Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 46, Number 12

Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 46, Number 12

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Winnebago Community Kicks-Off the Summer

Bago Bits…

What The Heck! Is that Frank LaMere

with Hawkeyes gear on?”

May 17th, the old ball field was the place to be as the Winnebago Community came together to Kick-Off The Summer with a number of

activities. The event sponsored by a NSCVQ grant paid for the event. YCIC, HoChunk Renaissance, Project WoskaPi, Land of Wellness, Behavioral Health, Boys and Girls Club, Higher Education and the Winnebago Volunteer Fire Department all participated. Over 300 community

members attended the event with jumpy houses, food, fun and even a water park to cool off.

Winnebago Memorializes Loved Ones with Ceremony

Winnebago Royalty lead the Powwow

in Memorial Day at Black River Falls,

Wisconsin. Nice job Martha & Asia. Pic

courtesy of Mama Bear.

Winnebago Headstart Graduation at the

Winnebago High School gym. A few days

before the Winnebago Educare held a

Powwow in their Honor.

The Winnebago Community led by the Winnebago Veterans Association. LaMere/Greencrow/Rice American Legion Post #363 and Women’s

Auxiliary gathered at the Winnebago Cemetery on Memorial Day to hold ceremony to remember those gone on before us. The Veteran’s

performed a 21-gun salute and 2018 Winnebago High School graduate Alexandria Flanders played Taps. The Winnebago Tribal Council

expressed their Thanks to everyone for keeping the Winnebago Way of Life strong and alive.

Indianz.com… Winnebago Tribe brings gardens to youth on the reservation

Winnebago Indians, Lance Denney

signed to play basketball and attend

classes at Little Priest Tribal College this

year as a Warrior. Congratz Lance.

Future spot for the Winnebago’s Farmers

Market.

'Part of the culture is learning to live

off the land'

Garden beds for schools assist

tribe with food sovereignty efforts

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K e v i n

A b o u r e z k

Indians Manape Cleveland and D’Von

LaPointe got to hold hands one more time

as Bago Elite traveled to Sisseton, South

Dakota to claim yet another basketball

tournament title. Manape brought home

the MVP and D’Von claimed Mr. Hustle

and All-Tourney honors.

produce,” he said. “This is a really small

part of the bigger picture that we’re

trying to do.”

Aaron LaPointe, agricultural business

supervisor for Ho-Chunk Farms, delivers

raised garden beds to the Educare Winnebago early childhood program on the

Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska. Photo

by Kevin Abourezk

Michelle Parker, community projects

coordinator for Ho-Chunk Community

Development Corporation, recently hands

out seeds to Winnebago tribal citizens in

Nebraska. Photo by Kevin Abourezk

Children enrolled in Educare Winnebago,

the Winnebago Tribe's early childhood program, look at raised garden beds recently

delivered on the Winnebago Reservation in

Nebraska. Photo by Kevin Abourezk

Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2018

The Indians, Manape Cleveland signed

this week with the Central CC Raiders. Congratz from your fans and fellow

Indians.

“I’m probably going to have my grandchildren help me plant this,” she said.

WINNEBAGO, Nebraska – Paula

Brown likes the feeling of her hands in

the soil, digging and moving the earth

to make way for seeds that will become

food.

On a sweltering recent morning, the

49-year-old Winnebago woman walked

to a folding table underneath a canopy

in this northwestern Nebraska town

and picked up packets of seeds – strawberry, blueberry, onion, peppers, zucchini and tomato – and a raised garden

bed in which to plant them.

“I already have a garden started, but

this is just kind of extra,” she said, smiling. “This is going to be mine.”

Brown enjoys the crisp texture of

fresh produce and knowing the only

person who has handled it is herself,

and she plans to get some help planting

her new garden.

V i s i t

u s

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Like many reservation communities,

Winnebago is considered a fresh produce desert, though it does have stores

that sell mostly fast food. The nearest

community with fresh produce is nearly

a half hour away, and many tribal members struggle to find transportation to

get them there to shop.

Now the tribe is taking steps to help

their citizens grow their own produce.

