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FSST DECEMBER NEWSLETTER 2015

On Friday November 20th, 2015 the Grace Moore Senior Citizens Center hosted the annual Thanksgiving Din-

ner for all tribal elders and FSST employees at the FSST Eastman Hall. The ladies of the Grace Moore Senior

Citizens Center, didn’t let a little winter weather get in the way of their dinner. On the menu was Turkey,

mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, corn, dinner rolls, various salads, and of course pies. Thank you to the Grace

Moore Senior Citizens Center staff Gayle Soward – Director, Sally Allen – Cook, Betty Armstrong – Cook, and

Helena Thompson – volunteer; for always providing the best meals.

Helping serve the hungry bellies were: Beverly Wakeman, Roxee

Johnson, Jessica Hovland, Christin Weston Judy Jones and Ryan

Kills-a-Hundred. Sally Allen estimated that the Grace Moore Sen-

ior Citizens Center served over 150 meals, considering that 12 tur-

keys and 6 gallons of gravy were prepared.

Sally Allen would like to thank everyone who attended, its a lot of

work, but its worth it. - Amber Allen

Can’napopa Wi (December) ‐ the moon

of the popping trees.

FSST DECEMBER 2015 NEWSLETTER

Grace Moore Senior Citizens Center hosts

Thanksgiving Day Meal at Eastman Hall

Pictured above l to r: Taylor Caddotte, Adrian Holybull (held), Vicki Anderson

and Betty Taylor.

Pictured above: Ryan Kills-a-Hundred

FSST Treasurer, demonstrating his

domestic side.

FSST DECEMBER NEWSLETTER 2015 Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Newsletter is

a monthly publication by the

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe.

Editor: Carol Robertson

Assistant: Amber Allen

Digital photos, text on diskette

or other media is encouraged.

Deadline for submission of material is

NLT 7th of each month prior to

Publication!

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

Attn: Carol Robertson

P.O. Box 283

Flandreau, SD 57028-0283

or Call: 997-3891

[email protected]

NOTICE OF DISCLAIMER:

In preparation of this newsletter, every effort has been made to offer the most current, correct, and clearly expressed information possible. Neverthe-less, inadvertent errors in information may occur. In particular but without limiting anything here, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (FSST) and its em-ployees disclaim any responsibility for typograph-ical errors and accuracy of the information that may be contained in the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe's Newsletter. The FSST also reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice.

The information and data included in this news-letter have been compiled by the FSST Newsletter staff from a variety of sources, and are subject to change without notice. The FSST makes no war-ranties or representations whatsoever regarding the quality, content, completeness, or adequacy of such information and data. In any situation where the official printed publications of the FSST differ from the text contained in this newsletter, the official printed documents take precedence.

If inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate infor-mation is brought to our attention, a reasonable effort will be made to print a correction in the next available newsletter. We reserve the right to omit submissions if it is felt that the content or subject matter is inappropriate.

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The FSST reserves the right to edit submission for content and clarity when appropriate. Addi-tionally, submissions not of a time sensitive na-ture may be delayed for inclusion until subsequent newsletters.


On November 5th,

Northern Plains

Hea l thy S tar t -

Flandreau hosted a

Car Seat Safety

Event. In the

morn ing f rom

8:30am-12-30pm,

Amanda Taylor

and Gina Yellow

Eagle gave a presen-

tation on SNAP (Safe Native American Passenger) train-

ing. 3 community members attended the training. From

12:30-3:00pm, there was a free car seat distribution event

and we gave out nine car seats at the event. Since Novem-

ber 5th, Amanda has given out 20 car seats to people living

in the Flandreau area.

I would like to say thank you to the FSST Maintenance

Department for letting us use garage space at their build-

ing. Especially want to thank Ted for helping haul the car

seats to the event and back to Northern Plains Healthy

Start. I would like to also thank Christin Weston for use

of the common area at the Wicoicaga Otipi Community

Center.

Northern Plains Healthy Start still has several car seats

(Infant, Convertible, Combination, and Backless Booster)

available. If you or someone you know is in need of a car

seat please come visit me. Lack of a car seat or improper

use are a leading cause of death for Native American chil-

dren, at Northern Plains Healthy Start our goals is to make

sure our children are riding safe! Office hours are 8:00am-

5:00pm.

