Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume XXXVIII, Number XV Saturday, April 17, 2010

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MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2010American Indian drivers are more

likely to be searched by police during traffi c stops, according to the latest re-port from the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice.

In 2009, Indian drivers were searched 6.9 percent of the time. This was the highest rate of all racial and ethnic groups, surpassing searches among Hispanic and African-American drivers.

American Indians make up about 1 percent of the state population. But in Thurston County, home to the Win-nebago Tribe and the Omaha Tribe, they are the majority.

Despite representing 53 percent of the county population, Indian drivers were only 29 percent of police stops while white drivers accounted for 57 percent. The report only includes data

Nebraska Indians more likely to be searched in police stopsfrom state agencies -- not tribal policy -- so that could explain the disparity.

Get the Story:Allegations of Nebraska racial

profi ling rise (AP 4/5)

Get the Report:2009 Traffi c Stops in Nebraska |

Prior Years

Group uses state money to start Whiteclay cleanup effort

TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010A Christian group will use $10,000

in state funds to start a cleanup project in Whiteclay, Nebraska.

The ABOUT group has enlisted youth volunteers from area high schools to plant fl owers and trees for a community garden in Whiteclay, where liquor stores sell 4.1 million cans of beer a year,

mainly to members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. The money for the project came from Attorney General Jon Bruning.

“Cleanup efforts like this can re-store pride and sense of ownership to Whiteclay’s residents,” Bruning told The Lincoln Journal Star.

The Nebraska Legislature gave fi nal approval on Monday to LB1002, a bill that would provide $25,00 for White-clay initiatives. The bill goes to Gov. Dave Heineman (R) for his signature.

Get the Story:Volunteers plan projects to clean

up Whiteclay (The Lincoln Journal Star 4/13)

A pittance or start for beer-soaked Whiteclay? (AP 4/12)

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

Welcome home, A time to say thank youBy Eliza Decorah, Staff Writer

Following President Wilfrid Cleveland’s March 9th Procla-mation that recognized March 29 as Vietnam Veterans Day, ceremonies honoring that era’s veterans were held throughout Ho-Chunk Country. March 29, 1973 is recognized as the day that American forces offi cially withdrew from Vietnam. At 11 am sharp, Vietnam Veterans attended a ceremony held at Majestic Pines Bingo Hall in Black River Falls to honor

those who served in Vietnam. The Vietnam Veterans Day

Celebration started with a few words from emcee, Fred Camacho. Discussing how “many veterans returned with both physical and emotional scars.” Camacho went on to say many veterans still have this mentality and, “It’s not what my country can do for me, it’s what I can do for my country.”

While veterans did their

For some months last winter & spring a group of people gathered for a “Winnebago Culture Night.” Among those people were a number of young men wanting to learn songs sung around the big drum. Learning more themselves, older boys & some actual Winnebago men, took it upon themselves to teach these young men, what they had learned. From these gatherings a new drum group was formed, “The Bago Boys.” The Bago Boys have got together and sung at a few of the community’s gatherings and last weekend made their big Powwow debut at the Creighton University Powwow in Omaha. The drum group doesn’t come from any one family or group, all young men are encouraged to join, if you’re serious about learning and singing Winnebago songs. So our congratulations go out to: D’Von, Sammy, Blake, Aspen, Jus-tice, V.J. Nakia, Larry, Joe, Preston & Tonny. Keep it up Bago Boys!

Chairman John Blackhawk & other Nebraska Tribal Chairman met with Ag-riculture Secretary and Former Nebraska Governor, Mike Johanns recently. Franky’s story on page 7 of this issue.

Won’t be long people and the morel mush-rooms will be out in hoards, or patches. I know of 3 that have been found already.

Our own Lance Morgan & Frank LaMere were members at a Panel Discussion on the “White Clay,” issue, last week. For more check out Indianz.com.

Area Emergency Service organizations recently held a mock accident for students at the Winnebago High School. Students witnessed the actual rescue & retrieval of accident victims by Tribal EMS, WVFD, & Wake & Burial personnel.

Students of WHS were recently treated to an After Prom party at the Longlines Rec Center in Sioux City, Iowa. A few more pics inside this issue.

Culture Night Spawns Bago Boys

While the four vets each will be fi lling out a fi ve-of-a-kind more glittery than any in Las Vegas, Alex Rodriguez(notes) will be fi tting his fi rst fi nger for a ring, the culmination of a notorious but previously unfulfi lled big league career that began with Seattle in 1994.

“I think he’ll have that feeling that he’s walking on air,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “I’m really going to enjoy that smile on his face.”

Joba Chamberlain planned to give his ring to his father. Pettitte at fi rst kept his in a safe, then his wife displayed them in the study.

They’re not for everyday use.“It’s kind of corny. Who wears a World

Series ring?” said CC Sabathia(notes), who was trying to persuade his wife to allow their 6-year-old son to skip school to attend the ceremony.

Hideki Matsui(notes), whose six RBI fi nished the Phillies in Game 6, will be on hand at the second-year stadium - with the Angels, the team he signed with after the Yankees decided he was too old and too injury prone. Girardi said Matsui will look “funny to us in red.”

“I think people will go crazy,” Sabathia said. “He was a big part of our team, the reason why we won last year.”

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by Lance Morgan

The next issue of the WINNEBAGO INDIAN NEWS will be published on March 1, 2010. DEADLINE for this issue will be April 26, 2010.

I recently sat on a panel discussing White Clay, Nebraska, which is tiny town just a mile from the Pine Ridge Reservation. The town of White Clay only has four full time residents, but it’s claim to fame is that it sells over 4 mil-lion cans of beer a year. Obviously, the beer is sold to members of the local tribe, which is technically a dry reservation.

This issue has always been kind of embarrassing to me. I hate how this is publicized because it reinforces one of the stereotypes about Indians. However,

Thoughts from WhiteClay…the more I thought about it while sitting on that panel, the more it occurred to me that we shouldn’t be embarrassed. It is the federal and state governments that should be embarrassed for forcing us into economic desperation. The kind of desperation that leads to a lack of hope which manifests itself in 4 million cans of beer.

