Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume XXXVIII, Number XVIII Saturday, May 29, 2010

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M o n d a y , M a y 2 4 , 2 0 1 0An editorial by Indianz.com on Indianz.com asks, “What happens if Congress doesn’t approve the $3.4 billion settle-ment to the Indian trust fund lawsuit?

It answers its own question with, “Nothing. No one gets any money. Litigation will continue at the expense of the Bureau of Indian Affairs budget and Congress will continue to do noth-ing about trust reform.” It concludes with, “That’s not what Indian country deserves.” What Indian country got it also didn’t deserve.

Tim Giago: Cobell trust fund settlement insults land holdersFirst of all $2 billion of the settlement

would go to solve the age-old dilemma of land consolidation, since most allotted lands are so fractionated that oftentimes 160-acre allotments are co-owned by several hundred people.

This problem was brought on by the very people who became defendants in the Cobell lawsuit: the U. S. Depart-ment of the Interior and its agent the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Why should the plaintiffs in the lawsuit pay $2 billion of their settlement to the very agencies that caused the problem in

the fi rst place? That is such a crazy scheme that it would laughable if it was not such a serious issue. That’s like getting a check from the BIA, signing it, and then handing it back to them and saying, “Thank you for ripping me off.” Insane!

All of that aside, the cash settlement was an insult to all Native Americans. So what if the litigation dragged on for 12 years? I am a landholder and I don’t expect to get a single penny from the settlement because I think it should go

It’s a sacred day to all war Veter-ans: None need to be reminded of the reason that Memorial Day must be commemorated. But, what about the general public, and more important, fu-ture generations? Do most non-veterans really recognize the importance of the day honoring their fellow Americans killed in war?

Judging from what Memorial Day has become—simply another day off from work—the answer is a resounding no.

Perhaps a reminder is due, than. And it is the duty of each and every veteran to relay the message.

Sacrifice is meaningless without remembrance. America’s collective con-sciousness demands that all citizens recall and be aware of the deaths of their fellow countrymen during wartime.

Far too often, the nation as a whole takes for granted the freedoms all Americans enjoy. Those freedoms were paid for with the lives of others few of us actually knew. That’s why they are all collectively remembered on one spe-cial day.

The Meaning of Memorial Day By Thomas J. Tradewell, Sr.Commander-In-Chief VFW

This should be regarded as a civic obligation, for this is a national debt that can only be truly repaid by individual Americans. By honoring the nation’s war dead, we preserve their memory and thus their service and sacrifi ce in the memories of future generations.

They came from all walks of life and regions of the country. But they all had one thing in common—love of and loy-alty to country. This bond cemented ties between them in times of trials, allowing a diverse lot of Americans to achieve monumental ends.

We remember the loss of loved ones, a sense of loss that takes group form. In essence, America is commemorating those who made the greatest sacrifi ce possible— giving one’s own life on behalf of others.

Means of paying tribute vary. Pausing for a few moments of personal silence is available to everyone.

Attending commemorative ceremo-nies is the most visible way of demon-strating remembrance: Placing fl ags at gravesites, marching in parades, spon-

soring patriotic programs, dedicating memorials and wearing Buddy Poppies are examples.

Whether done individually or col-lectively, it is the thought that counts.

Personal as well as public acts of remembering are the ideal. Public dis-plays of patriotism are essential if the notion of remembering war dead is to be instilled in youth.

As America’s older war veterans fast disappear from society’s landscape, there are fewer and fewer standard bearers left to carry the torch of re-membrance.

Such traditions will live on only if there is a vibrant movement to which that torch can be passed.

Now, more than in past years, the enduring relevance of Memorial Day should be clearly evident. With two wars under way, the public has no excuse not to remember.

This much is owed to the more than 5,400 Americans who have died thus far in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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The Winnebago Native American Head Start program ended their school year last week in celebration, hosting and inviting all parents to a good old fashion “Luau.” Students, teachers & staff sported grass shirts, Don Ho shirts, and the traditional Hawaiian lay. Luau guests were treated to a Luau feast of side dishes accompanied by the sweetest Barbequed Pork you ever did taste. Yum. After the feast students and visitors were treated to a ‘snow cone,’ of any fl avor that you wanted. It was a hit with the students and those visiting for the day.

Head Start Ends School Year with Luau

The WPS helo its 8th Grade Graduation Ceremonies last week. Here Justice Wolf Leader makes the grade.

A ‘Gathering Of Native Americans’ work-shop was held in Winnebago last week. Participants enjoyed group activities and shared their hopes & dreams for the Win-nebago People. More in the next issue. Here workshop participant enjoyed a game of “Mingo, Mingo!”

Just a reminder, there is still a reward of $300 on the books for those providing information for the arrest and conviction of those who choose to damage tribal property.

Tribal Artist, Henry Payer, III was in town last month for the Wo O Bi Art Festival, held at the Woodland Trails Art Center. Winners on page 5.

Winnebago Head Start held their Gradu-ation last week. A list of Graduates will appear in the next issue of the WIN.

I Was ThinkingPage 2 — Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, May 29, 2010

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Lingering Effects of Self Im-posed Racism

Ho-Chunk, Inc. hit a remarkable milestone recently. Since we started in 1995, total cumulative revenues now exceed $1 Billion. That is Billion with a B. It is hard for me to compre-hend that sort of economic activity, but it is a real testament to the hard work of a lot of people.

I didn’t intend to write this column about the $1 Billion dollar revenue mark, but I think it is worth men-tioning because it plays into another

On Saturday May 8, 2010, I completed the personal and professional goal of ob-taining a Masters degree in the Science of Education (MSE) at Wayne State Col-lege. I previously earned an Associates degree from Little Priest Tribal College in Liberal Arts in 2000, and a Bachelor in Science from Wayne State College with a double major in Psychology and Sociol-ogy in 2002. My accomplishments were not achieved on my own. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Yvonne Reinhart, manager of the Winnebago Tribal Higher Education Department. I can truly attest that if it wasn’t for her help and the funding available through this program, I would not have been able to accomplish what I have done. Thank you, Yvonne, for being there for me. I re-ally appreciate all the times you helped me throughout this journey. As both a recipient of Higher Education funding and as an employee of Little Priest Tribal College, I have seen how this program benefi ts the future of our tribe and I strongly encourage the continued sup-port and funding for this program. The Higher Education program is a wonder-

Thoughts from the Sideline…subject I wanted to write about—self imposed racism. I just made up the term but I didn’t have another word for it.

I have noticed over the years that tribal people act differently when deal-ing with an HCI business then when dealing with a non-Indian business. For example, if a Rez Car breaks down people will get upset, complain, etc. If a non-Indian dealer screws them over with an over priced and high interest rate loan, then they don’t say anything and just move on.

Also, HCI Construction takes lots of hits locally on their work. I am not saying we are perfect (the construc-tion process is full of imperfections), but we are a tribal company hiring tribal people that other companies won’t even consider hiring because of who they are or because of their work history. But locally we are subjected to heightened scrutiny and criticism. Interestingly, we don’t receive this kind of criticism from our non-Indian customers for projects off the reser-vation—our complaints are primarily rez based.

Last summer, we lost a Winnebago Village project bid to a non-Indian company from Fort Pender of all places. They didn’t hire any Indians—probably hadn’t even occurred to

them. I was in a tribal council meeting and looked out the window in time to watch the Fort Pender crew cut the water main and fl ood the town. All I was thinking was that I am glad that wasn’t HCI Construction. However, another thought occurs to me now. No one said they were bad or did a bad job. It was just an honest non-Indian making an honest non-Indian mistake.