This summer, the tribe is distributing

120 raised garden beds to its members

and to local programs such as the

tribe’s early childhood program, Educare, and the Winnebago Public Schools’

summer school program.

Aaron LaPointe, agricultural business supervisor for Ho-Chunk Farms,

said the initiative is designed to help the

tribe provide for its own food needs and

encourage its members to eat healthier.

“If we can get people to start growing

their own produce, they’ll start eating

The Winnebago Tribe recently launched

a larger initiative meant to develop

agricultural businesses and improve

eating habits.

The centerpiece of the HoChunk

Harvest initiative is Village Market, a

4,644-square-foot indoor farmers’ market that will be constructed in the HoChunk Village development adjacent to

Nebraska Highway 77. It will be built

on a concrete slab and will have space

for 10 indoor vendors and 10 exterior

vendors.

The more than $265,000 structure

will be paid for through a tribal community development fund, Ho-Chunk

Community Development Corporation,

federal USDA funds and Ho-Chunk

Inc., the tribe’s economic development

corporation.

LaPointe said he expects to see the

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Winnebago News

Thoughts on Several Things…

We posted up a sign behind the Dollar General announcing the Farmer’s

Market. The new market will allow

people to sell pretty much anything

they want like food they have grown

or prepared (Hint: Breakfast Burritos). It will also allow people to sell

art, crafts, jewelry or whatever makes

sense. The construction won’t start

for a few months because we are waiting on hearing about another grant,

but people are welcome to use the lot

now to set up a tent and table to sell

things now.

The Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation also has a lending

fund to help the small business owners get started. We are hoping that if

people can develop a business that our

lending fund will help them grow and

perhaps create a little extra income

and a few jobs.

The Farmer’s Market combined with

the effort to build raised bed gardens

all over the community should work

together to not only create a much

healthier community.

Native America Sign

When we first put up the “Now

Entering Native America” sign on the

north end of town, we got a ton of

positive feedback and it seemed to be

a popular place to take selfies by our

By Lance Morgan

guests at Pow-wow time. However, several people said we should have lights

on it at night. Well we installed all those

solar panels behind it, so we found a

way to put in solar lights also and now

the sign is all lit up at night. So every

once in a while I do listen!

Tobacco Drama

The ATF raided our tobacco factory and distribution warehouse a few

months ago. The wheels of justice move

slow, but I can assure you it has got

our attention and we are pursuing our

legal interests. I can’t get too much

into it, but we feel like we are caught

up in something much larger and that

Big Tobacco has played a significant

role in this. If you really want to know

the details, we filed a separate lawsuit

in federal court challenging Nebraska’s

ability to force the terms of a settlement

between the state and Big Tobacco on

the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. We

are sure we are right in this, but historically that doesn’t mean we will win.

However, we will fight for what few rights

we have left as a government. We really

don’t have any other choice.

Interns

This year we started with 14 interns representing 6 tribes (8 are tribal

members). We also have a couple of

high achieving pre-terns who haven’t

started college yet. Every year, we bring

in these bright young people and give

them a chance to see real business in

action. Our goal is to get a little work

out of them, but mostly our plan is to

give them exposure to real business and

real business executives.

Ho-Chunk, Inc. is crawling with role

models for our young people and we

try and place them with people who

can inspire them to do their best. Our

ultimate goal is to have them be successful at whatever they do, but we really do want to come back to Winnebago

and help us build up our community.

Former Ho-Chunk, Inc. interns work

all over our community in business,

government, education, college, legal

and health care jobs and are making a

real impact in our community.

Contact me at hochunk@aol.com

Masthead Scene

The grass is green the trees are covered in leaves and the

kiddies at Winnebago educare are enjoying the great outdoors. Despite record high temperatures this week on the

Winnebago Reservation.

SUICIDE IN INDIAN COUNTRY PART 19

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.

JESUS OUR SAVIOR

LUTHERAN OUTREACH

"Real Living versus really dying Part One"

Jesus was a great story teller. Once

he told a story about a father who had

two sons. The younger son asked his

father for his inheritance. This young

man did not want to wait until his father

died. No, he in fact treated his father as

if he was already dead. How can I say

that? Well, as soon as his father gave

in to the demands of his son, that son

packed his things and left. That young

man not only left his father, his brother,

his home, but also his tribe.