I didn’t know why I was on the panel to be honest and I only intended to state that I thought that the alcoholism was a symptom of poverty and that if we cre-ated jobs and opportunity then it would change the underlying environment which leads to so many social problems. This observation is fairly obvious and simplistic, but it was all I had on the subject to be honest.

However, as I watched a few video’s of the deplorable conditions on their rez and heard legal arguments about how Nebraska can’t shut down the beer sell-ers, even as they break Nebraska law--I got mad. I went on a bit of a rant to be honest.

I explained how this little beer town

only operates because Nebraska law al-lows it to operate. But Nebraska won’t shut it down primarily because it would impact the economic rights of the 4 or 5 non-Indian business owners. These businesses do all kinds of things that are illegal under Nebraska law, but for some reason it just isn’t a big deal to the local justice system.

I explained that the social cost of this level of drinking far outweighs any profi t from the beer sales, but in America we value economics in most instances over social issues--especially social issues of Native Americans. I was going to stop there, but then it occurred to me that the law is protecting the economic in-terests of non-Indians and their right to sell 4 million cans of beer, but the law doesn’t protect the economic rights of Tribes and Native Americans with the same zeal.

In fact, the law has no problem taking away Tribal economic rights. I brought up how the Black Hills were stolen from the Sioux. (After the speech one of my aunts in attendance came up to me and brought up the Black Hills again and added that not only did they steal it, “They carved in 4 white guys

faces on it.”) I didn’t say it because it was too complex of an issue, but I was also thinking of the Pact Act and how it was specifi cally designed to hurt our economic interests. However, I did bring up how Nebraska partially canceled a fi nancially lucrative tax compact with the Omaha Tribe when a Nebraska court ruled that Pender wasn’t on the reservation anymore. With a letter writ-ten to the Tribe, Nebraska took away approximately $300,000 a year in tax sharing payments and it didn’t seem to bother them a bit.

I brought up the Omaha compact, be-cause I wanted to show Nebraska has no problem hurting tribal economic inter-ests, but when it comes to non-Indians it is a different story. The underlying racism behind this type of disparate treatment is so obvious that no matter how it is rationalized it cannot be denied and it is why I am slowly becoming angry over the years. The good news is that I like to channel my anger into trying to fi gure out ways to create more jobs and income for the tribe! I fi gure that our success is the best medicine.

Contact me at hochunk@aol.com

Article courtesy of Ronald Blum, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK - When crowds last fi lled the new Yankee Stadium, the old ball-park across 161st Street stood shrouded in a dark screen that resembled a funeral cloak.

Now the old fi eld of dreams mostly has been reduced to rubble. Only the right-fi eld stands remain erect and awaiting demolition, overlooking the ground where the New York Yankees’ fi rst 26 titles were celebrated going back to 1923.

When championship No. 27 is marked before Tuesday’s home opener against the Los Angeles Angels, it will be at the scene of last November’s World Series victory over Philadelphia.

Players noticed what was missing when they arrived from Florida.

“The guys were like, ‘Well, the sta-dium’s gone,”’ Andy Pettitte(notes) said. “It’s gone, and it’s not going back up. It was sad when you see that ballpark still sitting over there last year when we took the fi eld here, but you just remember all the great memories we had there and you hoped to start building some memories, and we have already done that.”

There was a sense of anticipation. It was time for the Yankees to do what they exist for: hand out World Series rings.

Derek Je t e r (no tes ) , Mar iano Rivera(notes), Jorge Posada(notes) and Pettitte will become New York’s equiva-lent of Olympians - fi ve rings each. Yogi Berra, always the ring leader with 10 of his own, was to hand out the newest ad-dition to the crown jewels with the help of Whitey Ford, a six-time champion himself.

Pettitte won all three post-season clinchers - and the core four became the fi rst players to win fi ve titles with one team since Berra, Mickey Mantle (seven) and Ford (six) in 1962, according to STATS LLC.

Rings the thing: Yankees to celebrate for 27th time, hand out latest addition to crown jewels

Aaron Alan LaPointe, Parents are the Late Daryl LaPointe, Sr. and Pearl (Ber-ridge) LaPointe. Paternal Grandparents are the Late Peter John “P.J.” and Viola (Rave) LaPointe. Maternal Grandparents are Robert and Janice Berridge of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Aaron is an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. He is a mem-ber of the Snake clan; his Winnebago name is Waka-neeka, meaning Baby Snake. Aaron is currently a Senior at Winnebago High School and will be graduating this Spring as his class’s Valedictorian. His favorite subject in school is Math.

Aaron participated in Football, Basketball and Track all four years of high school, and his favorite sport is Basketball. Groups Aaron is involved in is Northeast Upward Bound. His proudest moments are being accepted to the 365 sports program for basketball, he will be traveling to Switzerland the end of July to play for Team USA.

Aaron was also accepted to Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa on a basket-ball scholarship offer, he will be attending college in the fall. Aaron’s role models are John Blackhawk and Jerome LaPointe, Sr. because they are the oldest males in the family and he thinks highly of them.

Aaron’s future plans are to graduate from Briar Cliff University with a sports science major.

Submitted by Liz Bayer, Youth Council Advisor

Who’s who in ‘Bago

Taryn Jade Thomas, Parents are Jeffery Thomas, Sr. and Teresa Parker, both of Winnebago, NE. Paternal Grandparents are Theodore “Micky” Thomas Jr. and Carol Thomas of Winnebago, NE. Maternal Grandparents are Mitch Parker of Wathill, NE and Carol Merrick of Winnebago, NE.

Taryn is an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. She is a member of the Bird clan; her Winnebago name is Masuska, meaning White Feather.

Taryn is currently a Senior at Winnebago High School and her favorite subject in school is math.

Taryn participated in Volleyball, Basketball and Track, and her favorite sport is Volleyball. Groups Taryn is involved: student council, speech and drama.

Her proudest moments are being Salutatorian for class of 2010. Taryn’s role model is her grandmother Carol Merrick, she describes her grandmother as a re-spectful Woman and when Taryn needs her she is always there. Carol gives her a better perspective and view on varies things.

Taryn’s future plans are to join the National Guard and maybe attend Wayne State College.

