Women's Wellness Fair
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November 4, 2010 In This Issue… Election 2010 - GOP gains control of state government By Dawn Walschinski worked to get tribal citi- Kalihwisaks zens to vote in state elec- The Republican Party tions Tuesday, November in Wisconsin came up 2. with big wins in both “The focus has really federal seats for the been on the voters and Senate and House of educating our tribal citi- Oneidaʼs got talent – Representatives, and in zens on the process and 2A the governor’s race and creating awareness and The Oneida Domestic state assembly. letting them know that Violence Program pre- The fresh faces that are this is something that’s sented the 1st annual coming to Wisconsin’s important to the nation, that we need to engage in talent show. public offices will mean more outreach from the political process, and Oneida, according to get people out to the Director of Legislative polls and vote,” she said. Affairs Nathan King. In addition to provid- “I think that we’re ing bipartisan informa- going to be looking at tion to Oneida voters, building new relation- Aguirre’s office made ships, because a third of use of a voter database it the assembly is going to has been building. For be new,” said King. “We example, they used a have a little bit of educa- phone list to make auto- Making mittens – 5A tion and advocacy work mated calls from Oneida Kali Photos/Nate Wisneski Peril Huff is turning to do.” Voters register to vote at the Woodland Worship Center in the Village scraps of Pendelton Local Lobbyist for • See 2A, Change in of Hobart on Tuesday, November 2. Nearly 50 percent of eligible vot- blankets into profit. Oneida Tana Aguirre state government ers cast votes during the 2010 midterm elections. Women’s Wellness Fair ONHS eight-man football – 7B The Oneida Nation High School ended its two game eight-man football season on a high note. Section A Pages 2–4A/Local Page 5A/Business Page 6A/OBC Forum Page 7A/Gov./ Local Page 8A/Primary FAQ Page 9A/Local Page 10A/State Kali Photos/Nate Wisneski Page 11A/National Above: Annie Frederick (left) gets a hand massage Page 12A/SEOTS from George Skenandore (right) during the 7th Section B Annual Oneida Womenʼs Wellness Fair on Page 1B/Lifestyles Wednesday, November 3 at the Social Services Page 2B/Environment Building. Page 3B/Education Right: Melanie Burkhart gives an Angel Card read- Page 4B/Classifieds ing during the Oneida Womenʼs Wellness Fair. The Page 5B/Good News fair was free and featured booths, demonstrations, Page 6B/THT and food relating to womenʼs wellness. It was spon- Page 7B/Sports sored by the Oneida Social Services Department Page 8B/Drums Page 9-10B/Local and ran from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Page 11B/Health U.S. Indigenous Games in Milwaukee set for July of 2011 By Nate Wisneski said Scott Murray, the Kalihwisaks tribe’s coordinator for the A disagreement between games. “The board drafted a the North American letter to the NAIG Indigenous Games (NAIG) Committee and withdrew Committee and host soci- the bid based on their deci- ety’s Board of Directors lead sion.” to NAIG games being with- Team Wisconsin’s board drawn from Milwaukee and knew of the work put in for the birth of the U.S. preparation of NAIG games Indigenous Games. and wanted to ensure com- Team Wisconsin awarded petition was still available the 2011 NAIG Games and for the youth, which lead to preparation has been steady the development of the U.S. since Milwaukee’s winning Indigenous Games. bid was accepted in “The games are all about November of 2007. Team the kids. The board took Wisconsin’s Board of action to still have the Directors decided to with- games and we still wanted to draw their bid when the do something for our youth NAIG Committee vote to and athletes,” Murray said. eliminate the 13 – 14 age The U.S. Indigenous group from competition. Games will operate under Kali photo/Nate Wisneski “We were opposed to (the Sykora John shoots on goal during an August elimination of the 13 -14 age • See 2A, U.S. Indigenous Games soccer clinic in Oneida, group) as a host society,” U.S. Indigenous Games WI. 2A (T#ken) • November 4, 2010 Local www.kalihwisaks.com OTIE awarded USEPA contract Oneida shows off its talent Special to Kali Contracts Manager; and ties in Wisconsin, U. S. Environmental several EPA personnel. Illinois, Minnesota, Protection Agency This is a four year con- Michigan, Indiana, and (USEPA) Region 5 tract involving response Ohio. Work under this awarded the Superfund activities, preparedness contract involves charac- Technical Assessment and prevention, assess- terizing contamination Response Team (START) ments/inspections, tech- and help EPA cleanup III contract to Oneida nical support, data man- contaminated sites. Our