Why would this young man do such

a thing? In his self-centered, naive, and

foolish thinking he thought that then he

could begin living. This nameless young

man, whom you and I can certainly

relate to, proceeded to do wild things.

Miles from home where no one knew

him he had a good time until.

Until what you might ask? Until his

father's money ran out. It is easy to have

friends when you are buying! When you

are broke your 'friends' take off and

abandon you.

Pastor Ricky Jacob

To make matters worse then came

a famine. Isn't that the way it often

is? Things go from bad to worse. What

would this young man do?

This young man came to his senses.

He admitted that he had sinned by

disrespecting his father. He admitted

that his freedom to choose living it up

really brought him down. He comes to

the realization that he has wronged not

only his earthly father but his heavenly

Father, his Creator, as well.

This is the first step to really living! Next time I will continue the story

as this young takes a trip back to his

father humbled by foolish ways. How

will his father respond to his son? How

does your heavenly Father respond to

you when you mess up BIG Time? If you

can't wait till next time read the story

of the loving father found in the gospel

of Luke, chapter 15.

Each and every Sunday Creator God

offers you mercy and grace 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

will begin a Bible study on the book of

Job on June 3rd.

Letter to the Editor…

“Reason behind the recent actions”

There are very serious and alarming

issues happening to the Winnebago

Tribe. We must question motive and

reason behind the recent actions. Ignorant decisions have been made and

when questioned by tribal members

only silence is the answer. Every tribal

member deserves an answer and an

explanation in a sane and rational

manner.

Who advised them to remain silent

or that they did not owe the membership an explanation. Maybe if there

was open dialogue we would not be

here AGAIN and if they governed for

the whole tribe instead of a portion of

it we could all work through this but

many can get what they want through

dysfunction.

Are you familiar with actions that

have taken place? Do you approve of

family members of the council going to

meetings and harassing tribal members as they make their presentations.

If you are a tribal employee do you

feel threatened in your job security?

Are you aware of any intimidation

tactics by any council member. All of

these things actually happened. Do

you know that there is a separation

of powers in the constitution? Do you

understand the term micromanaging?

Demand that there be a parliamentarian in meetings because Roberts Rules

of Order is more than "point of order"

and "prevailing side". Either use it right

or don't use it at all. A two day workshop won't teach you Roberts Rules of

Order. There are far more serious accusations but WE want to protect our

tribes integrity and reputation so will

not in this article air them publicly.

There are tribal members that don't

agree with our points of view, but

through this method we hope to give

you food for thought without hearing

"alternate facts" or getting the message

from a source that maybe is filled with

vinegar and feeds off negativity, and

why would you believe a source like

that? We would like you to study and

answer these questions to yourself.

What would be best is to discuss them

with others. It is vital for the integrity

of our government.

Also, equally vital what happened

to transparency? What happened to

lessons learned? I guess the lack of

character is okay for some as long as

its a relative. It makes these two elders

very sad.

May 21, the mid-month tribal

council meeting was held and at that

meeting two constitutional ethical complaints were presented and read. As a

step in this process a very important

question has to be asked of the council

"Is it frivolous" meaning the petition.

As you know FRIVOLOUS is a word

meaning petty, silly, trifling amongst

other things. There are some on the

council who don't seem to know the

difference between petty and serious.

The documents read were not frivolous each had pages of evidence of the

charges. Each signature was gained

with utmost seriousness. No one was

coerced into signing them. The action

taken at the table was frivolous, and

tribal members do deserve better than

what was administered from the table.

Members believe in the integrity of the

petitions.

Where ever you are let the council

know your concerns. Let this council know you are out there and you

are watching. Our tribe has suffered

enough. Winnebagoes we are a proud

people known as people of the big voice

make your voices heard and your presents will count.

Ruby Bellanger - Jeanie Eagle

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.

The next issue of the WINNEBAGO INDIAN NEWS will be published on June 16, 2018.

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Bago News

Greetings...