Amanda Taylor CHW/ Navigator Northern Plains Healthy Start-Flandreau

Healthy Start hosts Car Seat Safety

Event


Fannie’s Birthday at Senior Citizens

Fannie enjoyed a fabulous Birthday Meal which was Wild Rice Hot dish, Hot Veggies, Fresh Roll, Oriental Coleslaw, Dessert and refreshments. She was greet-ed by the Grace Moore Senior Citizen’s Staff and by her good friend Helen Thompson. It was an afternoon everyone enjoyed celebrating with her. The weather was really nice for her to come out and visit for her 83rd birthday. Fannie has worked with the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe as the Enrollment Specialist for over 20 years and is now enjoying retirement.

Preschool Holiday concert was held

November 19th.

Hovakah

Bosin

Jr.

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Offices will be closed on Decem-ber23rd 11:30am to 5:00pm Ad-ministrative Leave –Employee

Christmas Party

December 24th—Christmas

Holiday Leave

December 25th—Christmas

Holiday Leave


Pictured above: Joseph & Julia Taylor Grandparents FSST Tribal

Elder Betty Taylor

Taylor Family - Prairie Island 1972


Pictured above: Wilder Van Hofen-

wagon Pictured above: Kenny 10yrs, Scott

Jr. 8yrs, Renae 5yrs,& Travis 2yrs. -

December 1991

FSST Member Jessica Hovland &

family passed out candy at the Flan-

dreau Parade of Lights

On Saturday November 28th. Can-

dy was graciously provided by Priscil-

la Hovland and Flandreau Develop-

ment Corp.

Pictured above from L to R: Autumn, Jessica, Hovakah Jr.,&

Hovakah.

Happy 2nd Birthday Wilder on December 11th!!!


Garment Factory Workers– FIS

Front Row L To R: Grace Moore, Agnes Ross, Nina Kitto

Middle Row L to R: Victoria Allen, Elisie Wakeman, Mr.Schwab, Gloria Lovejoy

Back Row L to R: Elisa Crawford, Agnes Heminger, Fannie Cavender, Pearl Wakeman

Attention Member’s turning 18yrs of age be advised…..

In accordance with title 19-3-6: Applying for Per Capita Payments second paragraph:

A member who has reached the age of majority shall be required to apply to participate in per capita distribu-tion. If the member applies for the on-reservation payment, he/she will be required to submit clear and con-vincing evidence that he/she has been a bona fide resident of Moody County for at least one year prior to reach-ing the age of eighteen. If the member fails to do so, he/she shall be placed on OFF-reservation status and shall be required to establish residency in accordance with this sub-section.

You may pick up a copy of your title 19 at the tribal office or a copy of complete subsection at the tribal court. Thanks


The South Dakota Air Na onal Guard, Sioux Falls, SD, met with FSST staff on November 12th, at Tribal Headquarters. Carol Robert‐son, FSST Economic Development Department, hosted an informa‐ve mee ng with FSST Directors

of Programs and the Air Na onal Guard. Dean Hillberg, CMSgt, SDANG, 114th FW Command Chief, Sioux Falls, SD, had met with Carol be‐fore in an effort to let Tribes know that the Air Guard and Na onal Guards posts can assist with man‐power, exper se, equipment for projects, community projects and receive the benefits of being as‐sisted from the Air Guards. The outreach is to help Tribes with their projects and using June of 2016 as the meline to coordinate and begin projects. The Na onal Guards can help with their pro‐jects. They were here to take requests and have the Tribe write their re‐quests due before June of 2016. The FSST Directors present were: Mark Allen‐GAP, Steve Studsdaul‐FSST Maintenance, Amber Allen‐Economic Development, Lauren Herrick, Jr.‐FSST Inventory, Tim Spade FSST Water Quality Pro‐gram, and Elizabeth Wakeman‐Browns field Programs, Jason Tay‐lor‐FSST Maintenance, and Joh Schrader‐Brownsfield Assistant. SMSgt James D. Volda and Gordon Halsewman were also present from the SD Air Na onal Guard, Sioux Falls to give presenta ons as to what assistance they could help with. The Na onal Guard can help with