I wonder why we are so quick to judge ourselves negatively and give the benefi t of the doubt to non-Indians. I was thinking about this a lot lately and have come up with one decent reason. Over the last several generations, we have been conditioned to think Indian is bad and White is right. The lingering ef-fect of this creeps into our thinking and makes us susceptible to believing Indians aren’t as good as non-Indians at some things.

This lingering effect, problem, actually comes up in the area of con-struction a lot. I have seen on several occasions non-Indian competitors, architects and engineers talk in some strange code that basically translated to that they didn’t think the tribal company was good enough to do the work. This should be mildly offensive, but what is amazing to me is how of-ten the Indians they are talking to are nodding in agreement because we are so quick to believe in our own people’s

inferiority.We bid on projects all the time in

town and we had lost a few at one of our local institutions recently because our bid was too high. I get that, but recently we lost one major project that we were actually the low bidder. The architect changed the rules slightly near the end to hook up our competi-tor and to make us non-experienced. Our subcontractor had impressive credentials in the area, but that didn’t count when the rules changed. What is disappointing is that we had a non-Indian architect, advising non-Indian administrators, advising an all Indian decision making body to hire the non-Indian company because the Indians were good enough. What is disappointing is that Indians gave the project to the higher bidder/non-Indian company despite us being the low bidder. I wasn’t at the meeting, so I can’t say if the Indians were nodding when they were being told that the Indian company wasn’t good enough.

Anyway, despite the fact that we are so easily dismissed by ourselves, we have in fact managed somehow to do over $1 Billion in revenues—much more than any of the non-Indian com-panies I was referring to in this article. Lets hope that the next time that we believe in ourselves rather than follow our conditioning. Frybread Power!

Contact me at hochunk@aol.com

A Winnebago Daughter…ful resource and I am so grateful for the assistance I was granted in order to help pay for my educational expenses. I also would like to thank Little Priest Tribal College for supporting employee advance education. In order to complete my de-gree, I was able to utilize the college’s educational assistance program in order to take the necessary time off to complete my courses. I would not have been able to complete my educational goals without out this support. As both an employee and alumni, I strongly encourage contin-ued support for the college. LPTC is a wonderful resource we have in our com-munity and I am proud to be a part of its growing history. Finally, I would like to thank my family and friends. Without your support, encouragement and love, I would not be where I am today. I thank and love all of you. Thank you for invest-ing in me, believing in me and supporting me and my goals. Thank you for being there for me. I could not have done this without you. My accomplishments are all of yours as well.

Sincerely,Esther Rose Mercer, MSE

KENDALL W. LITTLE OWL

Class of 2010,

Standing Rock Community HS

Proud of You my Son, Mom

CONGRATULATIONS!

News From WinnebagoWinnebago Indian News, Saturday, May 29, 2010 — Page 3

JESUS OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN OUTREACH Pastor Ricky Jacob

“The Hidden Battle” I have been reading a book on Spiri-

tuality for Today written by Dr. John Kleinig, entitled book Grace upon Grace. Many of the following insights are found in his fourth chapter entitled, ‘The Hid-den Battle’.

St. James says: “Resist the devil, and he will fl ee from you.” [James 4:7 ESV] That sums up the teaching of the New Testament on spiritual warfare. Spiri-tual warfare calls for persistent resis-tance, withstanding the attack, standing our ground, refusing to retreat from our post or to surrender to the enemy. It involves a passive resistance, for it has more to do with suffering and receiv-ing support than doing and exercising power. Spiritual warfare is a battle of wills. It, at times, results in persecution and suffering with Christ.

Spiritual battle that the devil wages against the children of God is often hidden and/or forgotten. Spiritually speaking, we have no human enemies. Our struggle is not against human fl esh and blood. Our struggle is against Satan and his cosmic cronies who pretend that they were the masters of the uni-verse. From battlefi eld experience, the Apostle Paul wrote: “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against fl esh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the pow-ers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” [Ephesians 6:10-12 NIV]

As we join in this Spiritual battle, we rely totally on Christ; He is the cham-pion, the victor in battle. So we borrow

Manipulating the Banishment Code I read the letter to the Tribe from the

Hocak Elder Council Inc. I am not apart of the group and I don’t practice TM; how-ever I feel they have a valet point about doing positive work within our commu-nity without the threat of banishment. The fi rst issue I would like to address is TM being practice in WPS. As long as the program is Optional for the students with Parental Consent there should be no problem. I think this is a smoke screen for the real problems such as drop out issues and getting our students up to academic par. I also think some of the ideas such as the Apple Orchard, pro-viding winter coats to 6-12 graders and especially the Wind and Solar Projects are exceptional ideas. In my opinion the Hocak Elder Council is providing services or attempting to provide services in areas that should have been resolved. I also feel our Tribal Council members get paid to have an opinion and to VOTE. Heck isn’t that what their there for?

There are other valid problems our Tribal Council needs to address that deserve the consideration of Banish-ment; such as drug related crimes i.e. drug dealers, sexual predators, domestic violence and vandals who repeatedly destroy others property; but to banish someone because they have a different view or way of life is nothing but oppres-sion. I thought that as an Indian Tribe our goal was to become independent and self-suffi cient. Now we have our own Tribal Council holding us back from great accomplishments and benefi ting from

Hello (Yá’át’ééh – Hello in Navajo) My name is Donald Bilagody (Bilagody means – Part of hand missing in

Navajo). Gee I surely like your newspaper. It is very interesting. For years now, when I was much younger I always found the Winnebago language very inter-esting. There was a small section I believe in was in the 04-03-10 paper From HoChunk Renaissance. I wish I could fi nd some kind of Winnebago language on tape or information. However your ne paper is very interesting….Thanks for giving me the opportunity to read it.

Ahe he aah – Thank You in Navajo

Thank You The family of Velven Drew Snake would like to thank all our relatives for their

kind help and kindness in our time of need. We would like to thank Kenneth (Kix) DeCora for transporting Velven to his fi nal resting place and help in arranging his funeral. Thank you Tony Snake and your helpers for the prayer service to send our Son, Brother, DeGa, Husband, and Dad on his journey home. Thank you Patty Rave for all your help. Mary, Rita and Edith and the rest of the ladies that helped cook and all they did for us. The food was very good. Thank You Teresa for honoring our Veteran Brother, Son, Dega, Husband and Dad by sitting with him all night. Thank You for all that was done for us. If we missed anyone, we didn’t mean to. Thank You all and may the Creator bless each and every one of you.

Sincerely,Alvina June Weber (DeCora)(Mom)Glenna Lowry & Family (Sister)Covey Lowry & Family(Brother)Glenn Lowry & Family(Brother)India Trainor & Family (Sister)Saphire, Jeffery, and Xander Snake(Children)Venus SnakeSarah BrowningIndia Trainor

everything from Him. We depend on His strength and power. He empowers us by giving us His Word and the Holy Spirit. We borrow our armor and weapons from Him.

That armor comes in two classes, the fi rst is defensive and permanent and the second of which is offensive and occa-sional. On the one hand we simply keep on wearing the armor that we already have, the armor that we received when we were baptized. We wear four fi xed pieces that we should never discard: the belt of Christ’s truth, the breastplate of His righteousness, the boots that He supplies in the Gospel, and the great shield of faith that protects us on our vulnerable left fl ank, the fl ank of accu-sation and condemnation.

On the other hand, we receive the two offensive weapons that He provides as we engage in the battle. The fi rst is the helmet of salvation, the helmet of victory. Although it seems purely defensive, it does not just protect us where we are most vulnerable; it puts us under Christ’s authority and allows us to share in the victory that Christ has already won for us.