News From WinnebagoWinnebago Indian News, Saturday, April 17, 2010 — Page 3

JESUS OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN OUTREACH Pastor Ricky Jacob

“Jesus is risen . . . so what!?” Really what difference does it make

that Jesus rose from the dead? Isn’t this just some story from ‘white man’s religion’? Does it change the way that I live or act? Does it alter what I say or do or what I don’t say or don’t do? Even if Jesus rose from the dead didn’t He ascend into heaven! He is not here and today we experience the real absence as in the tomb is empty. Or can we in fact experience His real presence right here and right now?

When Jesus died, as He had per-dicted at least three times, His disciples went into hiding in fear for their own lives. They no doubtedly experienced what we experience when death comes to a loved one. They fi rst went into de-nial ~ this cannot have happened! Then other emotions such as: anger, loss, re-gret and guilt, might have overwhelmed them. If only they had known they would have done things differently.

Isn’t this how we feel when someone we love dies? There is no time to make amends for any fractured relationships. There is no longer the opportunity to receive pardon or pronounce forgive-ness. Death brings to an end the times of having a back and forth conversation with the deceased.

On Easter this all changed for the dis-ciples and the other followers of Jesus. Jesus appeared in the fl esh to Mary, to the two on the road to Emmaus, and to ten of the Apostles. When He did He offered them the peace that He paid for while He hung on the cross. Jesus had suffered and died so that we can receive our Creator’s pardon and peace!

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of anyone, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.” [St. John 20:21-23 ESV]

Jesus gave the Apostles and His church on earth the power to forgive sin that He had paid for with His own

precious blood and His innocent suf-fering and death. On Sunday mornings I declare to those who repent, or turn from their sin, the words that Jesus proclaimed.

One way that I proclaim this good news is in this way: ‘Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit.’

These words are not my words. These words do not carry my authority. As the Father, our Creator, sent Jesus ~ Jesus sent His Apostles. This sending continues to this day and beyond. By the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead God has released the entire world of sinners from their sins. Jesus payment is universal so that no one should wonder or say did Jesus pay for my sin too?

Sadly, many bind their sin to them-selves. They do this in a number of ways. First, by rejecting Jesus as their LORD and Savior. Second, by saying the words of repentance but not changing their wicked ways. And fi nally, by think-ing that they do not have to repent for such and such a public sin, after all no one is perfect. From such people Jesus’ Father withholds forgiveness. In love, God’s church on earth also withholds forgiveness from the last group until the individual repents and seeks God’s Spirit in changing his or her way.

Today Jesus is not only risen He is present. He is present when the forgive-ness of sin is pronounced to the penitent sinner. He is present in the water of Holy Baptism, along with the Father and the Holy Spirit. And Jesus is present in, with and under the bread and the wine of the Lord’s Supper. By all these means Jesus offers us the joy found in His resurrection from the dead, namely the forgiveness of sin.

Jesus is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia!

Welcome home ... Con’t. from front page

duty, many veterans from the Vietnam era did not get the thanks that they so deserved. Senator Kathleen Vinehout felt it was important that she be part of this movement to get our veterans recognized, who worked with Mark Radcliff, Wiscon-sin State Legislature, to get the Wisconsin Vietnam Veteran’s Day bill passed. “As a proud state, I’m here to say welcome home.” Senator Vinehout continued to say, “You (veterans) have fulfi lled your service with loyalty, duty, and respect, with selfl ess service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. You (veterans) are an inspiration to all of us.”

Nearly 40 years has passed since the last troops were withdrawn from Vietnam and Vinehout stated that Act 36 is a tes-timonial to those who served. Many of the soldiers who served were teenagers. They are now parents and grandparents and Vinehout believes the time has come to repay a debt of honor. “Time has al-lowed us to realize the debt we owe you.”

After speaking to the people, Senator Vinehout presented a plaque to President Wilfrid Cleveland and Chief Clayton Win-neshiek, thanking the Nation for their service to the United States, as well as the service of Elliot DeCora and Anthony LaMere who lost their lives in the Viet-nam War.

Chief Winneshiek provided the invoca-tion and said, “This is a special day given to us, not only to honor and recognize our living Ho-Chunk veterans, but also those who didn’t come home, and (I) am thankful to the Creator for watching over those who did come home.”

After an emotional speech from Presi-dent Cleveland stating, “it is a very humbling time to be in front of each and every one of you (veterans), the Ho-Chunk Nation is in partnership with the state of Wisconsin on the idea of having the Vietnam Veterans day, because we hold our warriors in the highest esteem because they gave the ultimate sacrifi ce so we can be here today,” Congress-man Ron Kind explained that while at the time the war was controversial and sometimes misunderstood, “what should not be understood was the service our warriors provided. We hope that future generations remember their service and sacrifi ce.”

After the wonderful speeches of thanks and gratitude, acknowledgements were given on behalf of the two warriors whose lives were lost during the Vietnam War. Special Wreaths were presented to the families of Ho-Chunk member Elliot De Cora and Winnebago member Anthony LaMere, two men who died serving their country. Accepting the wreaths were Elliot’s siblings, Shirley Lonetree and Elwood De Cora and Anthony’s brother Frank LaMere, who said the following:

Elliot DeCora entered the armed forces at the young age of 18 in August of 1967, completed basic training at Ft. Campbell, KY and remained there until January 1968, when he was sent to Vietnam. DeCora was a combat engineer with the 14th Engineer Battalion, however was killed in action on August 18, 1968 due to being fatally wounded by an enemy strike. DeCora’s oldest sister, Shirley Lonetree and his brother, Elwood DeCora,

also a Vietnam Veteran, attended the Vietnam Veteran’s Day. Shirley said it was “a terrible personal loss to lose her brother, known as Hada, and it is still hard to understand, but it’s wonderful to see everyone honoring him and what he did.”

Anthony LaMere, a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, enlisted in the army on August 6, 1970. Anthony was a member of the Bear Clan who was serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry of the 101st Airborne Divi-sion, the “Screaming Eagles”. On July 1, 1971, LaMere was killed in action, after a member of his platoon stepped on a booby trap. Anthony was 20 years old when he passed away. Anthony’s brother, Frank LaMere, was deeply moved and thankful to the Ho-Chunk Nation for ev-erything they have done for their family. Frank commented about Elliot DeCora and his brother, “They shall not grow old, as we who are left grow old, age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.”

