Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 48, Number 19 Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 48, Number 19 Wednesday, September 20, 2017

10 Little Indian Boys Tearing up the Turf

Bago Bits…

The staff of the Winnebago Boys &

Girls Club recently completed CPR

training presented by the Winnebago

EMS Team. Congrats!

The Winnebago Boys & Girls Club boys 3rd & 4th and 5th & 6th grade boys football teams have been tearing up the turf in Winnebago

these past few Sundays. On September 10th the Little Indians took on nearby Macy. The 5th & 6th grade boys came out of the locker room

grunting & snorting and took Macy by a score of 56-0. Then it was the 3rd & 4th grade boys turn to face off against Macy, and they did

their job, 36-16. Sunday was a bit tougher for the Little Indians as they traveled across the Rez to Emerson where the 5th & 6th grade boys

battled until the final buzzer, losing by 2 stinking points, 20-18. But the 3rd & 4th grade boys held those little Pirates at bay, winning 18-6.

This coming Sunday the 10 Little Indian boys will venture north to play Homer. Games start at 2, so be there to get a seat early. Go LIB!

MoMo and the Winnebago XC team

were in Wayne, Nebraska last week

running Cross Country for the Indians.

Team picture inside this issue.

Winnebago Tribal leadership team

participated in a dynamic conversation with the Omaha Tribe, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry’s office, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and

IHS Headquarters/Area/Service Unit

representatives. Winnebago leadership continues to discuss solutions

and monitor progress surrounding

PRC funding, CMS recertification,

vacancy rates and a $29 million special congressional accreditation appropriation.

Winnebago Leaders Host Pipeline Gathering

The Winnebago Tribal Council last week hosted the Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association regular meeting at the WinnaVegas Casino

Resort. To open the weekends meeting the Winnebago Tribal Leadership hosted a gathering of tribal nations to kick off the weekend. The

Nebraska Delegation comprised of the Winnebago, Santee, Ponca & Omaha lead talks between the Tribal Leaders gathered to discuss possible plans to oppose the continued building of the Keystone Pipeline that would transfer Tar Sands Oil from Alberta, Canada to processing

plants in Houston, Texas, crossing the State of Nebraska. So far only the Oglala Nation has formed plans to oppose the construction of the

Pipeline. Tribal leaders preebt agreed to continue talks and form a plan for all the Tribal Nations represented, the Nebraska Delegation has

already endorsed Resolutions to oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline. More news coming…

Indianz.com… YES! Magazine: Ho-Chunk Nation takes lead in recognizing

the rights of nature

Dakota, Dusty & Madonna take a

break from the Great Plains Tribal

Chair man’s Association meeting

where the discussion focused on measures proposed to oppose the Keystone

Pipeline that may cross Nebraska.

HoChunk Renaissance staff welcomed

the Water Walkers last week as they

passed through town.

Boys & Girls Club Football is in full

swing, catch a game, Sunday’s at 2

& 3 PM.

These 6 Winnebago Tribal Council

candidates move on to the October 3,

2017 Regular Election, where members will vote for 3 new members to

serve a 3 year term.

Corporations Have Legal Personhood, But Rivers Don’t? That Could

Change.

Indian Country could finally see

an end to nonconsented infrastructure projects if they follow New

Zealand’s Maori in achieving legal protection for natural entities.

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K a y l a

D e V a u l t

Y E S !

M a g a z i n e

In mid-March of this year, New Zealand officially recognized the Whanganui River as a living entity with

rights. The river, which the Maori

consider their ancestor, is now offered

protection through the New Zealand

legal system against any human or

human-led project that threatens its

well-being. It is a critical precedent for

acknowledging the Rights of Nature in

legal systems around the world.

The communities seeking protection for their natural entities through

this approach are operating from a

non-Western, often indigenous paradigm that holds a spiritual reverence

to homelands and natural systems

and an urgency to protect their natural resources. These values are not

held in the laws of colonial governments like New Zealand, Australia,

Canada, or the United States. But

that does not mean they cease to

exist, and, in fact, we are seeing a

revival.

In response to the Standing Rock

Sioux battle against the Dakota Access pipeline, the Ho-Chunk Nation of

Wisconsin amended its constitution to

include the Rights of Nature. This is

the first time a North American tribe

has used a Western legal framework

to adopt such laws. Some American

municipalities have protected their

watersheds against fracking by invoking Rights of Nature.

Operating from a Lakota paradigm,

the oil pipeline damage to Standing

Rock sacred sites and threats to the

Missouri River are an infringement

on spiritual connection. Consider

the irony of a Western paradigm that

gives corporations the rights of people

while government agencies give insuf-

V i s i t

u s

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ficient protection to the actual people

affected. What if these waters—connected to the Creation Stories of the

Lakota communities—were given legal

personhood?