The last and most important weapon is our sword – the sword of the Spirit, God’s Spirit-fi lled, Spirit-giving Word. The Word is our main offensive weapon, the same weapon that Christ used to overcome Satan and His temptation. When we use it faithfully, we operate by the power of the Holy Spirit.

I close with these words: “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, fi rm in your faith [in Jesus our Savior].” [1st Peter 5:8-9a]

Letter to the Editor programs that initiate or establish a be-ginning towards self-suffi ciency; because of high powered ego’s, misuse of power and manipulation to gain more power.

Without change or education there is no growth. If our own people are doing good deeds within our community and taking necessary steps for our tribe to get ahead in this crazy changing world; isn’t that what we are suppose to be doing and teaching our children to do likewise; in-stead of waiting for a hand out or for the Tribal Council to make a motion. Support works both ways. Tribal Council needs the peoples support and Tribal Council should remember to support those in our community that are taking positive initia-tives for our people. Why not step back and allow it to grow and fl ourish such as the Wind and Solar Project. I feel it is un-necessary for the Tribal Council to table it and have the item sitting on the table collecting dust. The money we save from free energy could be channeled back into our school system and Higher Ed. for our people. Sometimes we get into a position and forget why we are really there.

I do not agree with banishing the Elder Council and TM. I don’t agree with the Tribal Council speaking on my behalf. I truly feel its wrong for certain individuals on the Tribal Council to manipulate the law or use a banishment code to have their way. Monarchy days are over or at least I thought they were. There is a due process and we should abide by it. Heck, am I going to be next on the banished list for voicing my opinion? If so, you might be next for reading this; so let’s keep this on the DL

Signed,Nicole DeCora-McIntyre

Healthy Relationships ClassesHealthy Relationships classes are offered every Wednesday at the Project

TRAIN building from 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. with Ms. Kathy LaRose facilitating.Healthy Relationships classes will be held during the day at the Winnebago

Alcohol Program at 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. and will be open to the public with Ms. Doreen Miera facilitating.

Classes are also offered Wednesday evenings at the Sioux City TANF offi ce from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. with Ms. Doreen Miera facilitating.

Refreshments are served at each class!!!!

Winnebago Tribal EnrollmentPage 4 — Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, May 29, 2010

Winnebago Tribe of NebraskaWinnebago Tribal Enrollment Offi ce

Current as of 5/11/20102010 Stimulus Checks still in Enrollment Offi ce

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Jennifer Lindsay AdamsonCandace Joy AlexanderChani Elizabeth AndrewsAsa O’Kelly ArcherCarlo Wayne Baker, Jr.Troy Allen BakerAmy Jo BartaHarold Frazier Beale, Jr.Kenneth Bear, Jr.Thomas Charles BearCandace Janelle BentonJennifer Rose BigbearDeanna B. Lynette BinnerXavier Lee BlackdeerRichard Anthony BlackhawkSteven Edward Blackwell, Sr.Jeffrey Halido BlakesleeFlora Marie BlaserAriel Antonette BledsoeCarly Rae BoeEdna Mae BoenMarcia F. BourbeauWayne Kingsley BowlingBejamin Larry BridgeVictoria Lee BurensBrian Douglas CauldwellGary Louis ChevalierTerry Lee ChevalierWilliam Ryan ChoyLeRoy Albert Cleveland, Jr.Kimberly Ann CoxSamantha Ann CoxMarilyn Lou CostelloLoretta Adell CraigKeith Lawrence CrawfordAdam Glenn CrosbyColin Todd CrowTerri Rene CurrieColt James DeCoraLewis Hiram DeCoraVincent William DeCoraDennis Harrison DeCorahSkylar Rae DucanChristopher Clay DunnamDebra Marie DvorakLittlehawk Eagle ElkDouglas Mendoza EspinozaKyle Joseph EtringerVaughn Richard EtringerDan Leon FaulknerKelvin Cornell FaulknerDarrell Lee Fierro, Jr.Kelly Jo FlanaganJoni Carol FlowersRoger A. FourcloudRuth Elizabeth FourcloudSusan Denise FowlerJustin Antonio FreeMiranda Nicole FreeCharleen Dorothy FrenchmanRodney Warren GallowayBarbara Ann GarzaJane GoldcaldovaChelsea Dawn GoodmanRita Louise GrastyMario Andre GreerRowena Kay HarringtonLanda Rose HayesLisa Christene HayesTim J. HaysJustin Heath-ChamberlainSimone Jurreaux HinzoSalina Delane HipkinsMarlene LaRae HornJustin Roy HousemanLaurie Ava HousemanErika Anne HumphreyBryan Joseph JakoberJohn Jeffrey JensenEileen Patricia JohnsonHolli May JohnsonJason Henry JohnsonMichael Allen Jones

James Kim KawaharaWilliam Scott KawaharaShirley Rosella KeithRachelle Annette KirchnerCandessa Marie KlaassenRobert G. Knott #17508086Joshua David KoehlerDarlene Louise LamsonCynthia Louise LarsonJohn Henry LeveringLeon David LeveringRobert Michael LiebWillow Red Road LincolnJohnathon G. Linneman, IIIAlfred Ja Littlewalker, Jr.Emmanuel Miguel LoeraAlexander LopezGlenn LeRoy LowryMatthew R. LowryNorman John LowryRenae MadsonThomas DeCora MalloryAllen Christian MarshallRebecca Lunette MarshallKenneth Joseph Masquat, Jr.Bradley Eugene MauroMatthew Lee MauroJanelle Susanne MawhinneyValerie Joelle McDonnellApril Lynn McKeeKatherine Edwi MickadeitLawrence LeRoy Miller, IIAndrew Stanford MoriartyAngela Marie MoriartyTheresa Rose Murran-EnerJohn Rene NaillieuxSonya Lisa OglesbeeMary Theresa OttLatisha Lachelle PayerWilliam PayerBrenda Ann PedersonDarlene Avis PriceJoseph Franklin PriceJames Michael PriestElijah Jacob QuagonJeffrey Warren RambinKatherine Ellen RambinPaul Elliott RambinReyna Katerine RamirezJohn Robert Randall, Sr.Ronald Alan RayWilliam Ivan Redhorn, Jr.Christina Paul Reed-RaskeCoralee Marie ReedDennis Joshua ReismaLance Jason ReismaRaphael Curtis ReynoldsTroy Reynolds Sr. #0084622CElliott C. Ricehill, Jr.Sylvia Dora RiveraMichele Renee RobertsChateau Lynn RossStephanie Kae RossDawn Beth RoweJohn Wesley RuizDavid Priest RussellBrett Joseph RustemeyerMichael Eric Sampson Paloma Blanca SanchezLonnie Lee Schreiber, IIEthel May ScottKee Lynn ScottChristopher Wayne SelbyAlisha Nicole ShelbournAntonia Dael SmithGlorene Adale SmithKathrina Lynne SmithMelody Carol SolstadHeather Michelle SpringerRonald Dean StarlingDaniel Alexander St. CyrJoseph Daniel SturgesJessica S. SutterlictEleanor Ann SwettCaroline Taylor

Bryttany Nycole TerryTray DeCorey TerryHarry Fitzgerald ThomasRobert Francis ThomasScott Fredrick ThompsonRenfer Toyling TichiJeremiah Allen TillmanCamille Joan TompkinsDonnes Ruth Twin-SeymourWayne John VandallMichelle Vander RoestJohn Joseph VasquezJennifer Lynn VictoriaAlisia Idoyiti WallacePhillip Lee WaggonerThomas Lyle WaggonerKathleen Marie WahpepahBenjamin Elliott WalkerTerrance Vernal WalkerAaron Joseph White

Michael Earl WhiteSavanna Michelle WhiteSonya Lorraine WhiteThomas Lee White, Jr.Gaston B. WhitebeaverTammy Lee WhitebeaverMichael Scott White EagleDamion James WhitegullMichael Alan WhitegullDaryl Ross WhitemanNicole Whiteman-SchauerAnnette Joy WhitenerAndrea Grace WilliamsWoneka Ann WilliamsTracy Lynn WilsonTheresa Marie WrightDakota Lee YellowcloudDennis Lawrence YoungStephanie Francis Zamora

Living on tribal lands and not sure you were included in the 2010 tal-ly? Vicki McIntire, deputy director of Denver’s ten-state region, says until May 22, 2010 all you need to do is call your local census offi ce and ask to speak with operations.