Frank felt that it is important that “we remember that we stand on their shoulders because they (the veterans) earned a right for us to do so.” Frank shared a quote from a letter his brother had written before his death, “I can take no pride like others here in saying that I am fearless or unafraid when I go into battle. I can only take pride in the fact that I go out on patrol day after day with fear and death all around me.” Frank admitted to being fi lled with grief, an-ger, and frustration at the death of his brother, however, he was comforted by these words by Senator Robert Kerry from Nebraska “when Winnebago war-riors go to war, but do not come back, they still have left their mark on their families and communities lives.” When Frank refl ects on those words he says, “They were taken from us for a reason; sometimes it is hard to understand how-ever, we learn from that history and we go on, but not forget.”

March 29 was a special day to many. Some shed tears, while others sat in silence. This day was important and special not only for the lives that were lost, but also for those still living and with us today, who are still haunted by the effects of war to this day. Many vet-erans fi nd it diffi cult to face what they endured while fi ghting in Vietnam (or any other war). Recognizing what our service members have done for our country is not only important to family members who have lost someone, but also to those who are still living. A much needed feeling of “welcome home” for our “unsung war-riors” is fi nally here. WELCOME HOME VETERANS!

A special thanks to the Andrew Black-hawk American Legion Post and Auxilli-ary, the Sanford White Eagle American Legion Post 556 and Auxilliary, and the Joseph White Eagle Post for bringing in the colors. Also a special thank you goes to the drums present (Little Thun-der, Wisconsin Dells, and Hiwasipi) for singing some of the family song sung throughout the day.

Thank You…We would like to express our thanks

to Diane DeCora, Dorothy “Dot” (DeCora) Houghton, Donald “Bucky” Pilcher, Bryon Swan, and Matt Cleveland, Jr., for their monetary gifts in helping us to attend the wake/funeral of Benjamin Jeremy “BJ” DeCora, who passed away on March 21, 2010 in Rocky Boy, Montana. We are truly grateful for the assistance they provided us. We would like to thank the relatives from the Chippewa-Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation of Montana in taking care of our young relative, he will truly be missed. Benjamin J. DeCora or also know as “BJ” was born on May 10, 1981 in Havre, Montana to Roger DeCora

and Juanita “Nita” (Russette) DeCora. The grandson of the late Benjamin DeCora, Sr., and Anna Q. (Smith) DeCora Sun, Ted and Alice Russette. BJ worked at the Ski Bowl, Rocky Boy Clinic and as a CPA worker. He enjoyed hunting, fi shing, golfi ng, playing machines, horse racing, and especially playing bingo with his grandmother Alice. BJ enjoyed spending time with his family, nieces, nephews, and grandparents. BJ left this world to soon for us but he is now with our long loved ones and will be there to greet us when it is our time to go, we love him and will miss him.

Anna W. (Smith) DeCora Sun Family

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Winners of the gift card: Kyliah Whitebear, Cota Springer

At the March assembly, fi fty K-8 boys and girls were acknowledged for stupendous behavior at Winnebago Public School. Their pictures are dis-played in the cases near the gym. Please stop and view the displays. Dur-ing the assembly, each winner played “Plinko”. Next, the students enjoyed a dish of ice cream.

Sponsored by: Charter West Bank, HCI: Ho-Chunk, Inc.

The Looking For Art Tour on April 17-18th is an event that offers more than art. While the main focus of this self-guided tour is the six sites featur-ing original artwork by regional artists, this event also provides an opportunity to visit historical sites, local attractions and enjoy beautiful scenery. So as you plan your road trip to any or all of the following six art sites: Dana College (Blair), Gallery 92 West (Fremont), The Chatt Center (Tekamah), The John G. Neihardt State Historic Site (Bancroft), Woodland Trails (Winnebago) and Northeast Community College (South Sioux City) consider visiting other places of interest.

Sculptural attractions along the way include the center of the Ho-Chunk Vil-lage in Winnebago where you’ll fi nd the

Art Tour Visits Winnebago“Honoring the Clans” sculpture garden which features 12 larger than life stat-ues representing each of the major clans of the Winnebago tribe.

Visit one of several museums along the route including the St. Augustine Mission and Museum and the Angel DeCora Museum and Resource Garden, both in the Winnebago area. Angel DeC-ora was the best known Native American artist before WWI. These museums are not open daily, so be sure to check hours of operation.

Historical sites abound along the Looking For Art route. Visit the Blackbird Hill Overview is a stylized earth lodge which features a pullout with interpretative panels relating to the Omaha Tribe on Highway 75 three miles north of Decatur at milepost 152.

Masthead Scene

Suicide Prevention: 800-Suicide (784-2433)

Addiction Hotline: 800-662-Help,

Winnebago Counseling Center: 878-2911

They not only make a very tasty-healthy salad, they are also very

bright and the fi rst color we see in the Spring. Although they are

known as a nuisance fl ower the dandelion are plentiful in Winnebago

this time of the year, and I won’t say whose yard I took this picture of,

but I just couldn’t escape the bright yellow color of the dandelion for

our masthead scene this issue. I think they are pretty this time of the

year, and for awhile, I hope you do too.

Community NewsWinnebago Indian News, Saturday, April 17, 2010 — Page 5

Kindergarten Round-Up

will be Friday, April 23, 2010

11:00am – 3:00pm

at the Winnebago Public School

List of items your child will need to

begin kindergarten:

-Copy of Current Physical

(must be dated between March and August)

878-2231

-Up to Date Immunization Record

-Copy of Current Vision Exam

878-2428

-Copy of State Birth Certifi cate

-Copy of Social Security Card

-Tribal Enrollment Number

The Winnebago Recycling Program has recycled 13.2 tons of recyclables dur-ing the year of 2009. These numbers are quite impressive when you consider all the barriers we went through as a Department. Ranging from personnel issues to equipment issues to time constraints we as a Department have managed to stay successful with the amount of recyclables we have removed from the Win-nebago solid waste stream. These numbers do seem considerably low when you consider the amount of un-recycled solid waste removed, the dumpsters behind the Facilities Offi ce and the Blackhawk Community Center account for 458 tons alone. That number isn’t counting the individual home containers or the other dumpsters throughout the Community. The day to day recycling tasks I am faced with range from emptying containers at various buildings throughout town, emptying the recycling trailers located behind Facilities, and transporting the material to Siouxland Recovery, our selected processing contractor. It isn’t always fun as you can imagine a trailer full of used/un-sterilized plastic. We are currently in the process of trying to acquire funds to build our own processing center to boost the amount of recyclable material being recycled and reduce the amount sent to the landfi ll. The funding we are going for will not only be better for our environment but also boost the economy in our corner of the world as a few more jobs would be created.