Here’s how New Zealand did it. After

more than a century of legal battle, the

Maori Iwi secured protection by forcing the New Zealand Crown to honor

their practices, beliefs, and connection

to the Whanganui River. As a result

of the Te Awa Tupua Bill (Whanganui

River Claims Settlement), the river

has the legal rights of a person and

is represented by two individuals.

In passing this legislation, the New

Zealand Crown also committed to

protecting the customary practices of

the Iwi regarding the river, and offered

apologies and financial redress for

historical wrongdoing.

If the Te Awa Tupua was able to correct the gap in Western and indigenous

paradigms in New Zealand, surely a

similar effort to protect the Missouri

River could be produced for the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River nations

by the American government.

How would that work? After defining the Missouri’s personhood, the

collection of nations that hold cultural

connection to and physical reliance on

the river would next agree on the values that would govern its treatment.

Under a joint agreement with the

federal government, legal representatives for the river’s personhood would

be appointed.

If the Missouri River had this kind

of status, the Dakota Access pipeline

would become a much different battle.

Construction of the pipeline would

first have to be approved by the river.

Physical injury to the river could result

in a lawsuit. Altering or confining the

free-flowing nature of the river could

be considered trauma. In combination with the risk of future chemical

spills, these harms to the river should

be enough to halt any Army Corps of

Engineers permitting. Any negotiation

would require legitimate consultation

and consent from the river’s representatives. Consent might require

royalties paid by Energy Transfer cor-

porations to the river’s account. This

account could be used to compensate

those harmed by the river’s floodwaters and other natural disasters.

The transition away from fossil fuels

to renewable energy is underway.

That’s good news for the planet as

well as the disadvantaged communities that bear an outsized burden of

the extractive economy. As we make

this transition, now is the moment

to make sure the emerging economic

system addresses the injustices of

the old. Our fall 2017 issue looks at

specific paths toward a “just transition”—one built on inclusivity and

equity.

The Navajo still defend assaults on

surrounding waters. The Winnemem

Wintu work to recover the salmon that

the Shasta Dam destroyed. And what

about the mountains? The Gila River

Indian Community and other O’otham

groups continue decades of opposition against the Arizona state Route

202 extension that would cut through

South Mountain, a sacred place to

the people who have inhabited the

Phoenix area since the beginning of

their times. As construction begins

this summer, many are scrambling

to prevent irreversible destruction to

the mountain and, by extension, the

culture.

Should more tribes follow the path

of the Ho-Chunk Nation, we may

finally see an end to nonconsented

infrastructure projects in Indian

Country.

Kayla DeVault wrote this article

for Just Transition, the Fall 2017

issue of YES! Magazine. Kayla is an

Anishinaabe and enrolled Shawnee,

living on the Navajo reservation. She

currently works as a research assistant/engineer. She is pursuing an

A.A. in Diné studies and a master’s

in American Indian studies before

starting a Ph.D. program in tribal

energy policy.

For this and more stories from

around Indian Country visit us at

www.indianz.com

w w w . w i n n e b a g o t r i b e . c o m

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Bago News

Winnebago Land Use Corporation…

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has sent a letter to the Woodbury County Supervisors asking for information and any comments about 500 additional acres

of privately-held land the tribe is seeking to annex near WinnaVegas Casino

west of Sloan.

The letter sent to Woodbury County is about a fee to trust application submitted by the tribe for land already owned by the Tribe.

The land that is currently in the Fee to Trust process for those lands purchased east of WinnaVegas Casino in the late 1990s.

In a separate issue, on Friday, Iowa Congressman Steve King and Nebraska

Congressman Jeff Fortenberry filed a bill in Congress to transfer that land back

to the Tribe.

The bill is about the return of numerous acres along the Missouri River that

were condemned by the Army Corp of Engineers in the early 1970's.

The purpose was for the construction of a recreational project located at

Winnebago Bend.

The project was never initiated by the Corp and eventually they issued a longterm lease to the state of Iowa (DNR) to manage the illegally condemned land.

A congressional act is needed to transfer the land title back to the Winnebago

Tribe.

New Deadline ! ! ! for Winnebago Newpaper, September 29th

Winnebago Indian News, Wednesday, September 20, 2017 — Page 3

Winnebago News

Thoughts from the past and the future…

By Lance Morgan

When it comes to election time, I get

reflective on our modern past. I have

been involved since 1992 as an intern

and I have seen lots of decisions made

both bad and good. But the good has

really outweighed the bad. If I had to

pick the top positive things done since

I have been with the tribe the list would

go like this:

#1. By far it is getting WinnaVegas

going. The casino has been the start

of so much good it is hard to even put

a number on it. The Casino created

100’s of jobs both at the casino and

at the tribe. Going from a few trailers

stuck together to what they have now

is remarkable.