engineering, surveyors, engi‐neers, plumbing, remodels, roads, paving, dams, tree trim‐ming, etc. The ques on came up about the bridge on the Big Sioux River between FIS and the town of Flandreau. It was explained that the Corps of Engineers would have to be contacted for permits for dams and bridges. The requests are sent only to Captain Mitchell Nach gall, SD Na onal Guard, Rapid City, SD before June 1st, 2016. This support from the SD Na on‐al Guards help tribes that do not have the exper se for some of their projects, limited resources and lack of access equipment. The reason the Na onal Guards assist with Tribal Project is to have excellent training opportu‐ni es for the SD Na onal Guards and these improvements help a tribe or community a ain the goals of recrea on areas, debris removal from river banks, im‐prove recrea on/camping sites, foot bridges, be er roads, paths, etc. This also helps with raising awareness of the SD Na onal Guard’s capabili es and commit‐ment to the SD Communi es. This also improves working rela‐onships with the SD Na onal

Guard’s and provides training opportuni es for their units. The FSST Water Quality Program, Brownsfield Program, FSST Maintenance, FSST Land Man‐agement and BIA Roads plan on wri ng requests for their pro‐jects. Amber Allen, Economic Development Assistant, will help

coordinate ge ng requests in from our Tribe and assist with aer‐ial maps of the area in need of technical assistance, manpower or equipment. –Editor

SD Air Na onal Guard Meet With FSST Program Directors

National Guard of the United States

The National Guard of the United

States, part of the reserve compo-

nents of the United States Armed

Forces, is a reserve military force,

composed of National Guard mili-

tary members or units of each state

and the territories of Guam, of the

Virgin Islands, and of Puerto Rico,

as well as of the District of Colum-

bia, for a total of 54 separate or-

ganizations. All members of the

National Guard of the United

States are also members of the

militia of the United States as de-

fined by 10 U.S.C. § 311. National

Guard units are under the dual

control of the state and the federal

government. Source:

en.wikipedia.org


FLANDREAU, S.D. — Mr. Flammond

fires up his first‐day spiel with more

excitement than the 13 skep cal‐

looking high schoolers who had

showed up for his personal finance

class.

“Welcome, ladies and gentlemen!”

he said with the flair of an eager‐to‐

please waiter. “This is a very unique

and interes ng place where learning

will happen. Whether you want it to

or not. Mr. Ross, hood down, please,

sir.”

The student lowered the hood on his

sweatshirt and Dave Flammond

quickly explained the moral of the

class: Money management is 20 per‐

cent math, 80 percent behavior.

Then he cut straight to his own com‐

pelling biography, which caught the

a en on of the students on their

first day at Flandreau Indian School.

“I grew up in the res,” the 46‐year‐

old teacher said. “Broken family.

Sorry to say, it was an environment

of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll. It was

hard. Whatever rela ve would take

me in, that’s where I slept that

night.”

The students perked up. They

leaned in. They listened.

Flammond kept going. He explained

how he was from the Sisseton

Wahpeton Oyate in northeastern

South Dakota. He explained how in

public school he was just another

Na ve American kid who heard how

he was going to end up like his

drunken uncle.

But Flammond wanted something

else. He graduated from high

school, joined the Army and then

went into the restaurant business,

managing a Perkins un l a customer

said he ought to get on at the Flan‐

dreau Indian School, which at the

me needed a cafeteria manager.

That job paid more than teaching,

but Flammond discovered that he

loved teaching.

He got an entry‐level posi on as a

tutor and loved it, he said. But he

needed more than passion to get

the classroom job he has now. So

Flammond explained how he went

to two colleges at the same me

and graduated on the same day,

ge ng an associate degree and a

bachelor’s degree. He then got a mas‐

ter’s degree in geography and is

headed toward a master’s in school

administra on.

“I didn’t want to se le,” he said. “I

don’t want you to se le.”

The students took in Flammond’s col‐

orful classroom, his posters of the

“Indian Ten Commandments” and

“Kennedy for President.” They

laughed at his jokes. They grew silent

when he described his son going to

engineering school and his daughter

at Girls State.

“You’re my kids now,” Flammond told

them. “When you walk in my room,

I’m the ate‐tonka. Big Daddy.”

Then one by one, Flammond had his

“kids” tell where they were from.

Macy, said one. Winnebago, said an‐

other. Pine Ridge, said a third.

“This is the most diverse school in

South Dakota,” Flammond told them.

“At any given me we represent 35 to

40 different tribal na ons. We each

bring something to the table.”

And we each bring something back to

where we’re from, he said.