Winnebago Reservation Recycling 2009 Winnebago Public School Honor Roll

Honorary Academic Achievement Anna Saldana

Kaylynn Big Fire

Winnebago High School Graduation

May 7, 20105:30 PM

Winnebago Public Schools

Earth DaySpring Community Clean Up

April 21st & 22nd

If you have any questions or concerns please call me at 878-4060, ext #2 or drop me an email at epd@winnebagotribe.com.

Thanks,Anthony J. Wood, EPD Manager

What’s HappeningPage 6 — Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, April 17, 2010

LEFT: The WIN recently caught up to HCI-CEO, Lance Morgan at the “Whiteclay: The Next Generation” Cultures in Confl ict Panel Discussion held at Bellevue University in Bellevue, Nebraska. Those are Lancey’s Auntie’s Margaret & Theresa squeezing him. MIDDLE: Also a panelist at the Whiteclay Discussion was Winnebago’s own Frank LaMere, who took time out after the Dis-cussion to visit with supporters. RIGHT: The mock driver at a recent mock accident scene sponsored by the Winnebago EMS Department is arrested for Driver Under the Infl uence.

LEFT: Student of Winnebago High School watch as Winnebago Volunteer Fire Department personnel use the ‘jaws-of-life’ to cut a deceased accident victim from the mock wreckage. RIGHT: Little Caly WolfLeader dances with Grandma Ruby at the Creigthton University Powwow held last weekend in Omaha.

LEFT: Not so little anymore, Jerilyn Kelsey dusted off her Powwow clothes for the Creigthton Powwow. MIDDLE: No it’s not what it looks like, these two young WHS Prom goers participated in the After Prom Party sponsored by the Winnebago Boys & Girls Club, and they are playing the lifesaver game. Sheesh! RIGHT: Jeff Thomas conquers the Rock Wall at the After Prom Party.

LEFT: Yeah the picture may be a little out of place, but not the faces. If you consider our battle with the disease Type II Diabetes a war, then these three Generals are back in action on the Winnebago Reservation. Michele, Dr. Shuhab, & Tonia have been here since the onset of the disease, and are still fi ghting the good fi ght. RIGHT: Junior Jaxson Bearskin is under the control of the hypnotist at the After Prom Party, and was told to go ‘ha-moo.’

LEFT: The After Prom Party had many activities, here Winona Rose scales the Rock Wall at the Longlines Family Rec Center in Sioux City, Iowa. RIGHT: While “Sister” Kayleen Blackhawk gets in a few games of Volleyball. Then event began at 1 am and concluded at 5 am, or so, V.J. says.

Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, April 17, 2010 — Page 7

Around Winnebago

60 K, 4 x 4Leather Loaded, Sunroof

One Owner$18,000.00

45 KHemi, Leather LoadedSunroof, Bently Grill

$18,000.00

Nice Clean Ride1 Owner

5.0 L - 76,000 miles$5,500.00

Bought Brand NewLess than 2 hours on it

$3,500.00

1.5 miles north of Winnebagoon US Hwy 75/77

2006 Nissan Pathfi nder SE

2006 Chrysler 300C

1980 Olds Delta 88

2008 Yamaha Raptor 250

We now sell rims and tires from 15” to 24”. We also mount, balance and fi x fl ats.

HCCDC has been active in the com-munity these last couple of weeks again. Mostly attending meetings and making some progress, albeit slow, working with the state and federal governments on grants and grant applications.

The State of Nebraska has changed some of the rules in their Community Development Block Grant Program. HCCDC is applying for a grant on behalf of the Village of Winnebago to renovate the POW WOW grounds. They have changed the language in the grant on some of the costs that would be paid for and the match requirements. The Federal Government is also changing the way that organizations can apply for grants in the future. The Department of Justice now requires the Winnebago Tribe to have one application per year which would include all of the current programs into one large grant proposal instead of possibly 7 to 8 smaller pro-posals. I think this is part of a cost saving move on the government’s part. The government is also rolling their grant dollars into larger block grants but eliminating some of the other grants that were available in specifi c programs. They are also starting to put smaller caps on their grants, all a result of the current economy.

HCCDC is continuing to work with the First Peoples Fund to bring more training into the area for potential busi-ness entrepreneurs in the area. We have recently had an art marketing training for the local artists at Woodland Trails, to show them how to better market and price their things. We have also written for more grants to make small business loans available for art and craft supplies to help the artisans make more things to sell. Woodland Trails is working on putting a catalog together of the things they have for sale by the artists that can be sent out and taken out of the store. This could open up new markets for the artists in Woodland Trails. Woodland Trails has responded to local artists requests and is bringing in artist and

Secretary Meets With Tribes

crafter supplies to the store for sale in the near future, starting with beading supplies. Check with Muriel to make sure we will be carrying what you need.

HCCDC will also be sending out housing and business needs assess-ments within the next month so that we can better plan what we should be doing for the community. This survey will gather anonymous information from the community on current housing and business needs and give HCCDC an idea of the training programs we need to bring in to the community and type of loan products that will be benefi cial now and in the future. If we are going to develop into a fi nancial lending institu-tion in the future we need to know which programs and types of loans will benefi t the community as a whole.

We have been meeting and corre-sponding with Senator’s Johanns of-fi ce to get some congressional support for activities in the community like the Veterans Project, “From a Grateful Na-tion”, which is gathering support for putting a Veterans Memorial in the community to recognize the sacrifi ce of the Winnebago men and women in the service of their country and fellow man, because freedom is not free it is bought and paid for by the Veterans of wars gone by and those currently in service to their country.

Senator Johanns also presented Chairman Blackhawk with a fl ag that fl ew over our Washington, D.C.

