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June 6, 2019 UWGB speaker Yuntle>kala=& McLester shares her story What’s New This Week Page 2/Local Dallas becomes first in her field. Yuntle>kala=& McLester wanted to share her experiences in her commence- Page 6/Local ment speech at the University of Wis- Thomas golfs consin-Green Bay (UWGB) graduation in WIAA State ceremony held May 18. One of those Tourney. experiences was with failure. “It happens all the time in life, we can’t succeed if we never fail at some- Page 27/Local thing,” she said. High water levels at Oneida McLester spoke about some of her Lake. struggles to get her bachelor’s degree. “I wanted to make it personal, and for PO Box 365 - Oneida, WI 54155 Oneida Nation KALIHWISAKS • See 8, Photo courtesy of UW-Green Bay Commencement speech Yuntlekalau McLester’s commencement speech is on page 7. Viewing the Oneida Nation Tribal Belt Kali photo/Christopher Johnson Stroobants, Christopher Johnson, Nate amount of money. After Skenandoa’s Gerhardt, and Louisa Mehojah made death, his grandson sold the belt to col- the journey to the Windy City to view lector Walter C. Wyman who in turn and photograph the sacred relic. sold the belt to the Field Museum. US POSTAGE PAID US POSTAGE According to Oneida condoled Bear The group from Oneida made the trip ONEIDA, WI 54155 Clan Chief Bob Brown, the belt dates to the Field Museum to view the belt as Several tribal Big Bear Media and back to the pre-Revolutionary War pe- part of a Big Bear Media project which PRSRT STD Museum staff personnel had an op- riod and made the journey to Wisconsin will commemorate the 200-year an- PERMIT #4 portunity to view the Oneida Nation’s (then Michigan Territory) with the first niversary of the arrival of the Oneidas Tribal Belt June 3 at Chicago’s Field group of Oneidas from their ancestral from their homelands in present-day Museum. Michelle Danforth, Chris- homelands in the early 1820s. The belt • See 7 topher Powless, Eric Doxtator, Leah was in the care of Chief Elijah Skenan- doa who refused to sell the belt for any Oneida Tribal Belt June 6, 2019 Local Dallas becomes first in her field Photo courtesy Nancy Dallas Oneida Nation citizen Nancy Dallas (center) is flanked by her Piedmont Technical College Funeral Services Program instructors. Dallas has be- come the first Oneida Nation female to hold a degree in this field. (L-R): Taylor Sealers, Nancy Wilkie, Nancy Dallas, Dedrick Gantt, and Da- vid Martin. of Funeral Services to bring in a speak- er from the National Funeral Directors Association from Brookfield, Wis., to discuss cremation,” Dallas said. “Fol- lowing the training session we needed to take a test within two weeks, and get Oneida Nation citizen Nancy Dallas a passing grade of 80 percent or better, recently set a first for herself and for the which I passed. I am now able to cre- tribe. Dallas has graduated from Pied- mate anywhere in the United States.” mont Technical College in Greenwood, She thoroughly enjoyed the program S.C., with her associate degree as a Fu- and had her share of favorite classes. “I neral Director/Embalmer, becoming the enjoyed learning about being a Funeral first female and only the second person Director, and embalming was my fa- in the tribe to hold this degree. vorite subject,” Dallas said. “In our last “I wanted to get into this field be- three semesters we spent a day cremat- cause I thought it would be something ing animals and the next day was spent different for myself and I’d be able to embalming. Certain courses were diffi- use this in the future to help our tribe cult because it was like taking classes out,” Dallas said. “I thought I’d give it to become a medical doctor. At times a shot and see how it would work out. I I wanted to give up but I kept strong am proud to say I was notified that I’m with the help of my friends and fellow the first Native American woman from graduates Charlotte Jensen, Julie Ped- our tribe to graduate with this degree dleton, and Jessica Cardona. The three and I’m also the first Native American of them kept me motivated and gave me to graduate from the Piedmont Funeral the strength to finish this degree. I can’t Services program.” thank them enough.” The challenging two-year program • See 19 included coursework on cremation and embalming. “I convinced my Director Dallas becomes first Local June 