“I hope every one of you is a success

story,” he said. “Improve your com‐

muni es. Improve your family.”

Contact the writer: 402‐444‐1136,

[email protected], twi er.com/

ErinGraceOWH

SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Angelina Oldperson of Browning, Montana, attends class on Tuesday August 18, 2015 on the first day of school at Flandreau Indian School. Indigenous youths from many states are drawn

to the government-run boarding


FLANDREAU, S.D. — At 6 a.m. the

dorm’s hallway alarm blared.

Then the overhead fluorescent

lights beamed on.

Slowly, high school students

Talitha Plain Bull, Juwan Grant

and Ethan Young Bird tumbled

out of bed and toward the show‐

ers.

They had arrived the night before,

without much me to se le into

this government‐run boarding

school for Na ve Americans.

Some of their schoolmates had

flown to South Dakota from far‐

flung places like the bo om of the

Grand Canyon. Some had come

by car. Most had come on buses

that traversed the Great Plains,

stopping at reserva ons and

towns along the way.

All of them, including Talitha from

Omaha, Juwan from Macy, Ne‐

braska, and Ethan from North Da‐

kota, had brought duffels, bed‐

ding and plas c bins, all of which

were me culously searched for

alcohol and other contraband.

Then they picked their rooms

and crashed.

A er a quick biscuits‐and‐gravy

breakfast, Talitha, Juwan, Ethan

and 176 other teenagers, clad in

jeans and hoodies, began their

first day at the Flandreau Indian

School.

***

The existence of a boarding

school for Na ve Americans may

seem anachronis c in the 21st

century. Such schools were be‐

gun in the late 1800s as a way to

force tribes to assimilate into

white American culture. Enroll‐

ment peaked in the early 1970s,

with 60,000 students reportedly

enrolled in Indian boarding

schools. Many closed a er a

1975 law gave tribes more au‐

tonomy.

But the U.S. government is s ll in

the Indian boarding school busi‐

ness. It is under treaty obliga on

to provide educa on. The federal

Angelina Oldperson of Browning, Mon‐

tana, a ends class on Tuesday August

18, 2015 on the first day of school at

Flandreau Indian School. Indigenous

youths from many states are drawn to

the government‐run boarding school.

Bureau of Indian Educa on, an

arm of the U.S. Department of the

Interior, funds and oversees 183

day and boarding schools in 23

states, plus two postsecondary

schools. Most of the schools are

now run by tribes. The bureau di‐

rectly manages four off‐

reserva on boarding high schools,

including Flandreau.

The boarding schools s ll serve a

purpose. They are a haven for stu‐

dents from troubled homes and

schools, an alterna ve to schools

at remote reserva ons. They also

are seen as a familiar connec on

to rela ves who a ended in re‐

cent years and had good experi‐

ences.

“It’s ironic now that the past his‐

tory of these boarding schools has

been one of trying to scrub the

Indian white,” said Monty Roessel,

director of the Bureau of Indian

Educa on. “Now they are a place

where (students) can come and

celebrate who they are. They re‐

flect the cultures of the students

and the cultures of the tribes they

represent.”

Flandreau, a 3½‐hour drive north

of Omaha, sits near the Flandreau

Santee Sioux Reserva on and the

2,300‐person town of Flandreau

near South Dakota’s eastern bor‐

der with Minnesota.

Once operated by religious groups

Grace: Among the last of its kind, Flandreau Indian School catches second wind By Erin Grace / World-Herald columnist


and then by the U.S. government,

most boarding schools a century

ago were terrible places that

trauma zed genera ons of Indi‐

an children. Per U.S. policy, Na‐

ve American children were tak‐

en from their homes. Their hair

was cut. Their language was for‐

bidden. Many experienced abuse,

neglect and illness. Boarding

school children died at higher

rates than they did at home.

A damning report detailing condi‐

ons in 1928 spurred reforms.

Today’s Indian boarding schools

bear li le resemblance to their

predecessors. Na ve culture is

celebrated. Aside from children

sent there by court order, board‐

ing school students generally

choose to go there or their fami‐

lies choose to send them.

But the schools con nue to face a

number of problems, from turno‐

ver at the top (the Bureau of Indi‐

an Educa on has had 33 directors

since 1979) to the huge academic

and social deficits many students

bring in the door. Most students

come from deeply impoverished

reserva ons.