I have been busy attending a grant writing refresher program that is being taught by the University of Nebraska at Omaha, through a satellite feed in Norfolk. It has been a good review and is insightful in the way the government is looking at going in the future with some of their requirements. I am also busy closing out government grants from prior years. If you have any ideas or inputs let me know. You can contact me at 846-5353, or email at fschersing@hochunkcdc.org or Fschersing@aol.com

LPTC Star Quilt Blanket Bid NoticeFor 13 star quilt blankets for graduates.

Deadline is Friday, May 7, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.

All bids must be submitted to Esther Mercer, Title III Coordinator.Bid winner notifi ed immediately and must sign contract.

The Winnebago High School will hold a Commencement Ceremony for it’s Se-nior Class on Friday, May 7th at the Winnebago Public Schools. The Graduation Ceremony begins at 5:30 PM.

WHS Will Graduate Senior Class

2010 Stimulus ChecksPage 8 — Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, April 17, 2010

Name:Jennifer Lindsay AdamsonAnthony Carroll AlbertsCandace Joy AlexanderRodney Clark AndersonChani Elizabeth AndrewsAsa O’Kelly ArcherPierre Malcolm ArmellCarlo Wayne Baker, Jr.Troy Allen BakerAmy Jo BartaStacy Marie BartaRicky Wayne BaxterDerrick James BassVictoria Lynne BataHarold Frazier Beale, Jr.Candace Janelle BentonKenneth Bear, Jr.Everett Lee BearThomas Charles BearRachel Anne Bigfi reChristina Marie BigbearJennifer Rose BigbearGary Charles BigbearDeanna B. Lynette BinnerMark Anthony BlackhawkRichard Anthony BlackhawkJeffrey Halido BlakesleeFlora Marie BlaserSteven Edward Blackwell, Sr.Xavier Lee BlackdeerSteven Edward Blackwell, Jr.Amanda Lynn Blackwell-MetzAriel Antonette BledsoeWayne Kingsley BowlingMarcia F. BourbeauCarly Rae BoeEdna Mae BoenAlan Troy BridgeBejamin Larry BridgeRhiannon Rae BrozekDonald Roman BrozekMyra Elizabeth BruscherTammy Lynn BursellVictoria Lee BurensSung-Mai-Tu-Ska BuchananRobin Amanda Butterfi eldDavid Layne BurnsAmy Marie CalkinsRachel Anna CaseBrian Douglas CauldwellGary Louis ChevalierHarvey Chevalier #13078702Terry Lee ChevalierWilliam Ryan ChoyCarmela Renee ClarkDarryl Van ClevelandJeffery Louis ClevelandLeRoy Albert Cleveland, Jr.Laura Elizabeth ClingerJohn William ColbusMark R. Colbus, Jr. #T33997Mark Richard Colvbus, Sr.Kimberly Ann CoxSamantha Ann CoxMarilyn Lou CostelloLoretta Adell CraigKeith Lawrence CrawfordVirgel Kerry CrawfordAdam Glenn CrosbyColin Todd CrowAngel Marie CroweFonda Lynn CroweTerri Rene CurrieSusette Kay DaughertyMichael Clarence DayeAbel William DeCora, Jr.Alan Loren DeCoraCharles Reid DeCoraCarlos Kelsey DeCoraColt James DeCoraFrances Maxine DeCoraJeffrey Scott DeCoraVincent William DeCoraDennis Harrison DeCorahSkylar Rae DucanChristopher Clay DunnamDebra Marie DvorakLittlehawk Eagle ElkJimmy Ray EbelJoseph Lee EbelDennis Paul EckertDouglas Mendoza EspinozaKyle Joseph EtringerVaughn Richard EtringerMaria Fawn FairmanDan Leon FaulknerKelvin Cornell FaulknerShayna Martisse FaulknerWallace Troy FaulknerDarrell Lee Fierro, Jr.Dezerea Lee FierroKelly Jo FlanaganJoni Carol FlowersDavid Fourcloud, Jr.Roger A. Fourcloud

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Micahel Raymond McLaughlinKatherine Edwi MickadeitLawrence LeRoy Miller, IITamara Moeller/FromanWilliam John MorganAndrew Stanford MoriartyAngela Marie MoriartyTheresa Rose Murran-EnerJohn Rene NaillieuxLew Paul NashMiguel Buchanan Nava, Jr.Craig Henry NeffDeborah Alice NeffSonya Lisa OglesbeeMary Theresa OttTerrence L. Pablo, JrClarence H. Paulsen, Jr.Latisha Lachelle PayerWilliam PayerBrenda Ann PedersonEugene Wayne PedersonGerald Dean PinnickDarlene Avis PriceJoseph Franklin PriceRobert John PriceJames Michael PriestElijah Jacob QuagonJeffrey Warren RambinKatherine Ellen RambinPaul Elliott RambinReyna Katerine RamirezJohn Robert Randall, Sr.John Robert Randall, Jr.Jordan James RaveRonald Alan RayWilliam Ivan Redhorn, Jr.Christina Paul Reed-RaskeCoralee Marie ReedDennis Joshua ReismaLance Jason ReismaDalena Lynn Reyes-WesteTalyia P. Reyes-WesteDavina Marie ReynaRaphael Curtis ReynoldsTroy Reynolds Sr. #0084622CLouis Edward RiceElliott C. Ricehill, Jr.Neely Shasheen RicehillSylvia Dora RiveraMichele Renee RobertsAlisha Louise RodgersLeticia Lynn RodriguezMaxine RomeroChateau Lynn RossStephanie Kae RossDawn Beth RoweRobert John RowleyAnn Janeen RoyJohn Wesley RuizDavid Priest RussellBrett Joseph RustemeyerMichael Eric Sampson Paloma Blanca SanchezLonnie Lee Schreiber, IIEthel May ScottKee Lynn ScottChristopher Wayne SelbyChristine Marie SempleJean Marie SempleAlisha Nicole ShelbournRachael M. ShellyAntonia Dael SmithGlorene Adale SmithKathrina Lynne SmithStuart Wade Paul SnakePeter Nathan SnowMelody Carol SolstadHeather Michelle SpringerRonald Dean StarlingAlfred Davies St. CyrDaniel Alexander St. Cyr