Indianz.com… Con’t. from front page

For the past year and a half, work

has been ongoing regarding the proposed Long Term Care Facility, or

Nursing Home for our HoChunk elders.

The Winnebago Tribe has contracted

with Native American Health Management (NAHM) to assist with the creation and management of a facility that

will address the health concerns for the

most needy of our elder population.

The first order of business was to determine how large to build our facility.

To accomplish this, NAHM contracted

with an individual (Tribal member) to

conduct a Needs Assessment, which

took about 3 months to complete.

According to the author, we were informed that our Nursing Home will

require a 28-32 bed facility. The Needs

Assessment indicated that “potential

Tribal Elders long term care” needs

stand at 1,931 individuals, according

to Winnebago Tribal Enrollment statistics. The Study indicated that we

currently have 665 Medicaid certified

patients aged 50+ currently served by

IHS facilities, according to IHS patient

data. According to the study, we had

13 Tribal members in nursing homes

within a 30 mile radius and 20 Tribal

members in nursing homes within a

250 mile radius. Based on this Needs

Assessment, it was determined that

we build a 30 unit nursing home with

room to expand when necessary. RFQs

were sent out to architects to send in

bids so we could select one for our

purposes. The selected architect was

DSGW Architects from Lake Elmo,

MN., who had many Tribal projects

that they completed, much to the satisfaction of the Tribes. We worked with

them weekly for nearly a year to finish

the design inside and out, including

parking lots and the many amenities

that we put in to the project. The architect drawings, the Management Agreement with NAHM, the financials and

Business Plan were finally presented

to Liberty National Bank in late 2017.

The bank informed us that our cost

per square foot was 2-3 times higher

than that of an off-reservation nursing

home. They asked for justification. We

were informed that ALL funding will

be reimbursed by Medicaid under new

rules in Nebraska. It was not clear, at

first, that we would have to get a loan

to pay for all construction, maintenance

and operational costs until we were up

and running and were able to start billing patients. Only then would we be

able to begin billing Medicaid for our

elders’ health care and the construction

reimbursements would also begin. Why

were our costs per square foot so high?

Since we were told that Medicaid would

reimburse any legitimate expenses, we

did not hold back on amenities and

quality of materials used in construction. We have since realized that our

Needs Assessment did not contain detailed information that we would need

to accurately determine the size of the

facility. We found that the information

that was submitted in the Needs Assessment was not adequate for our purposes

and did not meet the financial standards

required by a bank.

So, we are back to the “drawing

board” to conduct our own, more accurate, Needs Assessment, which is specific to our Elders’ Long Term health and

housing needs. Our Health Department

and Nursing Home Committee are nearly done with the questionnaire, which

will be distributed throughout the community and sent to potential residents of

a Long Term Health Care Facility. Now,

we need to truly determine the actual

size of the facility, downsize the entire

project and make changes to some of

the materials used within the facility.

We are also considering a different site,

which will bring the facility closer to or

within our village instead of out of town

on a hilltop. One potential site is in the

“North 40” acres for the new addition to

the HoChunk Village. A different site

will drastically cut down costs, as we

will not have to move so much dirt, plus

all infrastructure (roads, driveways,

utilities, water, sewer, etc.) will already

be there. Yes, this turn of events is discouraging but we will continue to work

to make this project a reality. We will

continue to move forward. We have good

people working on this endeavor and it

will happen. Thank you to all for your

patience and all those that have put

much work into this “dream” we’ve had

for so long.

Vince Bass

Chairman Nursing Home Committee

Next WIN News Deadline:

June 11th

Village Market built by 2019. It will

provide vendors – many of whom currently set up along roadsides in Winnebago and sell everything from sweet

corn and popcorn to jewelry and crafts

– greater access to customers.

“That could fix that problem that we

have as being a fresh produce desert

when we have a farmers’ market pavilion there year round,” LaPointe said.

Children enrolled in Educare Winnebago,

the Winnebago Tribe's early childhood

program, sit on raised garden beds that

were recently delivered to the program on

the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska.

Photo by Kevin Abourezk

Today, few Winnebagos grow their own

food, and many struggle with obesity

and diabetes.