American Indian students — par‐

cularly students in Bureau of

Indian Educa on schools — tend

to score lower than average on

academic tests than children in

federally funded Department of

Defense schools or in troubled

urban school systems.

In Nebraska, meanwhile, just 31

percent of American Indian 11th

‐graders met state math stand‐

ards and 45 percent met reading

standards. That compares with

61 percent (math) and 70 per‐

cent (reading) of Nebraska 11th‐

graders overall.

Flandreau has its academic

struggles. One study placed

Flandreau in the bo om er of

agency schools. In both reading

and math, though, Flandreau

students showed significant

gains over a three‐year period

beginning in 2010‐11.

The agency‐run schools face

challenges that are endemic to

the popula on they serve. Be‐

sides serving many low‐income

students, the Bureau of Indian

Educa on schools have higher

propor ons of students in spe‐

cial educa on than their public

school counterparts. And the

schools tend to be in remote

loca ons with aging buildings

and have a harder me re‐

crui ng and retaining qualified

staff, according to a 2014 federal

report. Those factors illustrate

why per‐student spending at

these schools is higher than in

regular public schools.

Roessel said the schools also

have high mobility rates, with

students constantly coming and

going. That creates a challenge

for Flandreau, but Roessel said

students returning home can be a

good thing — a sign of personal

success not measured by test

scores.

The Bureau of Indian Educa on

system is facing poten al change.

A federal effort launched two

years ago is calling for improve‐

ment, reform and reorganiza on.

A trend is toward more local tribal

control, though no specific plans

for Flandreau have been an‐

nounced.

***

Like the three other off‐

reserva on boarding schools,

Flandreau does not charge tui‐

on. Enrollment is open to any

high schooler who can show one‐

fourth American Indian ethnicity

and is an enrolled member of a

federally recognized tribe.

Flandreau draws students from

several dozen tribes, including the

Winnebago, Santee Sioux, Ponca

and Omaha Tribes in Nebraska. So

far this year, 34 of the school’s

current 279 students (100 joined

since the first day) hail from Ne‐

braska. Seven come from Iowa.

They include students like Talitha,

a member of the Fort Peck

(Montana) Sioux Tribe, who was

raised in Omaha. Talitha le Oma‐

ha Central High three years ago to

come here. Talitha said her fami‐

ly’s constant moving around Oma‐

ha and a need to stay home to

care for an ailing mother meant

FSST DECEMBER NEWSLETTER 2015 spo y school a endance. She

a ended six Omaha public ele‐

mentary schools and missed 25

days of seventh grade and 23

days of eighth grade at Lewis and

Clark Middle School.

Flandreau, with its dorms, en‐

sured she’d be at class every day.

Talitha is now on track to gradu‐

ate in the spring.

A endance also had been an is‐

sue for Juwan “Juju” Grant, who

said a lot of kids skip school on his

Omaha Indian Reserva on in Ma‐

cy.

“Where I’m from, people don’t go

to school,” he said. “The kids up

here are always in class.”

Juju isn’t just in class. The third

member of his family to a end

Flandreau — his twin brothers

graduated last year — Juju is ac‐

ve in football, cross country,

track and basketball. He’s also

considering a tryout for school

mascot: an American Indian in full

headdress.

In sports, Flandreau students are

the Indians.

It is a word used gingerly around

here. Some students and staff say

they prefer the term “Na ve

American” or “indigenous” or

tribe‐specific references.

“It depends on who is using it and

the context,” said Flandreau As‐

sistant Principal Sheryl Burkhart.

“The ‘Flandreau Indians.’ We’re

proud of that name. We don’t

want to lose a connec on to

our history.”

“Iden ty is everything,” said

Burk¬hart, who is a member of

the three affiliated tribes —

Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara

— of Fort Berthold Reserva on

in North Dakota. “For our kids,

maintaining a high level of

knowledge of culture is so

deeply enshrined in our

(school). It’s so important. It’s

who they are.”

Flandreau’s origins date to

1872, when the Presbyterian

Church organized an Indian

mission school in Dakota Terri‐

tory. The U.S. government took

over school opera ons in 1877,

running a day school un l

1892, when the school took in

its first boarders.

It ini ally served elementary

students but grew to include

high schoolers, who were

trained in tailoring, shoe re‐

pair, harness‐making, masonry

and plumbing. The school once

operated a farm and garment

factory there.