“Tell them you think you were missed, and then let them know where you live,” says McIntire. “They’ll want to arrange for a quick visit to ensure you are counted.”

The census taker will ask for basic information of your household and of those you are calling to say were missed. All information is confi dential and protected by law.

Residents of the Winnebago Reservation who have questions about being counted can all the Lincoln Census Offi ce at (402) 479-2300.

Jared Ewy Media Specialist

Census Bureau Gives Tribal Members Steps to be Sure They Are Counted

News From BagoWinnebago Indian News, Saturday, May 29, 2010 — Page 5

As the end of the school year ap-proaches, the Title VII Program is gearing up for Summer School. Your child will be sent a letter if he/she is in High School and not passing all his/her classes. We will be using the Credit Recovery Program for Summer School and this all depends on the student as to how far they want to go. If they are serious about catching up to their grade level, it is possible this summer. Summer School will run from June 1st to June 24th. We do require from the Summer Youth Work Program that those who need Summer School will make up the failed classes before they can work for the summer. We urge all parents to get your students to take advantage of credit recovery and get back on track for graduation. If you have any questions feel free to call the school counselor Julie.

Grades 1st - 6th watch for posters on Title VII Summer Reading Program.

Title VII Parent Committee would like to congratulate Janelle DeCora on her recent graduation from UNL. We now have another Native Teacher in our com-munity. We are proud of our committee member.

The Title VII Staff

TITLE VII NEWS

Children’s (12 & under) Drawing 1st Place: Matthew Sheridan 2nd Place: Alex Neff 3rd Place: Emily Harden

Children’s Singing 1st Place: Laura Neff 2nd Place: Amiyah Kuntz

Children’s Dancing 1st Place: Skylar Kennedy 2nd Place: Leela Brownrigg

Teens Drawing 1st Place: Troy Reynolds 2nd Place: November Fiscus 3rd Place: C.J. Lopez

Teens Painting 1st Place: Heron Hargreaves 2nd Place: Tori Bigfi re 3rd Place: Jaxon Bearskin & Eugene Gilpin

Teens Mixed Media 1st Place: November Fiscus 2nd Place: Xaviera Cournoyer 3rd Place: Calvin Cox

Teens Pottery 1st Place: Aaron LaPointe 2nd Place: Taryn Thomas 3rd Place: Heron Hargreaves

Adults Sewing 1st Place: Nakay Bird 2nd Place: Maria Scott 3rd Place: Jessica Kearnes

Adult Drawing 1st Place: Jalen Scott 2nd Place: Jessica Kearnes 3rd Place: Henry Payer, Jr.

Adult Painting 1st Place: Henry Payer, Jr. 2nd Place: David Laravie 3rd Place: H. Picotte

Adult Mixed Media 1st Place: David Laravie 2nd Place Eva Jewell 3rd Place: Jessica Kearnes

Adults Singing 1st Place: Katherine Rice 2nd Place: John White 3rd Place: Jessica Kearnes 4th Place: David Sheridan

Adults Instrumental 1st Place: John White

Wo-o-bi Art Festival Results

Around the world, fallen heroes are not forgotten this Memorial Day. Time will not diminish the glory of their deeds.

Those of us who are still breathing cannot repay the sacrifi ce of those who gave their lives defending us, but at the very least, we can and we must remember them and their sacrifi ce.

Memorial Day is for men like Harvey Green Crow. He was the fi rst Winnebago to be killed in action from the Winnebago Reservation. The Japanese captured Har-vey Green Crow along with several other men. The Japanese captors took Harvey into a room to torture him for informa-tion. The Japanese stabbed Harvey over and over to get information. He never broke and gave no useful information to the Japanese. Harvey bled to death.

Memorial Day is for men like Sgt. John Rice, who served ten years in the U.S. Army and came home after World War II, only to heroically loose his life at Tabu-Dong in Korea in 1950. He wanted to continue to be of service for the country.

Memorial Day is for Corporal Ivan Redhorn. He was given the Bronze Star for heroic achievement while serving as an Ontos Commander with Company C, 3rd Antitank Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, in Vietnam. The citation reads: “Acting as an escort for a convoy 10 miles South of Danang, Cpl. Redhorn’s vehicle was located at the rear of the column when the convoy was ambushed by a Viet Cong force. Almost immediately the lead Ontos was disabled by enemy antitank fi re, leaving Cpl. Redhorn’s vehicle as the only Ontos able to bring effective fi re on the enemy. Despite the heavy volume of enemy small arms and antitank fi re, he immediately commenced fi ring, com-

By Frank A. SchersingFrom a Fellow Veteranpletely disrupting the attacking enemy force. With his ammunition exhausted, and even though the area was still under sporadic enemy fi re, he daringly left his vehicle and ran down the road to inves-tigate the crew of the damaged Ontos. After he was assured that the crew had moved their Ontos out of the ambush site with additional ammunition. He positioned his vehicle in support of a blocking force and directed effective fi re against the enemy. Through his daring initiative, heroic actions and presence of mind under fi re, Cpl. Redhorn undoubt-edly helped save the lives of numerous Marines in the convoy. By his outstanding courage, complete disregard for his own safety and the concern for the welfare of his fellow Marines, Cpl. Redhorn upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service.” Cpl. Redhorn was killed in Okinawa while on rest duty in Vietnam.

Memorial Day is also for women like Marine Major Megan McClung. She was a public affairs offi cer who grew up in California and competed in six “Ironman” competitions. She already fi nished one tour of duty in Iraq, worked for a defense contractor in 2004 and re-entered active duty and returned to Iraq in 2006, this time she was killed by a roadside bomb while escorting members of the media in Iraq.

Sadly, none of the more than 1 million men and women who have died in service to this nation in wars and confl icts since 1775 can be replaced. Most were young; some were husbands, wives, fathers, or mothers. All left a nation that is in their debt. The young dead soldiers do not speak. They say we leave you our deaths: Give them their meaning. We need to give their death meaning.

Remembering our fallen once a year is not enough. We must continue the legacy for which they died: the causes of democ-racy, decency and patriotism.

We must continue to bear witness for those who never returned. In 2003, Army PFC Diego Rincon of Conyers, Georgia, wrote to his mother from Iraq: “Whether I make it or not, it’s all part of the plan. It can’t be changed, only completed. Mother will be the last word I’ll say. Your face

will be the last picture that goes through my eyes. I just hope that you are proud of what I am doing and have faith in my decisions. I will try hard and not give up. I just want to say sorry for anything I have ever done wrong. And I’m doing it all for you, mom. I love you.” Nineteen year old Diego never did make it home from Iraq. But we honor him by honoring the request that he made to his mother; to be proud of what he did and to have faith in his decisions.

