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A Monthly Chronicle of White Earth Reservation

Vol. 25 No. 11 White Earth, Minn. [email protected] Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Trunk or Treat!

Photo by Gary W. Padrta

Circle of Life Academy Superintendent Jenna Leadbetter, left, gives U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior Katharine MacGregor a tour of the school’s library on Oct. 15.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of the DOI visits COLA Submitted photo By Gary W. Padrta the DOI. The school offers a comprehensive K-12 The Mahnomen Tribal Community Council (MTCC) hosted a Anishinaabeg Today culturally-based education program to Native “Trunk or Treat” event on Oct. 31 with help from the Mahnomen American students residing on or near White Earth EMT, Mahnomen County Sheriffs Department, White Earth Police Although the Circle of Life Academy is current - Reservation. Department, and the Mahnomen Fire Department. Additional ly closed to students for in-school learning due to the COLA Superintendent Jenna Leadbetter and community participants and booster club members joined the fun Covid-19 pandemic, the school opened its doors for staff, along with White Earth RBC council members by offering treats! Katharine MacGregor, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the and staff, welcomed MacGregor on behalf of the The MTCC gave out 500 masks and Halloween treats as part of Department of Interior (DOI) on Thursday, Oct. 15. White Earth Nation. During a tour of the school, sev - the event. The Circle of Life Academy (COLA) is a Bureau eral topics were discussed to include distance learn - of Indian Education (BIE) grant school and is cur - The Mahnomen Council would like to thank everyone who partic - rently operated by the White Earth Reservation ipated. Business Committee (RBC). The BIE is an agency of See Visit Page 28 N E 4 D M D 1

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Anishinaabeg Today A, B, C’s will help community get through COVID-19 second wave The Anishinaabeg Today (AT) is the offical publica - tion of White Earth Reservation and is published once a AT month. Editorials and articles appearing in the are By Cason Gardner, M.D. Never threaten or mock those who don’t believe the the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily White Earth Emergency Operations Center same as you do about the pandemic. reflect the opinion or attitude of the AT staff or the White Earth Reservation Business Committee. Accept that the SARS CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 Observe what’s going on around you and use your common sense to identify COVID risks you can decrease AT infection are real, the pandemic is happening, death and dis - The reserves the right to reject any advertising with practical everyday actions. or materials submitted for publication. 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Understand that politics, religion, race/ethnicity, or erwise. 5903, email: [email protected], fax: 218-983- philosophy must not divide and disrupt our shared commu - 3641, or write to: Face the fact that careless close interactions spread nity efforts to work together in keeping our lands COVID- SARS CoV-2 and COVID infection, no matter how well safe; now is time for action not debate. Anishinaabeg Today intentioned they may be. PO Box 418 Vaccine has saved Native Nation people over and over White Earth, MN 56591 Go out to work, shop, school, socialize, worship, relax again for most of the past century; don’t believe the “small - only when you have to and can do so in COVID-safe ways. pox blankets” efforts of conspiracy-theorists that try to Member of the v ave a plan and supplies for sheltering at home if a make you doubt vaccine safety or effectiveness. Native American Journalist Association H v lock down is required. ishing COVID away won’t work; cooperating in Minnesota Newspaper Association W Internet bookmark reliable sources of public health street-level ways to stop its spread will work. WER Business Committee education and advice. X marks the spot where you need to be COVID-smart; Just say no to risky group events, even if you miss get - that’s right where you are, in what you are doing, all day ting together. and every day. Michael Fairbanks es, some community members will get sick and a few Chairman Kill germs with surface cleaning, hand washing, sani - Y tization, fresh air circulation, and laundering. will get very sick; but, by working faithfully together on Leonard Alan Roy basic COVID prevention practices, you can reduce those Secretary-Treasurer Let scientists and public-health medical providers do illnesses and complications by up to 90 percent. their work without unreasonable criticism and interference. Raymond Auginaush Sr. Zero tolerance for people who use hate to fight Make it your responsibility to do what you can to keep District I Representative COVID; compassion, respect, kindness, and cooperation yourself, your family, your friends and neighbors, and