#2. The liberation of the Casino.

People might not remember this, but

the tribe had a management company

running the casino, which was taking

40 percent of the profits. My first job

as a young lawyer was to negotiate that

down, but we ended up kicking them

out and at the same time the restrictions on gaming in Iowa where lifted.

This combination of events resulted in

an extra $25 million for the tribe over

the next several years.

#3. I am biased, but the creation

of Ho-Chunk, Inc. is next on the list.

From 1995 to 1997, the tribe used

$9 million of that extra $25 million

from the casino to fund the start of

Ho-Chunk, Inc. Obviously, we have

put that money to use and created a

successful tribal company that is one

of the best know tribal companies in

Indian Country.

#4. The building of the Winnebago

Treaty Hospital. I know it has been

having serious issues lately, but not

very many communities our size have

that kind of health facility. The hospital

represents the greatest achievement of

some of our leaders from the late 1980’s

and 1990’s. At one point, the government wanted to close our hospital and

replace it with a mobile clinic, but our

leaders just kept fighting until it got

approved.

#5. The establishment of Little Priest

Tribal College. Little Priest has given

so many people in our community

their first start towards college and has

become one of the pillars of our community and a key way to advance our

people. We had less than 10 college

educated people in our community 25

years ago, but now we have well over

100 and that changes everything for

the better.

#6. The building of the Ho-Chunk

Village. It wasn’t clear when it was

planned that it would be a success,

but creating a place where people could

build homes, businesses and apart-

ments easily is rare in Indian Country

and it has proven to be one of the more

innovative socio-economic projects in

Indian Country and an example of how

to build up a rural community. The

upcoming expansion to the North, but

set us up for the next 10 years of growth.

#7. The establishment of the down

payment assistance programs. Our

people had jobs, but rarely did they have

savings. The tribe making the decision

to create and fund the program, jump

started the development of a middle

class in our community and has set

the foundation for creating a much

more balanced and stable community

for the long term. This program has

changed how our people dream about

their homes.

#8. Creating the Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation. HoChunk, Inc. established the non-profit

15 years ago and has donated $1.9 million to its operations, but it has helped

get grants and other forms of funding of

approximately $50 million for our community. It also helps the tribe and other

tribal corporations plan and achieve

their goals.

The future is bright. If I did this list

20 years from now when I am hopefully

still around, retired and telling old stories, it will likely include the following:

#9. The building of the Educare facility. Having a high quality early child

hood education program is going to be a

god send for our future. All the studies

suggest getting young minds stimulated

is the key to their future and it should

result in a large number of people heading off and succeeding in college. This

generation’s kids will all have the best

opportunities and it should just feed

on itself.

#10. The Winnebago Land Company’s mission is to manage the tribe’s

land better and to buy back the reservation. It will take more than 20 years,

but having an entity whose purpose is

so critical to our future should allow us

to take several leaps forward to controlling our future.

#11. The Ho-Chunk Renaissance

program will be so important 20 years

from now. Without the on-going efforts

of this program, much would have been

lost and I suspect that this will be considered one of the most important things

done by our tribe in the future.

If I had to pick the 2 biggest issues

of our modern past during my life, but

before I was old enough to do anything,

I would say getting the State of Nebraska to pass the retrocession of tribal

jurisdiction. Before retrocession, the

county sheriff could do as he pleased

to Winnebagoes. Retrocession was a

critical step in taking our sovereignty

back, creating our tribal court system

and setting us on the path of a tribally

dictated future.

The second thing was the creation of

the Winnebago navy and it ultimately

leading us to getting back our land in

Iowa in the 1970’s. Without that effort,

WinnaVegas never would have happened

and so much of the good of the last 20

years would never have had a chance.

JESUS OUR SAVIOR

LUTHERAN OUTREACH

“Guard your heart”

Solomon instructs "With all diligence guard your heart" [Steinmann

CPH]. So, how does one guard his

or her own heart? What should you

guard your heart against?

You are probably thinking that

this has to do with one’s love life or

those one loves. One’s heart is said

to be broken or pierced when the

one you love is hurt, or suffering,

or has stopped loving you. Following

a break up, separation, divorce one

is reluctant to open one’s heart to

another or to reconcile with the one

once loved. One attempts to guard

one’s heart.

However, Solomon is not writing about one’s love life or of those

one loves. He is writing in regard to

spiritual matters. Your heart is the

dwelling place of your God, whether

it is Creator God or a false god.

When God’s Spirit enters into

one’s heart then it is sure that the

Evil one will attempt to attack you

and have you cast God out and

replace Him with something, anything else. In other words, you are

in a daily spiritual battle. Upon your

own, you are totally overmatched.