While Memorial Day is intended to honor our fallen, we should not forget those who have pledged to make the same sacrifi ce if called upon; the young men and women still serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, the United States and 130 foreign lands.

America must remain the world’s bea-con of freedom. We must represent the aspiration and hope of millions of people, that through hard work and persever-ance, anyone can succeed in this fair and just society. As Dr. Martin Luther King wrote while in a Birmingham jail, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

So today, on this most sacred day, we pause to refl ect on what has been given and sacrifi ced. Let us never forget. But let us remember the terrorist plots that were foiled and the killers that have brought to justice because Americans were willing to pay the price. Let us remember the tyran-nical regimes that have been toppled and the genocides that were stopped because Americans sacrifi ced life and limb. Let us remember that without a U.S. military, the world would be a far more oppressive and darker place. Freedom is not a gift. It is not free. It is an earned benefi t that was paid for by the blood of our heroes. From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terrorism, the sacrifi ces and caliber of America’s fi ghting men and women have been nothing short of inspirational.

The Winnebago Veterans Commemo-rative Committee is holding fund raisers around the community to help collect funds to pay for a permanent Memorial for all of the Veterans in the area, and is selling the “From a Grateful Nation” tee-shirts at Woodland Trails and around the community.

God Bless the Veterans for making the sacrifi ce, and God Bless the USA.

News From WPS ...On April 30th The Alternative Education Class went to Omaha to the Sienna-Francis Home for the homeless to donate

blankets they had made. Mary Ann VandeBrug and Bert Pleiss taught the Alternative Education class how to make the tie, fl eece blankets, and

a grant from High Achieving Learners paid for the supplies. Christopher Little Beaver, Maxine Snake, Nick Rice, , Jarrad Hawk, Thomas Saunsoci, and Trent Free presented the

blankets to Moody Plentywounds, a client of Sienna-Francis Home. Moody shared with the students his journey to Sienna House, and the class handed out lunch to all.

On the way home they visited the Gerald Ford Birthplace before stopping at the Cold Stone Ice Cream Parlor and heading home.

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Congratulations Jeff & Aaron!

Auntie loves you and is very proud of both of you.GO HINU INDIANS!GO BC CHARGERS!

Wednesday, June 9, 20104:00pm – 7:00pm

Ho-Chunk Hope: A Diabetes Free FutureSign-up @ 878-4070

Limited to the fi rst 25 peopleTopic: Carbohydrates

Incentive: $20 Heritage Coupon for attendance***Classes are open to anyone interested – It is a fun interactive class with

hands-on learning. Join us for an evening of education and fun.

Kitchen CreationsA Cooking School for People with Diabetes and Their Families

The Winnebago pow-wows of past generations were known for feeding their visi-tors three times a day for all four days. The elders have always told us to feed visi-tors that have traveled far, this is part of our culture. The tribe can only sponsor one meal per day, it would be nice to once again feed all visitors three times a day for all four days. The pow-wow committee would like to ask programs, community members, hospital employees and community organizations to please help and sponsor a meal. Your sponsorship will be greatly appreciated and recognized. Please contact committee members: Les Painter, Caroline Frenchman, Merry Sheridan, Skkylar Snowball, Ilona Maney, Nicole Redhorn, Janet Bird, Kandy Horn-Grant and Maria J. Scott for your contribution. We would like to make a schedule of those who wish to sponsor a meal as soon as possible to fi ll in all time slots. Pi na gi gi wi no

144th Annual Celebration UPDATE

News from WHS…On April 30th The Alternative Education Class went to Omaha to the Sienna-

Francis Home for the homeless to donate blankets they had made. Mary Ann VandeBrug and Bert Pleiss taught the Alternative Education class

how to make the tie, fl eece blankets, and a grant from High Achieving Learners paid for the supplies.

Christopher Little Beaver, Maxine Snake, Nick Rice, , Jarrad Hawk, Thomas Saunsoci, and Trent Free presented the blankets to Moody Plentywounds, a client of Sienna-Francis Home. Moody shared with the students his journey to Sienna House, and the class handed out lunch to all.

On the way home they visited the Gerald Ford Birthplace before stopping at the Cold Stone Ice Cream Parlor and heading home.

Marshall Bass and Nikki Mayfi eld on earning your Bachelor Degrees in Business Administration from Haskell Indian Nations University.

We are very proud of you.From Mom, Pops and all your relatives in Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Utah,

New Mexico, Washington and Montana.Way to go!

NOTICE From WPS…Due to construction on the schools football fi eld and track, the entire area will

be closed until completion of the project in August.We would appreciate everyone’s cooperation in staying out of the area and off

of the construction equipment. Surveillance cameras will be used to monitor the progress of the construction area.

We thank you for your support with this project.Charles Curnyn, Principal

Congratulations!

My name is Allison Rossow. I am a Registered Dietitian and work full-time here for the Winnebago Tribe, working part-time with the Ho-Chunk-Hope program as a Lead Educator and Life-style Coach and part-time with the Public Health Nursing Department at the hospital.

I have been a Registered Dietitian (RD) for the past 5 years. I received my Nutrition degree from South Dakota

Hi Everyone!State University and completed my internship in Boise, Idaho. I got my fi rst dietitian job at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center in Sioux City. While there, I did a variety of work, including working down here at Winnebago 1-2 days a week with Public Health Nurs-ing. I am so happy to have returned full-time and continue my work here in the Winnebago community. I love educating people about healthy eating and lifestyle habits and helping them fi nd ways to fi t it into their lives. I am able to combine one of my other loves, fi tness, with my part-time job working at the front-desk at the YMCA. I love my jobs and they keep my very busy! In my spare time I like to exercise, cook, and spend time with my family and friends and loved ones. In the summer I love to be outdoors, camp-ing, boating, hiking, biking, etc. I am so happy to be working in the com-munity and look forward to meeting and working with all of you!

D a w n i k a Joelle Walker, Parents are the Mischa Morris & Fred Walker III, of Winnebago, NE. Dawnika’s s i b l i n g s a r e Skyler “Skit-tles”, Maxwell, Marcus, Madi-

syn, Tuesday Sarah and the late Fred Walker IV “Speed”. Paternal Grandpar-ents are Carol Jean Cleveland of Win-nebago, NE and the late Fred Walker Jr. Maternal Grandparents are the Wendy Ehrmann of Elko, Neveda, and late Max Morris. Dawnika is enrolled in the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. She is a member of the Eagle clan. Dawnika is

Who’s who in ‘Bagoan upcoming junior at the Winnebago Public School. Her favorite subject in school is Science. Dawnika’s favorite sport is basketball. Groups Dawnika is involved in Student Council, Drama and Speech. Her proudest moments are when she gave her very fi rst speech for their district speech meet last year. Her role model is her mother, Mischa Morris because she’s always there for her, she’s caring, understanding, she’s strong, and very independent. “She’s my role model because she inspires me and always tells me to strive to be the best I can be”. Dawnika’s future plans are to graduate from high school as Valedictorian of her class. Continue on to college and major in Obstetrician/Gynecologist and minor in Child Psychology.