6, 2019 • Áhs< 3 Oneida Transit serving the entire reservation What’s New This Week igible for extended services. “Of course In 2018 the Transit Department’s av- we will take elders and anybody requir- erage ride time was 33 minutes, with Page 25/Local ing the use of a mobility device further more than 34,500 trips completed. So ONAP receives for medical appointments,” Moore said. far in 2019, the Transit Department substantial grant. “We have clients that go to St. Vincent has a 95 percent on-time performance Hospital and Aurora as well, but they rating, with a 99 percent on-time per- The Oneida Public Transit Depart- must be elders or disabled.” formance rating with drop offs at the In This Issue ment continues to improve upon an The same applies to elders and dis- OCHC. 2-9/Local 38/Good News abled tribal members who live outside The department has a strict policy 10-11/Education 39-41/Local already highly beneficial service that 12-15/Local, THT 42-43/Events, Minutes provides public transportation to and the reservation boundaries who need against transporting anybody who is 16-27/Obits, Local 44-47/Health, Local from destinations around the entire res- transportation to the Oneida Commu- under the influence of drugs or alcohol. 28-31/SEOTS, OCIFS 48-49/Adventures nity Health Center (OCHC). “We will “If a rider is suspected of being under 32-33/Local 50-51/OCEC ervation. The low-cost transportation 34-36/Minutes 52/Local option is available to anybody, tribal or transport them to the Health Center and the influence, the driver will contact a 37/Classifieds non-tribal members, who doesn’t have back home again.” supervisor who will make the final de- access to other forms of transportation. The Transit Department also works termination,” Moore said. “We will do some same-day pick- with the OCHC in cases where pa- Children ages 12 and older may ride ups, but we’d really prefer that a rider tients are referred out for services. “The independently, however anybody 11 Kalihwisaks calls us a day in advance to guarantee a OCHC calls us sometimes for clients and under must be accompanied by they’ve referred out to Appleton or Mil- somebody who is 16 or older. Young- Street Address Mail Address ride,” Transit Department Director Car- Big Bear Media P.O. Box 365 ol Moore said. “Our service area is the waukee and sometimes Madison, and er children were allowed to ride inde- 2701 West Mason St. Oneida, WI 54155 entire reservation, and in some cases the Health Center covers the transpor- pendently in the past, however safety Green Bay, WI 54303 we’ll go outside those boundaries.” tation cost, but that’s usually about as concerns put an end to that practice. Contact us: far as we’ll go,” Moore said. “We do work with Recreation groups Office Hours Voice: (920) 496-5636 Elders and handicapped riders are el- 8 AM – 4:30 PM Fax #: (920) 496-7896 and we’re able to group them togeth- Monday–Friday www.kalihwisaks.com er on one bus so that’s not an issue,” Moore said. – Kalihwisaks – The Oneida Nation Transit Depart- Official Newspaper of the Oneida Tribe ment’s 9-vehicle fleet currently oper- ates Monday – Friday from 5 a.m. until For questions or comments about news 9 p.m. Again, the Transit Department coverage, please contact Dawn Walschinski (920) 496-5636, Christopher Johnson (920) prefers clients schedule rides up to a 496-5632. Contact Yvonne Kaquatosh at day in advance. The final pick-up time (920) 496-5631 to include information in the on the reservation is 7:45 p.m., and the classifieds section and/or Advertising. final pick-up time in Green Bay coming back to Oneida is 8:00 p.m. The Staff Children ages 7 and under ride free Dawn Walschinski, (920) 496-5636 with a paying adult. All student rates Managing Editor with a student ID are $1 per way, and • [email protected] adults 19 and older are $1.50 one way. Yvonne Kaquatosh, (920) 496-5631 All elders ages 55 and older, and hand- Page Designer| Ad Coordinator icapped or disabled people of all ages • [email protected] are $1.00 one way or $1.50 round trip. The Transit Department recently un- Christopher Johnson, (920) 496-5632 veiled an Ecolane Mobile App for smart Sr. Reporter | Photographer phones that permits users to book and • [email protected] cancel trips independently in real-time Disclaimer: from their phones. 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