There is not a man or woman alive

who is able to resist temptation, all

the time.

The apostle Paul wrote in his

letter to the Galatians: 'The sinful

nature desires what is contrary to

the Spirit' and 'the acts of the sinful

nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord,

jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy;

drunkenness, orgies, and the like.’

[Galatians 5:17a, and 5:19-21a]

So the reason for these words of

warning "With all diligence guard

your heart" is because many, who

have been blessed by God with faith

Pastor Ricky Jacob

in Jesus as their Lord and Savior,

have gone back to their old ways.

They are like 'a dog that returns to

its vomit' [Proverbs 26:11; 2nd Peter

2:22] or like 'a sow that is washed

goes back to her wallowing in the

mud' [2nd Peter 2:22].

What good are these words of Solomon: "With all diligence guard your

heart?" First off, this is the solely

the work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy

Spirit not only brings one to faith,

the Holy Spirit also keeps one in the

true faith. The Holy Spirit uses the

Sacred Word of God as well as the

means of grace, the Sacraments of

Holy Baptism and the Lord's Supper

to strength one's faith. With no Holy

Spirit, there will be no hope to guard

one's heart.

This is why it is so important to

heed the warnings of guarding one's

heart as taught by Solomon, or as we

read in the song of the tribe of Israel:

'How can a young man keep his way

pure? By guarding it according to

your word.' [Psalm 119:9]

The Apostle Paul wrote how one is

empowered to overcome the desires

of one's sinful nature: ‘live by the

Spirit, and you will not gratify the

desires of the sinful nature.’ [Galatians 5:16] He goes on to write of the

blessings and benefits that the Spirit

of God produces: ‘The fruit of the

Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,

kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness and self-control.’ [Galatians 5:22–23] Who wouldn’t want

to live in a home where the fruit of

the Spirit abounds?

It is impossible to “guard your

heart" on one's own. You no doubt

need the Holy Spirit, along with the

Sacred Word of God, as well as the

gifts of Holy Baptism and the Lord’s

Supper. Hold on to the Word of God

for dear life and grow in His grace,

with Jesus as your dear LORD and

Savior!

During elections people make a lot of

promises or like to tell you who to be

mad at or what they are going to change,

but to be honest the Winnebago Tribe

has a lot to be proud of and I think our

future is very bright indeed.

Contact me at hochunk@aol.com

New Tribal Employee…

Hi! I’m Ofelia Hernandez, the new

HR Generalist for the Tribe. I am

originally from the Sioux City area,

then moved to Grand Island with

my family. I graduated from Wayne

State College, have worked in government previously and most recently

as a recruiter. My primary focus

will be handling the recruiting and

hiring process here with the Tribe.

I look forward to meeting all of you,

and having a great work relationship!

The next issue of the WINNEBAGO INDIAN NEWS will be published on October 4, 2017.

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Sr. Philomena Roche, OSB

Mass of Christian Burial for Sr.

Philomena Roche,

OSB, age 85, of

Norfolk, Nebraska

took place Friday,

September 8, 2017,

at Immaculata

Monastery Chapel

in Norfolk. Father

Kenneth Reichert was the Celebrant,

with burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery

in Norfolk.

Brockhaus-Howser-Fillmer Funeral

Home in Norfolk was in charge of arrangements.

Sr. Philomena died Wednesday, September 6, 2017, at Immaculata Monastery in Norfolk.

On September 6, 2017, our Sr. Philomena Roche entered into her heavenly

reward. In spite of many years with a

serious heart condition, with a joyful

heart she lived with a true missionary

spirit, as she continued her ministries.

Since May, 2017, she had to let go of her

ministries one by one until she needed

more constant care in the infirmary.

“God’s ways may be mysterious, but

they are truly wonderful. He knows how

to lead us where He wants us to be”.

These are words that Sr. Philomena truly

lived in her life as a Benedictine Sister.

Sr. Philomena was born Verna Roche

in Christchurch, New Zealand on November 17th, 1931, as the only child of

Vernon and Minnie Roche. Her mother

had suffered several miscarriages and

Verna was welcomed as a true miracle

child. Sr. Philomena often shared that

when her mother was entertaining her

friends with coffee parties, she and her

Dad went to the movies and thus began

her love of films and movie stars. If

anyone wanted to know movie trivia Sr.

Philomena was the one to ask!

When she was only 16, she felt called

to the Benedictine way of life, and since

there were no Benedictines in New

Zealand, she made inquiries to join the

enclosed contemplative Benedictines in

Sydney, Australia. She was there for 22

years and then yearning for a more missionary lifestyle joined the Benedictine

Sisters of New Norcia, West Australia.