your work much, much, much better. Kathy Goodwin community safe. District II Representative Understanding root causes of Historical Trauma Cheryl “Annie” Jackson District III Representative By Evelyn Bellanger understand and practice those ways. We are all descendants Editor Pine Point, Minn. of very intelligent people. We have proof of that by the waterproof canoes and other containers that we have that Gary W. Padrta I have been writing articles for the last 10 months per - are made out of the trees, among the many other things that taining mostly about Historical Trauma. It’s a subject that we used and did during those times. Future Issues * has not been in the forefront nor talked about very much. We need to speak up, learn more about historical and Today we continue to see the results and work with the intergenerational trauma, how it is passed down and recog - symptoms and we need to go beyond that to look at and Deadline Issue Date nize that it is real. We need greater involvement of the understand the root causes. entire communities for the beginnings of the journey to Nov. 25 Dec. 2 The most devastating was the off-reservation Boarding healing. It may take as many years to heal as it took to get School era that changed our children forever. When and us here, when will we start? Dec. 30 Jan. 6 how do we heal? It’s time we need to make an effort to I have no PhD., or Dr’s. degree in studying Historical move forward to start healing. If we don’t, it’s only going Trauma. I do have a Master’s degree in Native Studies, I Jan. 27 Feb. 3 to get worse. In my short lifespan, I have seen it get worse. research, I live here on the reservation, I understand it, I see Our ancestors have always said, ‘go back to the old it, I feel it, and it affects me and everyone else in our every - Feb. 24 March 3 ways.’ That’s one of the clues that we need to adhere to. To day lives. know who we are, we have to know where we came from, March 31 April 7 With this knowledge of our history, we can instill how we lived, to know how we got here and to know where pride, a sense of belonging, give hope, inspire, encourage - we are going. * Deadline and issue dates subject to change ment, and reconnection. I want us to heal, to have better Before the arrival of the Europeans, our societies were lives. structured to raise healthy children. We need to go back to The first step to healing is the belief that we can. Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Anishinaabeg Today 3

News From Chairman Michael Fairbanks Attention White Earth ENP clients Aaniin Boozhoo Gaa-waabaabiganikaag With the winter season fast approching, please be patient Niminwendam Waabaminaan! with our drivers. Deliveries might take longer due to road conditions. If they cannot get in your driveway they will not Gashkadino-Giizis! drop off your meal. However, the driver will report the Baabige naa aapiji goonikaa noongom biboong condition of your driveway to the proper team that can help. gii-ojijise. If you have someone that plows your driveway, please have Geyaabi babaamisewag aandegwag. Gaawiin them do so. Miiqwech for your help to make your meals get mashi ando-biboonishisiiwag. to you in a timely manner Anishinaabe Dengwechigaans Biizikan. Weweni- sago-na. For your safety and ours please make sure you have a cooler outside to put your meals in. Please remember to take the Greetings White Earth Nation I am Happy to See food out of the tin container and reheat it up to 165 F for 15 You! seconds in a microwave. It is November the Freezing Moon! Already its early winter and there is a lot of snow. Miiqwech, The crows are still flying around. They haven’t Take care & be safe migrated for the winter yet. From the ENP staf f Everyone Be Safe, Stay Safe, Mask Up. November is upon us, with the holidays fast from growing, to its processing into various products, approaching, I hope you and your families stay such as oils, topicals etc. This is to ensure that White healthy and safe. Earth’s Medicinal Cannabis program and products As many of you are aware, homelessness is an will be safe and effective in addressing the health issue and concern for me as well as the other members needs of patients. of the RBC. This concern becomes more acute with Discussion and consultation with the State of the onset of winter to our friends and relatives who are Minnesota has been productive. It is hoped an MOU homeless. It is a concern to individuals and families, or a State/Tribal Compact may be developed, though especially those with young children, living with there are indications that the latter would require leg - friends and relatives. islative action to occur. Such action however, is not In the last few months, I and the other members necessary for White Earth to move forward with an of the RBC have partnered with homeless advocates, Ordinance to begin growing, processing and retail city officials and others in a proposal to develop a operations. Again, I wish to remind everyone that cur - low-barrier, indoor village shelter, comprised