Who’s who in ‘BagoG r e g o r y

Allen Neff Jr. aka “Sonny”, his parents are the Victo-ria & Gregory Nef f Sr. , o f Winnebago , NE. Sonny’s siblings are Kateri, Talia, Kirstin, and

Alex. He also had 2 nieces and 1 neph-ew. Paternal Grandparents are Juanita Neff of Winnebago, NE and the late

Robert Neff. Maternal Grandparents are Ellen Levering of Winnebago, NE and the late Nelson Levering. Sonny is enrolled in the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. He is a member of the Eagle clan. Sonny is an upcoming junior at the Winnebago Public School. His favorite subject in school is P.E. Sonny’s favorite sport is basketball. Sonny’s proudest moments are when he made superior honor roll. His role model is his father, Gregory Neff Sr., because he teaches him things, he helps and guides him. Sonny’s future plans are to graduate from high school and continue on to college.

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Winnebago News

Thanks!On Saturday May 1st, 2010 the 3rd Memorial Gary Ray St. Cyr Volleyball

Tournament was held at the Winnebago High School in Winnebago. I would like to thank everyone who was involved with making this event in honor of our friend such a tremendous success. Once again we had teams and players from all over the region and the event was just the kind of thing Gary enjoyed. I would like to especially thank Danette “Baby” Gaddis, Dan Fehringer, Rob Horton, DeDe Lonewolf, Jerome LaPointe, Sarah Snake, the Red Life Youth Group and the Winnebago Public School, as well as all the players, family and participants for all their help. It was good to spend a day playing, visiting and remembering Gary.

Respectfully,Brian K Chamberlain

We thought of you with love today but that is nothing new.

We thought about you yesterday and days before that too.

Wee think of you in silence, We often speak your name.

All we have now are memories…and your picture in a frame.

Something happens every day to remind us your not here.

Your memory is our keepsake, with which will never part.

God has you in his keeping, We have you in our hearts.

Forever Loved & Missed,Vince, Natalie, Vinetta, Paulette,

Darren, Joy, Grand Kids & Great Grand Kids.

In Loving Memory…Ramona Heminger Walker

October 25, 1936 – June 6, 2006

Indianz.com…Con’t. from front page

to the next generation. By settling for $3.4 billion, the plain-

tiff attorneys took the mismanagement and malfeasance of the government off of the table and allowed the United States to forever conceal their crimes against a destitute people.

A court trial would have put the theft of Indian lands and resources squarely before the eyes of the world. That stage of the media was effectively eliminated by settling out of court.

Day after day in an open trial, the government would have been exposed for what it is and a jury would have been allowed to see all of the evidence of theft, mismanagement and outright stupidity that caused billions of dollars of trust money to be fl ushed down the toilet or stolen outright from the poor-est of the poor.

For the fi rst time in American his-tory, the people would have learned about an issue that has been covered up for more than 100 years. That is the sad part of settling this issue behind closed doors. The Indian people are the losers and their story of poverty brought down upon them by an un-caring government will continue to be hidden forever.

When the Cobell lawyers decided to accept a cash settlement they did so without consulting their clients. If that is not a breach of trust I don’t know what is. It should not have mattered that the case drags on because in the long run the ultimate goal was simple justice. There should never be a time limit set on justice.

If the lawyers for the plaintiffs are as good as they seem to think they are, they should not have feared allow-ing the plaintiffs to have their day in court. By denying them this basic legal

right and settling for what amounts to peanuts, they took the issue out of the public eye and doomed it to irrelevance. It denied the American Indians their day in the court of public opinion. A just jury exposed to all of the misdeeds and corruption of the United States would have been much more generous to the plaintiffs.

If the general public had been edu-cated to the deprivation, poverty and anguish caused to the Indian people by the mismanagement of their re-sources and assets, an outcry would have rumbled across America and the world. And as many elders have said for years, a settlement reached without the full consent of the plaintiffs would be no settlement at all, but instead would be a travesty of justice.

Once the attorneys of the plaintiffs reached a settlement, they took out of the hands of the Indian people their ability to continue their more than 100-year fi ght for justice.

Cobell’s line up of attorneys never understood that it wasn’t so much about the money, but it was all about justice denied and of holding the feet of the thieves to the fi re.

Tim Giago, an Oglala Lakota, is the publisher of Native Sun News. He was the founder and fi rst president of the Native American Journalists Associa-tion, the 1985 recipient of the H. L. Mencken Award, and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard with the Class of 1991. Giago was inducted into the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2008. He can be reached at editor@nsweekly.com.

For these and more stories from around Indian Country visit us on the world wide web at www.indianz.com.

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starting May 3rd

Call: 878-2901

Daily Salad Bar $5.95

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Pizzas To GoLarge order call one day in advance

Pepperoni - $11.55Sausage - $12.95Supreme - $15.95

Cheese - $9.95

DYNAMIC HOME FOR SALE504 Hawk Street, Ho-Chunk Village, Winnebago NE

Price is $137,000 which includes the $15,000 downpayment available to eligible tribal members thru

Winnebago downpayment assistance programFor information on the Downpayment program:

Call HCCDC, Patricia Sheridan @878-2192 or 878-2847

Kitchen center island

Recessed lighting

Pantry

Wood laminate fl ooring

3)bedroom

2) bathroom

1,400 sq. ft

Vaulted ceiling

All appointments to view or questions contact: Joi Long @ 402.878.2809 x 1004.

Masthead SceneLast weekend the Boys & Girls Club of Winnebago held a ‘fun week-

end,’ of activities at their complex in downtown Winnebago, Nebraska.

The tiny people were treated to a ‘bouncy thingy,’ morning long. Here a

few of the little guys & girls enjoy bouncing the morning away. The older

kids were treated to a day long 4 on 4 outdoor basketball tournament

at the Club’s outdoor basketball complex, also know as, “The Slab.”

Like all things relating to the Tribe and especially in dealing with monies that are under the control of the Tribe, there is a policy to be followed, and a process that must be maintained in order for any funds to be released.

P O L I C Y

The policy is as follows: “Acting by and through its elected Tribal Council, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (the “Tribe”) has established a trust fund account for the benefi t of its minor Tribal members. All monies held in trust for minor tribal members may be withdrawn at such time as the minor becomes eligible or, upon approval by the Tribal Council, at an earlier date as such funds or portion thereof may be necessary for the health, education or welfare of the minor.”

P E R C A P I T A M I N O R T R U S T F U N D E L I G I B L I T Y

No minor tribal member shall be entitled to withdraw any Per Capita Trust Fund monies until he/she has reached the age of 18 years and has either:

A) Received a high school diploma from an accredited high school; or

B) Received a GED certifi cate.

In the event a minor tribal member fails to obtain a high school diploma or GED certifi cate by 19 years of age, all monies shall remain in trust and may not be accessed until he/she reaches the age of 21 years.

I N C O M E T A X E S

Trust fund payments are consid-ered ordinary income by the Internal Revenue Service and subject to fed-eral taxation. The Winnebago Tribe shall be responsible for issuance of Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 reports for trust fund payments, in accordance with IRS rules. It is the responsibility of each tribal member to report, fi le, and pay federal income taxes as may be required. The Win-nebago Tribe and Trustee shall not be responsible for paying taxes on behalf of tribal members.

Payment of per capita trust fund monies may adversely affect TANF, SSI, FOOD STAMPS, GENERAL AS-SISTANCE or any other government benefi ts that a tribal member may be receiving.

P R O C E D U R E

The Winnebago Tribal Enrollment Department shall be responsible for creating and distributing appropri-ate forms for tribal members seeking

Minor Trust Funds from the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

distribution of per capita minor trust fund money.

PROCESS FOR RELEASE OF MINOR TRUST FUND MONEY;

1) The applicant shall complete an approved application for release of the minor trust funds.