Here she worked in a day care center

and kindergarten for Aboriginal children, helped with domestic tasks and

handled the weather observations for the

Perth weather bureau. Sr. Philomena

ministered to the people of New Norcia

off and on for 16 years; she also was

assigned to work in a day care Center

in Madrid, Spain during this time. The

Benedictine Sisters of New Norcia joined

the Congregation of Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing in 1984, and

Sr. Philomena moved to the Philippines.

Her previous missionary experience in

Australia served her well in Manila, as

she helped with the chapel, as library

assistant and eventually in Baguio as

an assistant in the infirmary. She frequently commented on the frightening

experience of living through the Baguio

earthquake in 1990.

In 1995, Sr. Philomena was asked to

come to Norfolk, Nebraska. She greatly

appreciated the climate in Nebraska

after the heat of the Philippines. In Norfolk she initially helped in the kitchen

and then was assigned to our Native

American apostolate in Winnebago, NE.

In Winnebago she visited three nursing homes, the jail in Macy, and sick

people in the hospital or their homes.

She also helped with recess supervision, the library and the kindergarten

in St. Augustine’s school. In 2003, Sr.

Philomena’s declining health brought

her to Norfolk where she again took up

her work of visiting people in the Meadows, Homestead, Westport, St. Joseph’s

Nursing Home and Skyview Villa. She

also took weekly communion to patients

at Faith Regional, east and west campuses for many years. Her apostolate

of writing to prisoners and developing

relationships with them over the years

gave her great satisfaction because she

felt she was helping them cope with their

imprisonment.

To quote Sr. Philomena’s words: “I am

grateful to God for the Novice Mistress I

had whose spiritual direction helped me

to be able to adapt to living with Sisters

of various nationalities in four countries.

I have always been grateful to God for

His call to be a Benedictine. A sentence

I read may years ago in the book In a

Great Tradition, the autobiography of

Abbess Laurentia McLaughlin, former

Abbess of Stanbrook, I have never forgotten. “We cut ourselves off from many

beautiful things, only to come nearer to

Him who made them”. She concludes

with Jesus’ words to his first followers:

“Come follow me” (Mt. 4:19) and “Come

and see” (Jn 1:39).”

Sr. Philomena’s life has been one of

thankfulness and gratitude for every

small kindness she received. We entrust

her into the loving mercy of God the Father. We thank her for her uniqueness

and love that she has given each one of

us as a Missionary Benedictine Sister.

She, being our only New Zealander,

died peacefully. “We always give thanks

to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ”. Col. 1:4

Mario James Aldrich

January 3, 2017-September 7. 2017

Mario Aldrich, 20, of Rosalie, Nebraska passed away unexpectedly on

Thursday, September 7, 2017 in an

ATV accident. Wake services were

Friday September 8, 2017 through

Sunday, September 10, 2017 at the

HoChunk Community Building in Winnebago, Nebraska with Mark Merrick

Jr. officiating. Funeral services were

on Monday, September 11, 2017 at the

HoChunk Community Center with the

graveside committal services following

at the Winnebago Catholic Cemetery.

Mario was born January 3, 1997 in

Sioux city, IA the son of Dixie Aldrich.

Mario was employed with Bear Claw

Construction as a construction worker,

working at the Carl T. Curtis health

center expansion project in Macy, Ne.

He attended grade school at Walthill

Public School then transferred his jr

high and high school years to BancroftRosalie. He graduated from BancroftRosalie in 2016. Mario is an enrolled

member of the Winnebago Tribe of

Nebraska. He enjoyed playing basketball, football, softball but most of all

he loved to spend his time with family

and friends. His highlight in life was

playing basketball for Bancroft-Rosalie

Open Letter to the Winnebago people…

Dear tribal members,

Look over the list of names vying for a seat on the Tribal Council. Who can

be our finest and best to care for our business, and understand the world of

big business?

Let’s show how intelligent we really are and vote for the best who will work

for the whole tribe and who will care about every aspect of the tribal life and not

just one issue. Study the list carefully can you see anyone who will rise to the

top and be able to do the seat justice. I know I can be that person as I am self

starter and I can be of great service to our Winnebago people

That’s why I’ve decided to put my name up for a seat on the council. So I ask

humbly for your vote as a write in candidate.

Write-in Jeanie Eagle-and connect the bars

Sincerely

Jeanie Eagle

2011 Subaru Outback

2015 Nissan Versa Note

$10,000

$9,000

137 k miles

Leather loaded, AWD, Pearl White

2009 Chevy Impala LTZ

$11,000

ONLY 56 k miles

Nice Car!

and being part of the State championship in 2014 then taking runner-up at

State in 2015.