of a 100 rently, only individuals with a Minnesota Medical tiny shelters located inside a climate controlled ware - Cannabis registration card can posses and use house. Residents will have safe, warm living accom - Medicinal Cannabis on the White Earth Reservation, modations, and will also have access to wrap-around and the referendum passed in August did not legalize services with a focus on harm reduction such as health the growing, processing or distribution of cannabis on care, mental health and chemical dependency ser - the White Earth Reservation. vices, as well as assistance in transitioning to more Finally, I would say again, stay safe, stay healthy, permanent housing. This “Tiny Homes Project” will and remember to talk to your community councils prioritize White Earth members and descendants as about holiday turkey distributions. well as other Native Americans and will provide a Baamaapii wiingezin. model for similar projects here on White Earth. Miigwech bizindawiyeg. I am happy to report that the Medicinal Cannabis Gigawaabamininim naagaj. project is advancing at a steady pace. A draft Take it easy. Ordinance will soon be ready for review by the RBC. The Ordinance is important and necessary and defines Thank you for listening to me. the Band’s authority, to regulate Medicinal Cannabis See you all later. on White Earth. This includes defining qualifying medical conditions; quality control of the cannabis Chairman Fairbanks

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The New Green Revolution

By Winona LaDuke don’t have the donkey and the elephant Executive Director, Honor the Earth fighting each other. They don’t have our political system that just doesn’t want to So there I am, minding my own work together. The lessons are there for beeswax in a pandemic, growing some cool Minnesota: “Through quantitative and qual - vegetables and a fiber hemp field. Hemp, the itative data we can show how successful this non psychoactive relative of marijuana, is a project is… and we can say, ‘You should do big industry in the world, and the US this in Bemidji,... in Brainerd,…and imports $66 million in hemp products annu - Clearbrook.’” That’s vision which should be ally. Our fields did well, after five years, I supported by the state and the electric indus - agree, with some fish guts, and good fertiliz - try. The fact is that solar, is what’s known as er it grows like a weed. I think we should a disruptive technology, it’s changing the grow it here, it’s the New Green Revolution. world, and quickly, particularly as climate Meanwhile Red Lake Nation is putting change and international markets squeeze up a new big 240 KW solar project, with the tar sands industry to death. more on the way- hoping for a 20 megawatt Just south of Red Lake, the White Earth solar farm soon. That’s been brought to Red Reservation in collaboration with the Rural Lake, in a collaboration with a tribal mem - Renewable Energy Alliance, is putting up ber: Solar Bear, and visionary leadership at 200 kw of solar to serve five villages and Red Lake. Their leadership is unified. In more is planned. In Ponsford, 8th Fire Solar 2016, Chairman Seki told tribal members, is manufacturing solar thermal panels which “We as a nation have to diversify. We need can reduce a heating bill by 20% in a to create and develop our nation to be self Minnesota winter. Solar thermal trainings sufficient. By working together, we can are underway on Leech Lake and Nett Lake. accomplish this task to make our nation After all, staying warm is a good thing, not stronger.” Those are words Minnesota and Democratic or Republican. tribal politicians might note. And if you look up when you’re driving Bob Blake, Aka Giizis Makwa or Solar on Highway 71, you can see the wind tur - Bear, decided to change the world, envi - bine parts moving by, from the Port of sioning a solar revolution. The price of solar Duluth to new wind farms in Nebraska. All panels has dropped significantly, and it turns those are imported parts. It’s happening, the out that cold and sunny is the ideal combina - world is changing. tion for efficiency. “When you think about In the midst of the pandemic, we’ve what can a little community like Red Lake reduced fossil fuels consumption by about do to think globally and act locally? This is 9%, and a lot of people actually like to stay it. These tribes can move a lot faster than the outside world, because of the fact that they See Green Page 19 Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Anishinaabeg Today 5