About 35 percent of the tribe’s

elementary students are obese and

another 19 percent are overweight.

And almost 39 percent of the tribe’s

high school age youth are considered

obese, while another 17 percent are

overweight.

The tribe hopes to distribute the

4-by-8-foot garden beds again next

year. Along with the garden beds, the

tribe is also distributing topsoil, hand

tools, seedlings and seeds.

Stuart Fischer, director of Educare

Winnebago’s Early Language Initiative,

said students in the program will plant

beans, tomatoes and cucumbers in the

garden beds.

He said the Educare program already has a garden and teaches children how to tend to it.

“Part of the culture is learning to live

off the land and learning to live with

the home gardening and the traditional

three sisters, corn, beans and squash,”

he said.

The Educare program will incorporate

lessons on healthy eating and traditional foods into the gardening work

that children will do, he said.

The children will be most excited

when they see the first buds from the

foods they are growing, he said.

“The kids react to something they

can see growing, popping out of the

ground,” he said.

For this and more stories from around Indian Country visit us at www.indianz.com

Nonpoint Source Pollution Program

Just wanted to let the community know

that the Winnebago Tribe managed by the

Environmental Protection Department has

begun a Nonpoint Source Pollution Program. What is a Nonpoint Source Pollution

Program? Glad you asked!

According to the EPA Handbook for

Developing and Managing Tribal Nonpoint

Source Pollution Programs under Section319 of the Clean Water Act, “Nonpoint

Source Pollution or polluted runoff occurs

when rainfall, snowmelt, or irrigation water runs over land or through the ground,

picks up pollutants, and carryings them

into lakes, streams, ponds and rivers.

Major nonpoint sources of pollution often

include agricultural practices; unrestricted

livestock grazing; poor sitting and design of

roads, highways, and bridges; forestry; urban runoff; abandoned mines; construction

sites; straightening of streams or rivers;

and hydromodification, such as building

and maintaining dams and levees. Other

sources include lawn and garden maintenance; malfunctioning septic systems; and

storm drain dumping”.

If that isn’t enough to scare someone,

lock your doors, bolt your windows and

keep children and pets indoors. Don’t

know what is. Seriously, nonpoint source

pollution is everywhere but can be dealt

with using the right practices.

For this reason, the Tribe’s overall goal

of a Nonpoint Source Pollution Program

is to control or prevent nonpoint source

pollution. These efforts target the improvement of water quality conditions of both

surface water and ground water resources

and thus protect the environment and the

health and welfare of tribal members and

other individuals living on the Reservation.

Funding for this program is through

EPA’s Clean Water Act, Section 319:

Nonpoint Source Pollution Program (Base

Funding). First year’s activities will be to

identify and assemble partners and conduct community outreach and education.

If you want to visit more about this

issue, please contact Denise Jensen, Environmental Protection Department at 402878-4060 or email at denise.jensen@winnebagotribe.com. Coffee is always made.

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Winnebago News

Historical Trauma in Native Americans

by Stuart Snake Jr.

How do the violent beatings, relocations, mass genocides and tragedies

that Native Americans have suffered

still affect them and many of the future generations? Historical trauma is

a real problem that explains many of

the difficulties and struggles that Native Americans are troubled with daily,

and it needs to be addressed because

it’s not getting the attention it deserves.

To even start to help treat this phenomenon we first have to understand it.

Historical trauma, also called historical

loss is the “cumulative emotional and

psychological wounding over the lifespan and across generations, emanating

from massive group trauma,” as defined

by Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart,

PhD (Brave Heart). Historical trauma

can help people understand why life for

many Native Americans is very different

and why we have so many problems

and grief in our communities (Brave

Heart). To be traumatized means a person receives a physical or mental injury

from someone or something outside

themselves (“Lesson 1”). Trauma can

cause people to be hurt so bad, you feel

hopeless inside. Trauma can change a

person forever, and you can feel like

you will never recover or be the same

again. With historical trauma comes

historical unresolved grief, which is

a deep feeling of loss and sorrow that

accompanies the trauma (Brave Heart).

You can feel a pain in your body that is

unexplainable.