2) The applicant shall return the completed application along with a copy of his/her high school diploma or GED certifi cate to the Enrollment Offi ce either in person or via U.S. Postal Service.

a) Faxed applications will not be

accepted.

b) Incomplete applications shall be mailed back to the applicant.

c) The applicant may request that a copy of his/her high school diploma Certifi cate be mailed directly to the Enrollment Offi ce.

3) The Enrollment Office shall verify each completed application.

a) The applicant must be eligible to apply for release of minor trust fund money pursuant to the minor trust fund policy.

b) The Application & Address Verifi cation Form must be completed and signed by the applicant. The application must be notarized.

c) A copy of the applicant’s high school diploma from an accredited high chool or GED certifi cate must accompany each application.

d) If the applicant has request that a copy of his/her high school diploma or GED certifi cate be mailed directly to the Enrollment Of-fice by the appropriate school offi cial, the application shall not be verified until receipt of said documents.

4) Verifi ed applications will be for-warded to the Trustee for processing.

5) The Trustee will send the pay-ment by registered mail directly to the address indicated on the Application & Address Verifi cation Form.

a) Payment of minor trust fund money shall be made payable to the applicant.

b) Payment shall be made as one trust account maturity payment of the monies accumulated in the Minors’ Trust Fund, including inter-est, for that particular minor tribal member.

Rez NewsWinnebago Indian News, Saturday, May 29, 2010 — Page 9

The Little BirdThere was a young girl who played

along this creek just about every other day. One afternoon there was this big thunderstorm and the little girl took her time in leaving. Then there was this fl ashfl ood and the little girl climbed up into a tree. She was sitting on this strong branch making an observation of the rising water. Below here there was this little bird fl ying around this nest. So she reached down picked up the nest and placed it in a branch above her. She made sure it was safe because the nest had young birds in it. The little bird fl ew to the nest and seemed to be happy of what the little girl did. The little girl made a comment “perhaps someday you will help me in my time of need.” After the fl ood receded the little girl went home.

Years past the young girl was a wom-an now and she had a family of her own. One night during a major snowstorm her husband did not make it home from work as of yet and her little boy became

very sick. She did everything possible to help him recover but his condition was getting worse. The front door slowly opened. There was this woman wear-ing a long coat with a hood covering her head. The woman said let me help. She gave the mother some herbs and instructed her to mix it with water, heat it and give it to her son. After doing this it seemed to be helping him for the bet-ter. While this woman was leaving she said, “You helped me once a long time ago and I am returning my help to you.” After she was long gone the little boy got well. The mother was thinking; the woman’s face resembled the features of a bird and then the mother realized; it was the little bird she had helped so long ago.

In our important lives we think we live in do we reach down with compas-sion help someone in the time of need and raise them up? In this story a young girl helped in the time of need. In our teachings, when we help someone the good rewards will come back to you.

Larry Payer

Memorial Day…I’m sure almost everyone living on the

Winnebago Reservation have relatives or loved ones who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. I myself had four Uncles and one Brother who represented all fi ve branches of the Military.

It was from my Uncles I heard told of how as young men they were called into service (drafted), sent off to boot camp for training then shipped off to foreign soil to fi ght for this Country’s freedoms. In some cases freedoms they didn’t even enjoy i.e. the right vote, citizenship status. Even today while thousands of Native Americans serve this country the Government continues to suppress the opportunities of Indians.

I heard told of how their only desire was to go in, accomplish the mission, and return home safely and as soon as possible, despite the poverty of Reser-vation life.

I even heard told of how their reli-

gion, race, creed, and color of their skin didn’t mean a thing in those fox holes, trenches, and on the decks of war ships.

I wish that same attitude and feeling existed today on the streets of America, in the Halls of Government (Nebraska Legislature), in the work place, and most of all in the Hearts of all Americans.

It is only because of our Veterans that we enjoy the liberties and freedoms they fought for. May we all take some time and make an effort this Memorial Day to pay respect to those who come home and are among us, and homage to those who didn’t come home.

I went to a Veterans hospital/home recently and was touched by the sign that said “The price of Freedom may be seen here.” I close with the follow-ing quote, “The Happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything they have.”

K.W. (Tulip Clan) Mallory

Softball season has kicked off and many teams are practicing and have had their fi rst game already. We hope that everyone involved is having a great time. This year there are 199 youth signed up to play, unfortunately we are having difficulty finding enough volunteer coaches and that means we may have to drop whole teams from this season. If you are interested in volunteering to coach please contact Whirling Thunder Wellness Program, softball coordinator, Rose Springer. Teams that forfeit 2 games must drop out of the league, please help if you can. Also, all team players should have done a fi tness test in order to get their game shirts, so come on down and get that done so you can be ready to play!

Whirling Thunder Wellness Program has published the annual summer brochure with all our summer activities listed with times and dates. You are wel-come to pick one up at the BHC anytime. The fi rst activity starts on June 1st and it is rollerblading and biking so get your wheels ready to roll!

The Healthy Hochunk Summer Youth Camp applications are available, please note that the dates are JUNE 28 THROUGH JULY 1, 2010. There have been changes made this year in order to include high school age youth so now the camp is open to youth age 8 to 18. Each day is set aside for a specifi c age

News from Whirling Thunder Wellness…group, Monday June 28 is for youth age 8-11yr; Tuesday June 29 is for youth age 12 to 14, and June 30 is for youth age 15-18. July 1 is for all age groups where camp awards and recognition will take place in the Black Hawk Center. PLEASE NOTICE: all camp participants must have a fi tness test done, a body composition, and the pretest taken be-fore leaving for camp. The week of June 21st is set aside for youth to come to the center and get these done at their convenience.

Swimming lessons have been post-poned until further notice, we will keep you posted. We apologize for any incon-venience this may cause.

Battle of the Bellies Get Fit Group Challenge continues on! All teams should have tested for this month, the next fi tness test is the week of June 7th and then there’s only ONE MONTH left for your teams to try to meet your fi tness goals. If your team still has yet to pick a Battle Buddy, give us a call so we can set you up with a fi tness program asap.

FYI- did you know that daily exercise or play for 30 minutes or more has the same affect as an anti-depressant drug for someone who may have mild to mod-erate depression? Scientifi c evidence has proven that physical activity works just as good as anti-depressant drugs in treating mild to moderate depression. So get active, stay active and be happier!

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Opening Date: May 1, 2010 Closing Date: Position: Peer MentorImmediate Supervisor: Training Coordinator Condition of Employment: 32 Hours a week Salary: $8.25 an hour Organizational Location and Duty Station: Human Resource Building/Project

Woska-Pi Offi ce located in Winnebago, Nebraska.How to Apply: Applicants must submit the following applicable documents to

Project Woska-Pi Offi ce at 108 Maple Street in Winnebago, Nebraska 68071. Ap-plicants must submit a letter of application for the specifi c position applied for. Applicants will attach the letter to the application and return in before the deadline stated in the above part of this announcement. Incomplete applications will not be accepted or considered.

Nature of Work: Mentors will serve as Youth Ambassadors to targeted Native American Youth in the Community. Mentors will be high-school students in good standing academically who have completed the WAIT training through the Project Woska-Pi. Mentors will be positive role models in school and community at all times on/off duty.

Examples of Work: Mentors will work individually with participants to coach and mentor appropriate behaviors. Provide recruitment and retention of youth to participate in the program’s events/classes. Maintain a positive relationship with all present and past participants of the WAIT program. Be able to assist with com-munity and classroom events, and be able to present to their peers or community members as needed or assigned by their immediate supervisor. Be willing to dem-onstrate positive communication skills and be accountable for their assignments and direct duties assigned on a daily basis.