News From Secretary-Treasurer Alan Roy Rez Briefs Hello my fellow Anishinaabeg, The following is a report on the Band’s finances. Wild rice sales Due to limited space, you can read the entire report The White Earth Wild Rice program will no longer be accept - on our website at www.whiteearth.com. ing walk in customers. Please call 218-936-3112 to make an appointment for pickup. SECTION I – FINANCIAL REPORT Overview Circle Back Program referrals The RBC’s finances are reported annually If anyone needs to get a hold of the Circle Back Program to through a Statement of Net Position and Statement of make a referral or to schedule a comprehensive assessment for ado - Activities. The most recent available statements are lescents, call 218-983-4693 or Ext 4693 or email leslie.fain found in the RBC’s Audit Report. These statements @whiteearth-nsn.gov provide information about the activities of the Band as a whole and present a longer-term view of the VFW Post 9880 Auxiliary meeting notice Band’s finances. Ogema VFW Post 9880 Auxiliary will meet on Monday, Nov. 9 at 4:30 p.m. in the Ogema VFW Hall. Please note the fall/winter The Statement of Net Position presents informa - time change. All members encouraged to attend. If you would like tion on all of the Band’s assets and liabilities and information on becoming a member please call Carol Fabre at 218- deferred inflows and outflows of resources, with the 983-3443 or 218-401-1219. difference reported as net position. Over time, activities and balances reported in the Statement of increases or decreases in net position may serve as a Net Position and the Statement of Activities and gov - Annual VFW Post 9880 banquet cancelled useful indicator of whether the financial position of ernmental funds and proprietary funds financial Due to Covid-19 and the increase of cases in our area the the Band is improving or deteriorating. The statements. Ogema VFW Post 9880 & Auxiliary has cancelled their annual fall Statement of Activities presents information showing Proprietary Funds – When the Band charges membership banquet. We wish to thank all of our veterans and cur - how the Tribe’s net position changed during the most customers for the services it provides – whether to rent service men and women for their dedicated service. recent fiscal year. All changes in net position are outside customers, members of the Band or to other reported as soon as the underlying event giving rise units of the Band – these services are generally Mahnomen Salvation Army looking for volunteers to the change occurs, regardless of the timing of reported in proprietary funds, which are reported the The Mahnomen County Salvation Army is well into their sec - related cash flows. Thus, revenues and expenses are same way that all activities are reported in the ond year of service for our community and we want your help! Do reported in this statement for some items what will Statement of Net Position and the Statement of you have ideas of how to better strengthen our community and want only result in cash flows in future fiscal periods (e.g., Activities. In fact, the enterprise funds (a component to join an organization of like-minded individuals? This is your call earned vacation leave). of proprietary funds) present the same information as to action! If you have any questions or would like to become a vol - In the Statement of Net Position and the the business-type activities reported in the Tribe- unteer, please call and leave a voice message at 218-935-5022. Statement of Activities there are two kinds of activi - wide statements but provide more detail and addi - ties: tional information, such as cash flows. We use inter - Waubun School Forest available for walks Governmental Activities – Most of the Band’s nal service funds (the other component of proprietary The Waubun School Forest trails are open for walking. It is governmental activities are reported here, which funds) to report activities that provide supplies or located at 2541 State Hwy 113 (9.2 miles east of Waubun). Call include general government, health services, educa - services for the Band’s other programs and activities 218-473-2575 if you have a question. tion, human services, public safety, conservation of – the cost of the Band’s general, medical, and work - natural resources, transportation, economic develop - ers compensation insurance – which are then allocat - White Earth Transit running limited routes ment, culture and recreation, and community ser - ed to the various tribal units and funds. White Earth Public Transit is now open again and they are run - vices. Shared taxes, charges for services, interest on The governmental fund financial statements ning limited routes. Due to new COVID-19 mask requirements, it investments, governmental contracts and grants, and report the Band’s operations in more detail, showing is mandatory for riders to wear a mask. Hand sanitizer stations have transfers from the business-type activities finance how these services were financed in the short term as been placed at the entrance of each bus for the safety of clients and most of the governmental activities. we as what remains for future spending. seating is limited due to social distance guidelines. Please call Transit dispatch for availability. Business-Type Activities – The Band’s gaming Governmental fund financial statements also report and retail sales are reported here. Fees charged to the Band’s operations in more detail than the Band- White Earth Cultural Division customers is what primarily finance these