Many of the traumas Native Americans have faced are defined as historical

losses (Brown-Rice). There were many

mass killings in native history since

the colonization of America. Indigenous

people were forced onto reservations

where they couldn't mourn the loss or

even acknowledge the deaths of their

people in their traditional way. New

diseases were being given to natives

each and every day and the introduction to alcohol didn't help at all either.

Bounties were put on Native American

scalps leaving them to be hunted down

and killed (“Lesson 1”). Native American children were stripped from their

families and put into boarding schools

where they had to forget about all their

native ways and teachings. They were

to live the white man way and forget

about their culture. They had nothing

to get over the grief of losing their land,

people and culture (Brown-Rice).

Historical trauma can affect everyone differently; part of the problem

is understanding what causes it and

how it affects us. The many effects

of historical trauma, defined as historical trauma responses, are that of

unsettled emotional trauma, health issues, depression, high mortality rates,

high rates of alcohol abuse, significant

problems of child abuse and domestic

violence (“Historical Trauma”). Other

symptoms include anxiety, substance

abuse, isolation, discomfort around

white people and suicide (Ross). There

are even some natives with chronic diseases that non-Indian doctors have not

been able identify or treat (“Lesson 1”).

Many native community members also

say there is a constant feeling of mourning, and there are always funerals going

on (“Historical Trauma”). For a lot of natives it’s identifying with the stereotypical ideas that are put forth on them like

that every Native American is a drunk

or a deadbeat and has no job because

they get checks every month from their

casino. For the most part, most natives

aren't actually drunks or deadbeats,

but because so many people think that

because of a stereotype a lot of natives

start to identify with their oppressors’

views, which leads to self-hatred.

What can we do to help treat these

symptoms of historical trauma? One of

the very first things you can do is confront the trauma and accept that you

have it. You can’t help a problem if you

don't admit you have one. Realizing it

first can help you overcome it. Second is

understanding it and making sure that

you know that none of this is your fault

and that you don't have to live under the

eyes of your suppressors, that you can

be anyone you want to be as long as you

set your mind to it. Third is releasing

the pain of historical trauma, letting go

of all the grief and suffering that was

passed down to you and knowing that

you have no control over it. Fourth and

last is transcending the trauma, moving

past it and not letting it hold you back

any longer (“Historical Trauma”). Other

things that can help relieve these symptoms are staying educated on the topic.

Educating yourself and others helps

more and more people understand it.

Reaching out to other people and sharing your experiences with others who

have been through the same things also

provides relief. Something that would

help a lot of reservations and native

communities would be an official place

to go to get help about your problems,

like a treatment center.

For over 500 years Natives Americans were forced to suffer through the

genocides, diseases, assimilation, loss of

their culture and tradition, extermination, forced dependency of suppressors,

racism, discrimination, prohibition of

our religious ways and the relocations

onto government reservations. It is

time for indigenous peoples to reclaim

traditional culture in Native American

communities. Breaking the cycle and

using traditional ways of healing can

help many natives let go of their grief.

Message From the

Winnebago Tribal Council

On behalf of the Winnebago Tribal Council, We would like to give our heartfelt appreciation to James Price Sr. and the Winnebago facilities crew for their

hard work on getting the cemeteries ready for Memorial Weekend. We would

also like to thank the Winnebago Veterans Association and all those who had

a hand in the Memorial Day events. Many relatives gathered on Monday and

it was nice to see all of them taking time to honor our Veterans and those

relatives that have gone before us. Thanks again and keep up the good work!

Sincerely,

Frank White - Tribal Chairman

Curtis St.Cyr - Vice Chairman

Roland Warner - Treasurer

Coly Brown - Secretary

Vince Bass

Victoria Kitcheyan

Kenny Mallory

Isaac Smith

James Snow

Hōcąk Corner

Skī (skee) - Pepper

Nįsgu (nees-goo)- Salt

Tānįžu (daw-nee-zhoo)- Sugar

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Community News

WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

SPECIAL MEETING – ENROLLMENT

April 30, 2018

TRIBAL COUNCIL PRESENT:

Frank White

Curtis St. Cyr

Coly Brown

Roland Warner

James Snow

Vincent Bass

Victoria Kitcheyan

Kenneth Mallory

OTHERS PRESENT:

Monica Flores

Tiffani Warner

William DeCora

Phyllis Ware

Ilona Maney

Cheri Redhorn

Ramona Sheridan

TRIBAL COUNCIL ABSENT:

Isaac Smith (leave)

CALL TO ORDER: Chairman White

called the meeting to order at 10:21 am.