Deanna Marie St. CyrElizabeth Anne St. CyrJohn Raymond St. CyrLuke Andrew St. CyrMichael L. St. CyrJoseph Daniel SturgesSharon Jean SuarezColleen SuntheimerJessica S. SutterlictJerine Ann SweeneyEleanor Ann SwettGary Dwain TassoCaroline TaylorJoseph Marvin Tebo, Jr.Randy Evans TeboBryttany Nycole TerryHarvey Lee Terry, Jr.Tray DeCorey TerryHarry Fitzgerald ThomasRobert Francis ThomasMarc Ronald ThompsonScott Fredrick ThompsonRenfer Toyling TichiJeremiah Allen TillmanRicarda Rae TillmanBarbara L. Titus #L40595Camille Joan TompkinsJacquelyn Marie TrippKomiko Densie TubbsMark Eric TweedieDonnes Ruth Twin-SeymourChastyn Lloyd TyndallDayton Scott TyndallWendy Lynn UseltonWayne John VandallMichelle Vander RoestJames Gregory VasquezJohn Joseph VasquezJennifer Lynn VictoriaAutumn Leigh VillalobosMarisa Villalta BlancoAlisia Idoyiti WallacePhillip Lee WaggonerThomas Lyle WaggonerKathleen Marie WahpepahBenjamin Elliott WalkerJohn LeRoy Walker #804778Terrance Vernal WalkerJo Ann Fayne WanateeKent Daniel Ware, Sr.David Francis WarnerCharles Lee Watje, Jr.Karen Marie WatjeAaron Joseph WhiteMichael Earl WhiteSavanna Michelle WhiteSonya Lorraine WhiteThomas Lee White, Jr.Tiffany Michelle WhiteGaston B. WhitebeaverTammy Lee WhitebeaverRoyce James WhitebearMichael Scott White EagleDamion James WhitegullMichael Alan WhitegullAlexander J. Whiteman-SchauerDaryl Ross WhitemanNicole Whiteman-SchauerAnnette Joy WhitenerTina Louise WickeyAndrea Grace WilliamsWoneka Ann WilliamsTracy Lynn WilsonSean Matthew Lee WittnerEmanuel Peter WomandressJenelle Lee WomandressRandy Ushahpi WomandressTheresa Marie WrightDakota Lee YellowcloudDennis Lawrence YoungStephanie Francis Zamora

2010 Stimulus Checks still in Enrollment Offi ce

Tribal Enrollment Offi ce 402-878-2028 Deadline for Application June 18th, 2010

Census 2010Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, April 17, 2010 — Page 9

Winnebago NewsPage 10 — Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, April 17, 2010

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 program

For 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.

The White Mans Corruption of Thurston County

The following article is a con-tinuing series on the Winneba-goes History here in Northeast Nebraska as reported by Dre Samuelson. Samuelson’s report was commissioned in the mid 1980’s by the Winnebago Tribal Council, his research materials (National Archives) date back to 1895.

Section 4 – The Scoville InvestigationScoville was frustrated that the fed-

eral government could do little to protect the Indian children from unscrupulous guardians, because of the fact that it was the Nebraska state courts that ap-pointed the guardians. “There is some-thing wrong,” she wrote, “in the position that makes the United States the trustee of the man’s property while he lives and then puts it into the power of the state or county at his death to use as they see fi t.” She recommended that an offi cer of the federal government be appointed as guardian of Indian children whose land was held in trust by the United States.

She reported that she had counseled Indian parents to protect their chil-dren by appointing suitable guardians, but that the parents were “too deeply mortgaged to their traders to act inde-pendently.”

Scoville did more than simply detail the methods used to defraud the Win-nebagoes, however. She also devoted a fair amount of her report and her correspondence to the methods the speculators used to control events on the reservation and to suppress and hinder investigations.

She wrote in her report that from 1898 to 1903 a group of middlemen had gained control of the reservation, and had claimed that “their money and work put the bill through that opened the heirship land to sale,” the same charge, noted earlier, made by trader John Alam against U.S. Senator John Millard. She said she didn’t know whether their boast was true, but that there was no doubt the land speculators had made immense profi ts from the purchase of inherited Indian land.

Scoville wrote in her report that the reason Thurston County had been or-ganized to include both the Omaha and Winnebago reservations was so that the “majority of the citizens would be Indians, who thought that a vote was a commodity to be sold for 50 cents and most of the land would be untaxed. The natural result have followed—“The Boss” has cast the vote, the agent has been under party control (until 1903) and the county has been too poor to enforce the law.”

By far the most disturbing method of controlling events on the reserva-tion, however, was the manipulations of

government agents, superinten-dents, and inspectors by those, she said, who were seeking to defraud the Indians.Scoville wrote in her report

that after reading Supervisor A.O. Wright’s report (before coming to the reservation), she concluded that while the Homer traders may have been guilty of a few violations, there had been no concerted effort to take advantage of any Winnebagoes. She assumed the Winnebagoes troubles were largely due to what she called “their own debased condition,” rather than actions of the traders.

Her mind was quickly changed, how-ever, by what she found on and off the reservation. She was puzzled, though, because the corruption “seemed so easy to see in many of its details that I was forced to consider why it was not reported.”

Father Schell and others explained the reason to be that the speculators had enough political power to control the Indian Office. Scoville, however, did not believe that to be true. Her answer explaining the inaction of the government agents and inspectors was far less colorful than Schell’s, and no doubt more accurate. She had been on the reservation a month before she “began to see that the speculators sys-tem with offi cials was as consistent as with the Indians. Their method is frank helpfulness, so kindly as to make them indispensable to the offi ce.”

She noted there had been 30 charges in the agency staff in the three years pre-ceding 1905, “so such a man as Ashford who knows every child and speaks the language can be a most useful friend.”

She said that the trader had attempt-ed to charm her shortly after Leupp had concluded his visit (and her real mission identifi ed): “He sent me word indirectly that the men who knew and could help me were hurt at being neglected.”

She responded, however, that she would ask him questions when she needed him.