He is survived by his mother, Dixie Aldrich of Winnebago, NE three

brothers, James (Michelle) Corn, Gabe

Aldrich of Winnebago, NE and Jaywin

Aldrich of South Sioux City, NE. Two

sisters, Shonna and Gabie Aldrich both

of Winnebago, NE, four nieces and

three nephews. His second parents,

Kenneth and Crystal Appleton of Rosalie, NE. His house brothers, Kenneth

Appleton Jr., Arthur Marr Jr., Andrew

Marr, Kain Miller, Ashtyn (Lola) Marr,

Cameron Freemont, Brandon Ison of

Rosalie, NE and Daniel Appleton of

Iowa. His house sisters, Ashley (Garan)

Coons and Ashleen (Maurice) Blackbird of Rosalie, NE and Sara Appleton

of Sergeant Bluff, IA. He also survived

by his high school sweetheart and love

of his life, Allysa Bonneau and unborn

son of Lyons, NE. His maternal grandmother, Lita Levering of Winnebago, NE

and his maternal grandfather, Forrest

“JC” Aldrich Jr. of Macy, NE and many

uncles and aunts.

He is preceded in death by a brother

and aunt.

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90 k miles

5 speed, 4x4

2008 Nissan Frontier

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Snow is coming!

2008 Nissan Pathfinder

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106 k miles, 4X4, leather loaded

Winnebago Indian News, Wednesday, September 20, 2017 — Page 5

Winnebago Sports

Winnebago Cross Country 2017

Sep. 21

28

Oct. 6

12

20

Meet schedule:

North Bend Central

@North Bend C.C.

South Sioux City

@South Ridge

Conf. -Bloomfield

@Rolling Hills C.C.

Districts

TBA

State

@Kearney

4:30

4:30

3:30

TBA

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Hello from the High School Guidance Office!

We have begun our new school year

and I’m excited to get our seniors on

the track to college. Here is a checklist

of college readiness and preparation

tasks we will be working on. Your role

in this process is important.

Senior Checklist

Apply to College

Visit Colleges of choice

Apply for scholarships

Create FSA ID along with parents

Fill out the FASFA when it becomes

available in October

Apply for more scholarships

Retake the ACT if needed in February

Upcoming Events:

October 18th-

10:00am EducationQuest will be

here to present information on the

FASFA and scholarships

5:30 pm FASFA Night at WPS

to assist families in completed the

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal

Student Aid)

College visits- There will be many

college visit opportunities. Encourage

your student to sign up and attend.

I am here to assist and support our students on their path to

COLLEGE. I’m available to answer

questions or schedule family meetings. Feel free to call or email:

Janelle DeCora: 402-878-2224/

jdecora@winnebagok12.org

Dear Friends and Relatives,

My name is Victoria “Tori” Kitcheyan. My parents are Desiree and

Vincent Kitcheyan. My maternal

grandparents are the late Lydia Whitebeaver and William Bear. My paternal

grandparents are the late Evans and

Victoria Kitcheyan. I am running for

reelection to the Winnebago Tribal

Council. I would like to thank you for

your confidence and support through

my term. I respectfully ask for your

continued support and vote at the

October 3rd General Election.

It has been my honor and privilege

to serve as your Treasurer. I upheld

my commitment to serve with fiscal

responsibility and professional integrity. I can stand by my decisions

and honestly say I did right by my

Winnebago people. It has been a

productive journey and I continue to

strive for excellence in the name of the

Winnebago Tribe.

My demonstrated decision making

has been rational, fair and within the

scope of my duties as the Treasurer. I

am confident in my leadership and do

not shy away from tough discussions

or unpopular decisions. I remain proactive towards tribal fraud prevention

and investigation follow up. I have

demonstrated ethical decision making

and instituted financial change were

necessary. For the first time, The Tribe

received an unmodified opinion for the

tribal audit. This is the best opinion

you can get and I am proud to see the

Tribe achieve this positive outcome.

I took the lead on the IHS issues

and maximized the opportunities the

Tribe had to learn and build its capacity to pursue self-governance. I’ve

been instrumental in tribal healthcare

advocacy and reform for quality patient care. The Winnebago Tribe has

had a voice through my representation

on national committees and through

congressional testimonies in Washington, D.C.

My work is not done and it would

be my honor to continue to serve you.

I represent a new generation of tribal

leadership. I represent a generation

of tribal members who feel enough is

enough with dishonest, self-serving

practices. I am a hard worker and

take pride in making meaningful contributions. I am genuine in my words

and strive to serve with purpose and

intent to make a difference. We as a

tribe need to want more for our future

generations. I am motivated to work

towards a better quality of life for our

community. I would greatly appreciate

your vote and continued opportunity

to represent you.