Flandreau Indian School sur‐

vived a 1940s effort to close it.

New buildings, including a cul‐

tural center, were added in

decades since.

But a 2004 change in how the

government calculates funding

has meant steep drops that

resulted in staff reduc ons and

closures.

The chemistry lab, library and cul‐

tural center have been shu ered.

The music and shop programs are

no longer offered. Everall Fox,

Flandreau’s administrator, said

the school had to eliminate its sec‐

ond science teacher and librarian

in 2012.

But the recent hire of a new sci‐

ence teacher with a background in

chemistry holds promise for reo‐

pening the lab, Fox said, and the

school hopes to hire a part‐ me

librarian “at some point.”

Roessel said the budget is set by

Congress. He said the building and

program needs of Bureau of Indi‐

an Educa on schools are im‐

mense, that the agency is trying to

priori ze its response and that the

reforms hopefully will address

some shortcomings.

“Those kids deserve a science lab,

a full‐func oning library,” he said.

“How do you expect kids to do

well if they don’t have access to a

library?”

Priscilla Hovland, ac ng director of

home services and a social worker,

said the boarding school provides

a safer place for American Indian

teenagers, many of whom face

poverty, isola on, substance

abuse and broken families at

home. She said nearly every stu‐

dent in a recent survey reported

experiencing at home some form

FSST DECEMBER NEWSLETTER 2015 of trauma, defined as witnessing

an assault or being the vic m of

one.

***

It was hard to escape the ins tu‐

onal feel of Flandreau. The harsh

dorm lights and loud alarm of the

wake‐up call. The meals served on

plas c trays. The rules posted on

bulle n boards.

But teachers and staff exude

warmth and a genuine concern

for the students.

Dave Flammond, a social studies

teacher, said the school tries to

provide extracurricular ac vi es,

from sports to unique clubs. He

runs one on music that once took

students to see blues legend B.B.

King, and another on paranormal

ac vi es. He also is a counselor

for a group called Students

Against Destruc ve Decisions. He

said reserva ons are hit by pov‐

erty and gang influences, and

though reserva ons remain im‐

Correction

Bonnie Wade served US Army 4 yrs &

2.5 yrs Army Reserve

Unfortunately Bonnie was omitted from the local tribal veterans list ...thank you for your service Bonnie.

portant places, he said it’s good

for high schoolers to get out and

see something else.

A married couple, Lillian and Ron

Goodeagle, provide cultural edu‐

ca on. They used to travel the

United States and 15 other coun‐

tries as par cipants of the Lakota

Sioux Dance Theater. Ron now

runs a cultural class out of the

school’s old auto shop and teach‐

es beadwork, singing and danc‐

ing.

Students I spoke with seemed

genuinely glad to be there, and

staff described events and ac vi‐

es, including on‐campus sweat

lodges, that foster a sense of

community, iden ty and belong‐

ing.

Parent Trish LaCroix of Yankton,

South Dakota, who dropped off

17‐year‐old daughter Ka e for

her third and last year at Flan‐

dreau, said she’s watched her

daughter grow. She called Flan‐

dreau a good pre‐college educa‐

on for Ka e, who wants to study

early childhood educa on.

“There’s a lot of benefits for her,”

said LaCroix. “I’m proud of her

here.”

Senior Ethan Young Bird de‐

scribed Flandreau as

“comfortable.”

“I like it,” he said. “You don’t have

to worry about a ride to school or

food or a place to sleep.”

Young Bird placed fourth last year

out of 128 runners in the state

cross country meet. His high

standing won a en on and re‐

cruitment efforts by a high school

closer to home.

But he’s s cking with Flandreau.

“I have my own legacy,” he said,

“going on here.”

Contact the writer:

[email protected], 402‐444‐

1136, twi er.com/ErinGraceOWH

FSST 2015 Wacipi Tee shirts will be

sold for $5.00 after Dec 1, 2015.


She received Most Photogenic and Runner Up at the Miss South Dakota Jr. High

America pageant on November 21st !!!

Happy 7th Birthday Autumn on

November 15th

Love your Mom Dad, Brother, Grandma and

Great Grandma!!!

Happy Birthday Priscilla on

December 8th!!!

Congratulations to Dawn Stempson!

Love Sisters - Jeannie, Cindy &

Mom!!!

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