Total Integrated agement support, and staff provides emergency Enterprise (OTIE). This training. response support on such is the first USEPA OTIE has provided incidents as chemical and Region 5 contract award- Superfund work over the industrial releases and ed to a Native American, past 15 years to USEPA fires, Hurricanes, and oil tribally-owned business. Region 5. In addition, spills. OTIE also pro- A signing ceremony was OTIE is currently a vides services in the held at USEPA Region 5 Region 4 START prime areas of civil, environ- Headquarters in Chicago, contractor and supports mental and construction IL on September 29, additional START con- services. The START 2010 to commemorate tracts in Regions 8 and 9. contract will provide new Kali photo/Nate Wisneski the award. In attendance Our Program Manager, opportunities for college Ranger Christjohn performs during the first annual Oneidaʼs Got were Councilman Raghu Nagam, brings graduates who are will- Talent contest on Friday, October 29 at the Norbert Hill Center. Tehassi Hill, Jr., Matt over 20 years of continu- ing to work hard for a The event was in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month Kunstman, Managing ous experience serving better environment. For and sponsored by the Oneida Domestic Violence Program. Principal, OTIE; Raghu USEPA. more information on Nagam, START Program The START contract OTIE please contact Manager, OTIE; Cyndi will provide EPA with Matt Kunstman at 920- From 1A/ Shaw, JD, OTIE technical support activi- 330-9894. U.S. Indigenous Games the same format as the Most of the camps NAIG. Dodgeball, table were instructed by pro- Instructional tennis, shotgun shooting, fessional or collegiate Clinics ~ 2010 and billiards have been athletes and coaches and added to the games to the were free of charge. “We Baseball: to attract more athletes. had good numbers and • MLB Professional “We added some addi- this is something we are Jason Berken tional sports to offer going to continue doing,” Basketball: more opportunities,” said Murray said. • College coach Murray. “We went from With team tryouts cur- Dale Race 14 sports to 18, we want- rently underway Murray Volleyball: ed to make sure as many feels excitement building • College coach athletes had an opportu- as the games near. “It’s Debra Kirch nity to play in the been a lot of work, from games.” Track & Field: what I see, I think this • College coach The U.S. Indigenous will be the best games Games will also feature a Brian Bliese ever. These games will Soccer: new category for athletes have the best facilities to compete. Teams will • College coach submitted photo that I have ever experi- be divided by state and if enced (during the games) Tom Poitras OTIE staff, tribal leadership, EPA personnel and Superfund a tribe has enough ath- and the kids are going to Golf: Technical Assessment Response Team (START) personnel held a letes to field a team they love it,” he said. • PGA Professional signing ceremony honoring the recently signed START contract. will also be able to com- Amongst the group (above) are Oneida Business Committee mem- Final rosters are to be Mark Becker pete in the Tribal Nations Softball: ber Tehassi Hill, Jr., and Matt Kunstman, Managing Principal, OTIE. set around May and with category. • High School Murray is expecting each athlete expected to nearly 6,000 athletes to generate half of their Varsity coach From 1A/Change in state government take part in the games $175 registration fee, Kerry Danforth and to ensure the success fundraising efforts are Lacrosse: Business Committee of Oneida tribal members soon to be under way. • High School Vice-Chairwoman Kathy 2010 Election Results on Team Wisconsin The call for volunteers Varsity coach Hughes. numerous camps and will soon be happening Sonny Hill “It was actually nice to Governor clinics were held across and interested people Swimming: the state. “We offered 12 should contact Murray to hear Vice-Chairwoman M • U.S. Indigenous Hughes calling to just Scott Walker (R) 52% sport camps in prepara- help. tion for the games,” The five day Olympic Games coach Barb remind people to vote,” Tom Barrett (D) 47% Kolitsch said Aguirre. Murray said. “The pur- style competition event will take place July 10 - Tae Kwon Do: King believes Oneida U.S. Senate pose was to enhance the 14 in Milwaukee, WI. • Martial Arts can find common ground M skill level of (Oneida) Ron Johnson (R) 52% athletes to better improve For more information instructor Kevin with new Republican Russ Feingold (D) 47% their chances at making about the games visit majority state legislature. Schoenebeck Team Wisconsin.” www.milwaukee2011.com “I think the focus is U.S. House of Rep. – 8th District going to be on saving MReid Ribble (R) 55% money and promoting Oneida Veteran’s Powwow jobs.