Respectfully,

Victoria “Tori” Kitcheyan

Hello my name is Sunshine Thomas-Bear and I am

a proud member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

I graduated from Little Priest Tribal College in 2012,

earning my Associate’s Degree in Business. After that

I went on to University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and

graduated in 2016 with my Bachelor’s in Education

and currently I am working on my Master’s Degree in

Special Education at UNL. I am happy to have been

chosen as the GED Instructor that will serve our

people under the Social Service Program within the

Winnebago Tribe.

Currently, I am and will continue to be a Special

Education Teacher with the Winnebago Public School.

I am also part of the Johnson O’Malley (JOM) Comittee and Little Priest Tribal College (LPTC) Board. I will teach GED classes in

the evenings and weekends. I am hoping to have hours that will work with all

students. My main goal is to help provide education to tribal members, helping

them achieve their educational goals.

If you have any questions or need to contact me about assistance please call

me at (402) 878-2447 or email me at sunshine.bear@winnebagotribe.com.

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SUICIDE IN INDIAN COUNTRY PART 4

Suicide Warning Signs

Talking about wanting to die or wanting to kill themselves

Looking for a way to kill themselves, like searching online, or actually buying a gun

Talking about feeling hopeless or having no reason to live

Talking about feeling trapped or in unbearable pain

Talking about being a burden to others

Increasing the use of alcohol or drugs

Acting anxious or agitated; behaving recklessly

Sleeping too little or too much

Withdrawing or isolating themselves

Showing rage or talking about seeking revenge

Extreme mood swings

Let the person know that you are willing to go with them to see a professional when they are ready. If you feel the situation is critical, take the

person to the closest Emergency Room or call 9-1-1. Do not put yourself in

danger; if at any time during the process you are concerned about your own

safety, or that the person may harm others, call 9-1-1.

Never negotiate with a person who has a gun, call 9-1-1 and leave the area

Means restriction is VERY important in keeping our loved ones safe. If they

are showing signs of suicide, please remove any guns, getting gun locks or

removing pills. Someone who is self-harming, such a cutting themselves, is

NOT necessarily in danger of killing themselves. They would rather feel the

pain of self-harm than the pain going on inside their brains. Please reach

out the counselors at the Behavioral Health unit of the hospital 1-402-8782911 or the After Hours Crisis # 1-712-259-3263 or 1-800-273-8255 (TALK).

Page 6 — Winnebago Indian News, Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Community News

Letter to the Editor…

More justice needed at Whiteclay By FRANK LaMERE

New Deadline ! ! !

for Winnebago Newpaper September 29th

Masthead Scene

A young Winnebago Indians football team are back on the field with the

support of the Winnebago Cheer Team. The girls have with stood the heat,

the cold and the rain in support of their mighty Indians. You can catch the

cheer team next week at home against the Pender PenDragons…its home

coming week. Schedule inside this issue.

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I recently saw and read a resolution

passed by the Nebraska Democratic

Party in Chadron calling for the cessation of alcohol sales at Whiteclay. It

said that alcohol should never again

be sold at Whiteclay and illegally taken

onto the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

in South Dakota “as long as the grass

shall grow, the water flows and the

Lakota remain sovereign.” As I think

about these words and reflect on all

the death and destruction we as Nebraskans have exported to the Lakota

people under “the color of law” and

the premise of free enterprise, I cannot help but ponder what the future

holds for us and our neighbors. We

have taken advantage of the vulnerable Lakota, whose culture we have

damaged, and I cannot feel good about

knowing many will suffer through

their lives because of our greed. The

Whiteclay debacle does not end when

the Nebraska Supreme Court acts once

and for all to close the beer sellers

down, but the first step will have been

taken. It will take generations to give

back to the Lakota all that Nebraska

has taken from them. But let the

work begin. I recently traveled twice

to Camp Whiteclay Justice to memorialize those murdered at Whiteclay in

the last two decades and to remember

Russell Means, Chief Oliver Red Cloud

and other Lakota activists who first

elevated the issue of lawlessness that

brought me, and countless others, to

the Whiteclay struggle. The people I

met there have become emboldened

by the prospect of a permanent Whiteclay shutdown and are beginning to

talk of the lawlessness, murders and

deaths that are attributable to Sheridan County’s reluctance or failure

to investigate pretty much anything

that might stop the flow of alcohol

at Whiteclay. 9/12/2017 Local View:

More justice needed at Whiteclay |

Columnists | journalstar.com http://

journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/

article_1f4587e0-e779-5041-bc1a3e0f8ecc3db7.html 2/3 I was told the

four homicides that we focus on in that

unincorporated town of nine people

– Little John Means, Ronald Hard

Heart, Wilson Black Elk and Sherry

Wounded Foot – as tragic as they are,

in no way are a complete list of those

murdered in and around Whiteclay.