Ashford (many correspondents with the Indian Offi ce simply referred to one of the three Ashford brothers as “Ash-ford”; the authors presume in instances such as this the man they are referring to is John Ashford, who seemed to have taken the most prominent role in their business) had been a willing guide for Superintendent Wilson, according to Scoville, and “was always ready to show him the land that was to be sold. With Mr. McFatridge he is the most ardent hunter of boot-leggers. In every case they plan to aid in the chief work of the Agency and control it.”

To be continued in the next issue of WIN…

MERIT PROMOTIONVACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

ABERDEEN AREA INDIAN HEALTH SERVICEDIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES

FEDERAL BUILDING, RM. 309, 115-4TH AVENUE S.E.ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA 57401

ABERDEEN AREA IHS IS A SMOKE FREE ENVIRONMENTApril 7, 2010

POSITION: COOK Leader (WI3002)(MPP/ESEP) LOCATION: PHS Indian Health Hospital , Dietary Dept., # Of Positions: 1 Winnebago, Nebraska . BEGINNING SALARY: WG-7404-6 $16.48- $19.23 Per Hour VACANCY NUMBER: NP-10-0045-WI-MPP OPENING DATE: April 8, 2010 CLOSING DATE: April 28, 2010 Applications and related documents MUST be received at the above address

by 5:00 P.M. CST on the closing date of this announcement. For information contact Ms. Doris Byington Human Resource Specialist (Placement) at (605) 226-7399. All applications are subject to retention; no requests for copies will not be honored. Applications can be faxed to (605) 226-7668, (NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR UNSUCCESSFUL TRANSMISSIONS). Applications by e-mail will be accepted. It is the responsibility of the applicant to submit a complete application. E-MAIL TO: doris.byington@ihs.gov

A full job announcement and application can be picked up in the hallway lo-cated outside of the Administrative offi ces.

For more information or to print off an application go to www.usajobs.gov/ If you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to contact me at

monica.drapeau@ihs.gov or 402.878.2440

Thank you. Monica L.DrapeauProgram Assistant

Community NoticesWinnebago Indian News, Saturday, April 17, 2010 — Page 11

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402-878-4180

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Lovely 1 bedroom apartment avail-able for persons 62 years of age or with a disability in Walthill, NE.Controlled access building with

laundry facilities.Rent based on income.

For more information, call 877-521-8750

or write: Weinberg P.M. Inc.,1309 Nebraska Street

Sioux City, Iowa 51105

This institution is an equal opportunity provider

ATTENTION!Effective January 2010 the

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

lack of activity.The Offi ce will ONLY be open on

Wednesday’sfrom 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Any urgent questions or concerns can be directed to the main offi ce in Sloan, IA by calling 1-712-428-7301 or 1-800-468-9466 ext. 157.

Thank you,Winnebago Gaming Commission

Heritage Express Winnebago

telephone 878-2216

Allnative.com Winnebago

telephone 878-2400

For Sale in 1 # bags:

New Roller Grill ltems Weekly

Knot Head Woodworking Feathers Special 2/$25.00

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Rewards Cards

Monthly Prize Drawings

Now Accepting EBT

Order ahead, we will have it ready. Please allow about 15 minutes to prepare

Choices of pizzas are:Breakfast, Pepperoni, Combo

Single pizza prices$9.99 each

Offi ce Space for LeaseThere is offi ce space for lease at

the Ho-Chunk Community Develop-ment Offi ces at 106 S. Tallman St. in Walthill. If you are looking to expand your current business and need more space or you are considering starting a business, give us a call at 402-846-5353 to discuss some options. Spaces vary and Leases start at $115 per month, depending on your needs.

Apartment For Rent

LEGAL NOTICENotice of HearingCase No. CV 10-061In the Matter of theGuardianship Petition ofKATHLEEN TEBOIn Re:K.T. Jr. (DOB 06-06-2005)TO: Andrea Harlan, MotherYou 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. CV 10-061 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 4th day of MAY 2010 at the hour of 10:00 A.M.

For RentJuly 1st, 2010

Townhouses located on Water Spirit Street in Ho-Chunk Village4-2 bedroom units

with garage

Rent is $650.00 with deposit of $650.00

No pets and smoking allowed*Maximum of 4 tenants per residence

Now accepting applications, pick up at the Ho-Chunk,

Corp. offi ces 402-878-2809 or email: jlong@hochunkinc.com

APARTMENT FOR RENTVillage Place Apartments

1 BedroomElectric Heat/Central Air

Coin Operated Laundry Room$500.00 month/$500 Deposit

12 Month Lease(Utilities/Telephone/Cable NOT included)Contact Trish Ward for an Application

@ HCCDC Woodland Trails Offi ce509 Ho Chunk Plaza North, Winnebago

Telephone: 878-2192Email: psheridan@hochunkcdc.org

LEGAL NOTICENotice of HearingCase no. CV10-073In the Matter of the Name Change Petition of:CHRISTIAN EUGENE PIETSCH

To CHRISTIAN EUGENE WALKERTo: Whom It May Concern

You 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. CV10-073 has been scheduled and will be heard in the Winnebago Tribal Court of Winnebago, Nebraska on the 21st day of April 2010 at the hour of 11:00 A.M.

New Afterschool Program

House for Rent @ 303 Mercer Street

April 1stCentrally located, 2 bedroom w/loft

Includes stove & refrigerator, washer & dryer

dishwasherFenced-private back yard

Central a/c, gas heat (utilities not included)

1st month’s rent & deposit requiredMonthly rent $500

Allowing maximum of 4 tenants$500 Deposit Required.

Pick up application at HCI Corp of-fi ce, any questions call 878.2809.

Little Priest Apartments

Accepting Applications

Little Priest Apartments, LLC is an affordable apartment development to be located in the Ho-Chunk Village Subdivision one block south of Hon-oring-the-Clans Sculpture Garden.

1, 2, & 3 bedroom unitsLow Income Apartments for In-

come qualifi ed applicantsOwner pays Water/Sewer/Garbage

For More Information contact Pa-tricia at (402) 878-2192

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

Commission VacancyWinnebago Gaming Commission

TWO (2) Positions

If you are interested, please pick up a JOB application at the Administrative Offi ce. This will be advertised for thirty (30) days.

CLOSES: May 5, 2010

Winnebago Indian News, Saturday, April 17, 2010 — Page 12

WinnaVegas Wild Game Giveaway!