.39

JENA FREE, CV18-099, IN THE

AMOUNT OF $620.04

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

OF $6,396.05

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

NEVIN MASQUAT, CV18-118, IN

THE AMOUNT OF $10,337.70

BEVERLY OR WILLIAM SNAKEMORRIS, CV18-122, IN THE AMOUNT

OF $19,442.32

To: ALL INDIVIDUALS LISTED

ABOVE:

You are hereby notified that a

Civil Petition has been filed and a

hearing concerning the above referred

Individual(s) has been scheduled and

will be heard in the Winnebago Tribal

Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on the

13TH day of AUGUST, 2018 at the hour

of 9:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ18-023

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

T. M. (DOB 09/2006)

CREE LYONS, Mother

To:

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-072

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

MARIA SCOTT

In Re:

A. S. (DOB 12/2009)

TO:

JENNIFER DREW, Mother

BIOLOGICAL FATHER

You are hereby notified that a petition

has been filed for Guardianship and a

hearing concerning the above referred

Individual(s) in Case No. CV18-072 has

been scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 24TH day of JULY,

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

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and was taken to the hospital. He was

left in a screening room for nearly 2

hours before dying.

“He should have been life-flighted,”

Kitcheyan said. “I just firmly believe

that he could have been saved.”

Quality health care isn’t just a

catch-phrase for the Winnebago

people, she said. It really means

something, especially to those who’ve

lost loved ones at the hospital.

“It’s really hard sometimes to carry

on, but nobody else can die under

those same circumstances,” she said.

“It’s going to get better. I hope that

our future generations won’t know

the third-world health care that this

tribe had, that we were at the mercy

of that quality of care.”?

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ17-044

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

I. R. (DOB 05/2002)

ROSALIND HAVLISH, Mother

To: LINO BROTHERS OF ALL, Father

You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning

the above referred minor individual(s)

in case no. JFJ17-044 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago

Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on

the 3RD day of JULY, 2018 at the hour

of 9:00 A.M.

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WIN News Deadline:

July 9th

TYLER WRIGHT, Father

You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning

the above referred minor individual(s)

in case no. JFJ18-023 has been

scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 31st day of JULY,

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

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-084

In the Matter of the Custody Petition of:

THOMAS SNOWBALL JR.

vs.

SHANAE Q. SECRIST

To: SHANAE W. SECRIST,

You are hereby notified that a

Custody petition has been filed and a

hearing concerning the above referred

Individual(s) in case no. CV18-084 has

been scheduled will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 5TH day of JULY, 2018

at the hour of 9:30 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-065

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

SERENITY DREW

In Re:

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

TO:

JENNIFER DREW, Mother

BIOLOGICAL FATHER

You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed for Guardianship

and a hearing concerning the above

referred Individual(s) in Case No. CV18065 has been scheduled and will be

heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court of

Winnebago, Nebraska on the 24TH day

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

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