Am I to question the veracity of those

who come forward now that they feel

that they will be heard? Or do I ignore

them and rely on Sheridan County

officials who did not even investigate

the Wounded Foot crime scene at

Whiteclay until 42 days after she was

murdered? That task was only turned

over to the State Patrol weeks after the

death was noted at the Liquor Control

Commission, well after the crime scene

was disturbed. How could a serious

forensic report be done? I will listen

to the Lakota people – and we all

should. I opine that, when the stores

close for good, that the United States

Department of Justice, the FBI, the

Nebraska attorney general, Nebraska

State Patrol and the governor establish

a cold case unit to go to Whiteclay to

break the apparent Sheridan County

code of silence and tell all what really

happened there. There are many more

than four Lakota families who will

mourn forever because of Whiteclay.

There are many more than four murders there. Does that not trouble us?

It should. There are many ghosts at

Whiteclay. They will haunt Nebraska

“as long as the grass shall grow and

the water flows.” Sadly, that is how I

see it as a Nebraskan. Frank LaMere,

a member of the Winnebago Nation, is

director of the Four Directions Community Center in Sioux City, Iowa, and

serves northeastern Nebraska. He lives

in South Sioux City

WINNEBAGO HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT

COMMISSION – Updates

Community Clean-Up is coming; Tuesday

and Wednesday, October 17 & 18. Start

getting ready to clean out your closets

and

basements.

Winter Gathering is December 1 this

year. Crafts makers, get your sale items

going. Community groups, get your

menus ready. Survey, raffles and bingo

are on the

agenda also.

Sunrise Renovation Project – Underway.

Demolition of the old items is done; new

energy-efficient windows are being installed, with egress being added on the

lower level.

A couple of roofs have been done. It’s all

a work in progress. Thanks to the tenants

and neighbors, there has been only one

incident of vandalism.

Meth, the latest disease affecting the

community is our latest challenge. Six of

WHDC maintenance staff are engaged in

on-the-job training on testing, importance

of protective clothing and methods of

“clean-up”.

Currently the WHDC and Tribal Housing

are working on clean-up of a two-bedroom

house. WHDC attorneys are working on

the first case of an occupied rental unit,

testing positive for Meth, and going to

Tribal Court for eviction and restitution.

The WHDC is operating under the current Tribal Code regarding illegal drugs,

in general.

Tribal Code – The housing managers

in Winnebago are working with the

Tribal

Attorney’s office on revising the code to

put specific sanctions on the illegal use

of meth. The WHDC attorneys have

drafted code revisions and policies for

other Tribes in our region. These are

being considered along with the Tribal

Attorney’s work to date. As a community,

we should support all efforts to stop this

disease from damaging our families and

friends.

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV17-110

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

COLEEN DECORA,

In Re:

E. B. (DOB 1/6/2010)

TO:

ROCHELLE BLISS, Mother

ALL POTENTIAL FATHERS

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

and a hearing concerning the above

referred Individual(s) in Case No. CV17110 has been scheduled and will be

heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court

of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 19TH

day of OCTOBER, 2017 at the hour of

10:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV17-104

In the Matter of the

Guardianship Petition of:

CYNTHIA EARTH,

In Re:

A. E. (DOB 2/1/2005)

D. E. (DOB 2/28/2007)

H. E. (DOB 3/6/2008)

D. E. (DOB 9/10/2009)

TO:

JASMINE EARTH, Mother

SENECA BIGFIRE, Father

You are hereby notified that a petition

has been filed for Guardianship and

the Final hearing concerning the above

referred Individual(s) in Case No. CV17104 has been scheduled and will be

heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court

of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 12TH

day of OCTOBER, 2017 at the hour of

9:00 A.M.

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV17-109

In the Matter of the

Divorce Petition of:

REGINA L. WOLFE

vs

JARED C. FRAZIER

To:

JARED C. FRAZIER:

You are hereby notified that a Divorce petition has been filed and a Trial

concerning the above referred Case No.

CV17-109 has been scheduled and will

be heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court

of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 17TH

day of OCTOBER, 2017 at the hour of

9:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Hearing

Case No. CV17-096

In the Matter of the Custody Petition of:

MARIO ALDRICH

vs.

STEPHANIE HARLAN

To:

STEPHANIE HARLAN,

You are hereby notified that a Custody petition has been filed and a hearing

to Review the Exparte Custody Order

entered concerning the above referred

Individual(s) in case no. CV17-096 has

been scheduled will be heard in the

Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago,

Nebraska on the 17TH day of OCTOBER, 2017 at the hour of 10:30 A.M.

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