OPENING PRAYER: Coly Brown

offered the opening prayer.

APPROVE AGENDA:

James Snow motioned to approve

the agenda. Vincent Bass seconded.

VOTE: (5) yes (1) no (1) abstain

Motion carried.

Roland Warner motioned to go into

Executive Session at 10:31 am. James

Snow seconded.

VOTE: (5) yes (1) no (1) abstain

Motion carried.

James Snow motioned to come out of

Executive Session at 12:16 pm. Roland

Warner seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

ADJOURN:

Victoria Kitcheyan motioned to adjourn. Kenneth Mallory seconded.

VOTE: (7) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

Chairman White adjourned the

meeting at 12:18 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Coly Brown, Secretary

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

REGULAR TRIBAL COUNCIL MEETING

May 7, 2018

TRIBAL COUNCIL PRESENT:

Frank White (in 10:10 a.m.)

Curtis St. Cyr

Coly Brown

Roland Warner

James Snow

Vincent Bass

Kenneth Mallory

OTHERS PRESENT:

Nilah Soloman

Dana Payer

Crystal Ross

Adam Tranmer

Monica Flores

Pat Greyhair

Lorri Walker

Scott Aldrich

Marilyn Grant

Cindy Aldrich

Kellie Snow

Keely Purscell

Garan Coons

Benny Eagle

Tonia Keller

Gary Wabaunsee

Keith Chamberlain

Jayla Price

Isabelle Freemont

Natasha Deal

Shelly Bear

Sharon Frenchman

Christi Freemont

TRIBAL COUNCIL ABSENT:

Victoria Kitcheyan (Travel)

Isaac Smith (THPO meeting)

CALL TO ORDER: Vice-Chairman

St. Cyr called the meeting to order at

9:08 a.m.

OPENING PRAYER: James Snow

offered the opening prayer.

APPROVE AGENDA:

Roland Warner motioned to approve the Agenda as amended.

Vincent Bass seconded.

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

Motion carried.

READING OF THE MINUTES:

Vincent Bass motioned to approve the

April 26, 2018 Mid-Monthly minutes.

James Snow seconded.

VOTE:

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

Motion carried.

RATIFY FIVE SIGNATURES:

Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System Transition Organizational

Chart and Position Description – Clinical Director

Coly Brown motioned to ratify the

five-signature approving Winnebago

Comprehensive Healthcare System

Transition Organizational Chart and

Position Description – Clinical Director.

James Snow seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Approve Mark Aldrich to continue to

work as Commissioner until interview

process is complete.

Roland Warner motioned to ratify the

five-signature approving Mark Aldrich

to continue to work as Commissioner

until interview process is complete. Coly

Brown seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Travel for Frank White to OVC Grantee Regional Training, Keshena, WI May

15-17, 2018

Roland Warner motioned to ratify

the five-signature approving travel

for Frank White to OVC Grantee Regional Training, Keshena, WI May

15-17, 2018. Coly Brown seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Approve 2018 Indirect Cost Proposal

and CFO to sign on behalf of the Tribe.

James Snow motioned to ratify the

five-signature approving the 2018 Indirect Cost Proposal and CFO to sign

on behalf of the Tribe. Vincent Bass

seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Adopt Resolution #18-74: FY’19

Indian Highway Safety Program Grant

–Impaired Driving.

Roland Warner motioned to ratify

the five-signature adopting resolution

#18-74: FY’19 Indian Highway Safety

Program Grant – Impaired Driving.

Vincent Bass seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Travel for Victoria Kitcheyan to NIHB,

HHS Secretary Tribal Advisory Committee & Testimony in Washington DC, May

7-11, 2018.