Peer Mentors will need to be able to work well with others regardless of age, race or religion. They will need to be team oriented and be able to follow rules and regulations of the program with an emphasis on accepting feedback and positive encouragement or guidance from the staff at Project Woska-Pi.

Applicants can pick up the job description and applications at the Project TRAIN offi ces. All completed applications can be turned into our offi ces not personnel. Thank you

Adanya KearnesTraining Coordinator

Job Description for Project Woska-Pi’s Peer Mentoring Program

One of the many things that are done at Ho-Chunk Community Development is needs assessments for the commu-nity. Next month we will be surveying the Winnebago Community for advice on which programs and directions would be benefi cial for the community. This assessment will focus on Housing and Business needs in Winnebago.

We utilize the information received in these surveys to help plan the types of things that we can help with in the future. The information collected has an impact on the types of grants we look for to continue moving the community forward. We have received many housing referrals over this past year. That’s one of the reasons why the needs assess-ment has a focus in the housing area. We are looking for grants in the emer-gency housing area because of many of these referrals.

Another issue that surfaced from pre-vious surveys was a need to help clean up credit scores so that more people would qualify for loans, either to help purchase a home or to open or expand a business in the community. Next week I will be going to a training that will talk about options for improving individual credit scores. HCCDC will either hold training sessions on how to help improve credit scores or look at doing this one on one with individuals who are interested in bettering their scores for a home or business loan.

There will also be a prevention sur-vey at the Health Faire on May 14. The information collected here will be used to help give direction to the Strategic Prevention Framework Initiative on how to address and partner for drug and alcohol programs in the future.

During some recent meetings with teachers at St. Augustine’s and the Winnebago Public School under the Learn and Serve Program several of the teachers have mentioned that the kids gravitate to the few books on the shelf at the school that have native characters. Under the Learn and Serve Grant there is funding available to buy books. The staff is working with various suppliers to get more of these types of books on the shelves for the fall of this year, when classes start up again.

We recently received word that fund-

HCCDC Updateing for the Indian Country Methamphet-amine Initiative (ICMI) will be coming to an end in August of this year. HCCDC will be searching for another grant to continue with these prevention efforts for the community.

The Winnebago Tribe Strategic Pre-vention Frameworks (SPF) project will be taking on a more heavy responsibility of data collection. To start, in month of May, the Winnebago Tribe Health Educator has coordinated the Annual Community Health Fair, which will pro-vide an opportunity to conduct a survey on 100-150 adults in the Winnebago Community. Our staff is working with other tribal departments to collect data and present options to the task force to decide a plan of action for prevention programs.

I went to a fi nancial training for our down payment assistance program, lease to own program and business loan program. I brought back a credit coun-selor from a credit union in Missoula, Montana for some training with some of my staff and a few people from the tribe’s fi nance department to go over ways to help people increase their credit scores and clean up credit issues so they can qualify for loans or to buy a home.

We have also written for a grant to purchase restaurant equipment for the area in Village Place so that anyone interested in operating the restaurant will not have to add the equipment to their business loan. We hope to have more people qualify for a business loan that way. If we do not have any people interested in opening a restaurant we may entertain the idea of renting the space out on a short term basis for fund raising or similar events.

Wo o bi Art Festival was held at Woodland Trails this past weekend. This Festival will resume being an annual event for the community. Our art and craft supplies were shipped from the vendor and should be arriving in the store soon. Come by Woodland Trails to see what we have for supplies and put in your request for any supplies you may need the next time we order.

If you have any ideas on how to bet-ter help the community, feel free to contact me at 846-5353 or fschersing@hochunkcdc.org or FSchersing@aol.com

Good news! Some students at Win-nebago Public School are showing im-provement in their recent testing scores where reading is concerned. Teachers are seeing these improvements, also.

WPS has started a new reading pro-gram this year called Read Right. Read Right is an intervention program used in grades 3-12. It has been well tested and cost effective.

Read Right corrects the neural net-work of the brain to guide the process of reading. Because the network has errors encoded in, it operates inappropriately when it’s called upon to read. The only way to eliminate a reading problem is to compel the brain to re-model the network.

News from the Winnebago Public Schools…The tutors who have been trained

have been doing just that. Mrs. Koch, Mrs. Rickett, and Mrs. Danielson have been working with qualifi ed students (students who were suggested by teach-ers and past test scores). The students had a consultation (interview) with the tutors to determine what level to start on. Tutors have to follow a scripted plan everyday and if the students work really hard they can move up levels and eventually graduate out of the program. This may take just one academic year or may continue into the next year.

We are slowly starting to see some positives with the program. That’s the reasons for smiles here at WPS.

Community NoticesWinnebago Indian News, Saturday, May 29, 2010 — Page 11

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ATTENTION!Effective January 2010 the

Winnebago Gaming Commission Offi ce hour’s at the Neola Walker Building will change due to the

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(Utilities/Telephone/Cable NOT included)Contact Trish Ward for an Application @ HCCDC Woodland Trails Offi ce

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For More Information contact Patricia at (402) 878-2192

Pick up an application @ HCCDC Housing Offi ce located 2nd Floor – Woodland Trails Art Center next to Allnative.com

LEGAL NOTICENotice of HearingCase No. CV10-094In the Matter of theGuardianship Petition of:DENISE LINCOLNIn Re:E.G. (DOB 12-22-2009)TO: THURMAN GIFFIN JR., FatherYou are hereby notifi ed that a petition

has been fi led for Guardianship and a hearing concerning the above referred Individual(s) in Case No. CV10-094 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 16th day of JUNE 2010 at the hour of 9:00 A.M.

LEGAL NOTICENotice of HearingCase No. CV10-069In the Matter of theName Change Petition ofTIANA JANELLE EARTHTo TIANA JANELLE BASSTO: Whom it May ConcernYou are hereby notifi ed that a petition

for Name Change has been fi led and a hearing concerning the above referred Individual in Case No. CV10-069 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 1st day of JUNE 2010 at the hour of 10:30 A.M.

June 8-10, 2010 – June 15-17, 2010

For 2009-2010 1st – 6th GradersStart Time: 9:30 am

Dismissal Time: 11:30 am (for summer feeding)

**If your child needs transportation please call 878-2224**Components of Readers Workshops: Read Aloud, Shared Reading,

Independent Reading

Permission Slips may be picked up and dropped off with Kay or Elaine.

Any questions please call (402) 878-2224.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learen, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.: – Margaret Fuller

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Or pickup application from recep-tionist at Ho-Chunk Corp. offi ce,

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Town Houses for Rent

Employment OpportunityPosition: Documents Scanner

Supervisor: Agency Realty Offi cerCondition of Employment: Regular Part-time

Salary: $10.50 per hourDuty Station: BIA Offi ce, Winnebago Agency

Requirements: High School Diploma; Must have 2 year relevant computer experience, and must be able to utilize scanning equipment.

Will be required to pass an initial tribal background check.

Due to the sensitive nature of these records it is acknowledged that the em-ployed Individual will require a high risk background check conducted by the

BIA.

Apply at the BIA Offi ce, Winnebago Agency, Winnebago, NE

LEGAL NOTICENotice of HearingCase No. CV04-043In the Matter of theNICOLE ECKSTINEVsSTEVEN HETH SR.TO: STEVEN HETH SR.:You are hereby notifi ed that a Re-

quest to Modify Custody has been fi led and a hearing concerning the above referred Individual(s) in case no. CV04-043 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 22nd day of JUNE 2010 at the hour of 11:00 AM.

Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, May 29, 2010 — Page 12

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