James Snow motioned to ratify the

five-signature approving travel for Victoria Kitcheyan to NIHB, HHS Secretary

Tribal Advisory Committee & Testimony

in Washington, DC, May 7-11, 2018.

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This institution is an equal opportunity provider

Roland Warner seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Adopt Resolution #18-75: Approving

the Engagement of Consortium of Law

Firms Against Opioid Manufacturers,

Distributors and related parties.

Roland Warner motioned to ratify

the five-signature adopting resolution

#18-75: Approving the Engagement of

Consortium of Law Firms Against Opioid

Manufacturers, Distributors and related

parties. James Snow seconded.

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

Motion carried.

Approve Nebraska Inter Tribal Coalition Joint Resolution #18-01: Engage in

the Consortium of Law Firms Against

Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors,

and related Parties.

Vincent Bass motioned to ratify the

five-signature approving the Nebraska

Inter Tribal Coalition Joint Resolution

#18-01: Engage in the Consortium

of Law Firms Against Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors, and related

Parties. Roland Warner seconded.

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

Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

Rhea brother’s – Organic Farming

Kenneth Mallory motioned to rescind

resolution #17-66: Re-introduction of

T-3692 Kelly South Farm into Organic

Production. James Snow seconded.

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

Motion carried.

M. Grant – Log Cabin Issue – No action taken, continue on May 16, 2018

at General Counsel meeting.

S. Corbine – WTN IHS FY 2013 CSC

Shortfall Claims

James Snow motioned to approve

shortfall claims for $250,366.00 and

the letter to IHS regarding the claims.

Vincent Bass seconded.

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

Motion carried.

James Snow motioned to approve

the naming of Twelve Clans Unity

Hospital, a division of Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System. Roland

Warner seconded.

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

Motion carried.

[Frank in]

WCHS – Board

Roland Warner motioned to table

WCHS-Board until May 9, 2018 CEO Report meeting. Kenneth Mallory seconded.

VOTE: (6) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS:

Lorri Walker- Hospital Concerns Discussion only.

Adam Tranmer – Company A Scouts

Wrestling Club, Matching funds request.

Vincent Bass motioned to approve

the Matching Funds request for Company A Scouts Wrestling Club for

$2500.00. Curtis St. Cyr seconded.

VOTE: (6) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

Anna Adams, Bee Keeper – Securing

land use permit: No action taken.

Christi Freemont – “Best of the Midwest” Tourney Match funds request

Curtis St. Cyr motioned to approve

$2500.00 for the match funds request

from Christi Freemont for the Girls Basketball team. Roland Warner seconded.

VOTE: (6) yes (0) no (0) abstain

Motion carried.

TRIBAL COUNCIL ITEMS:

RW-Tribal Members at the Hospital:

Discussion only.

RW-Contract: Discussion only.

[Isaac in]

Native American Caucus Letter to

Secretary Azar & Admin Verma

Vincent Bass motioned to sign and

send off the Letter to Secretary Azar &

Admin Verma.

Roland Warner seconded.

Con’t. in next issue...

WCHS - Naming

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. JFJ18-019

The People of the Winnebago Tribe

In the Interest of:

C. W. (DOB 02/2018)

To: TEYAH WHITEBEAR, Mother

BIOLOGICAL FATHER

You are hereby notified that a hearing for Initial Appearance concerning

the above referred minor individual(s)

in case no. JFJ18-019 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago

Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on

the 26TH day of JUNE, 2018 at the hour

of 11:30 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-078

In the Matter of the

Name Change Petition of:

MAXWELL nmn WALKER

to MAX 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 21ST day

of MAY, 2018 at the hour of 11:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-065

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

SERENITY DREW

In Re:

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

TO:

JENNIFER DREW, Mother

BIOLOGICAL FATHER

You are hereby notified that a petition

has been filed for Guardianship and a

hearing concerning the above referred

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

been scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 24TH day of JULY,

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV18-081

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

KARLA LAPOINTE

In Re:

A. C. (DOB 06/2005)

TO:

AARON CURRY, 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. CV18-081 has

been scheduled and will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 21ST day of JUNE,

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

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