activities. wide statement by providing information about the Band’s significant funds. The White Earth Cultural Division is offering traditional med - Fund Financial Statements icine for individuals that need medicine in these changing times. The fund financial statements provide detailed General Fund Contact [email protected] or call the EOC cen - information about the most significant funds – not The General Fund includes departments that ter at the Shooting Star Casino and request to get a hold of Merlin. the Tribe as a whole. The RBC establishes funds by operate more for the good of the Band members than resolution to help it control and manage money for a to make a profit. Departments such as education and particular purpose, or in order to demonstrate that it public safety are directly involved with the Band is meeting legal responsibilities for using certain members. Other departments are indirectly involved grants and other money. The two fund types – gov - with the Band members but perform functions for the ernmental and proprietary – use different accounting Band’s overall good. approaches. As reported through audits, Special Revenue Governmental Funds – Most of the Band’s Funds were administered through: General basic services are reported in governmental funds. Government, Health Services, Education, Human Governmental fund presentation focuses on how Services, Public Safety, Conservation of natural money flows into and out of those funds and the bal - resources, Transportation, Economic development, ances that are left at year-end and are available for Culture and recreation, Interest, and Public works. spending. These funds are reported using an account - The approved Fiscal Year 2021 RBC General ing method called modified accrual accounting, Fund Budget was authorized at the September 2020 which measures cash and all other financial assets Regular Meeting. that can readily be converted to cash. Governmental fund information helps you determine whether there Fiscal Year 2020 – Quarter 4 are more or less financial resources that can be spent Reporting the revenues and expenditures for the in the near future to finance the Tribe’s programs. We Band’s most recent finances will be generated quar - describe and reconcile the relationship (or differ - ences) between governmental and business-type See Report Page 13 6 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Tribal leaders A message from the White Earth DMV urge caution as COVID-19 cases surge on reservations Harvest permits will be given out Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. inside the Public Safety office. Time is By Dan Kraker in place for feasts and funerals — limiting gatherings limited and we only have so many left. Please make sure Minnesota Public Radio News to 10 immediate family members, meeting outside. to have your Tribal ID ready. If you need a new Tribal ID, “It’s not about giving up your culture,” he said. please call the DMV at 218-983-3285 Ext. 5705 a day Early in the pandemic, there was a lot of fear that “It’s not about stopping the things that drive us ahead for an appointment. if the coronavirus got a foothold in tribal communi - Anishinaabe people. It’s part of us, so I want every - Thank you! ties in Minnesota, it could take a devastating toll. body to continue doing that,” DuPuis said. “As long For months, tribes were largely successful in as you maintain that social distancing, you wear your keeping the virus at bay. They launched aggressive mask, you wash your hands, that’s all anyone can ask campaigns on social media, encouraging people to of an individual, is [that] you try to control what you wear masks, avoid crowds, and keep social distance. can control.” White Earth Distribution store And they had another advantage — geography. That’s become especially important lately for is open for business Most reservations in Minnesota are far removed from tribal nations in northern Minnesota such as Red White Earth Food Distribution opened the store for your some of the early hot spots in the Twin Cities and Lake, White Earth and Leech Lake, which are sur - shopping convenience starting Oct. 1! elsewhere. rounded by counties, including Clearwater and But now, cases are surging in rural areas across Hubbard, with some of the highest rates of COVID- Monday-Thursday the region — and that's having an impact on tribal 19 community spread in the state. 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. communities, too. In Minnesota, the number of new It’s not surprising, therefore, that “those reserva - Please follow social distancing guidelines and everyone COVID-19 cases among Native Americans has tions will also see an uptick” in cases, said Jackie is required to wear a mask. grown by about 75 percent in the past month. Dionne, director of American Indian health with the After seeing cases dip to only a handful per Minnesota Department of Health. week in August and September on the White Earth That uptick would be worrisome anywhere, but Reservation in northwestern Minnesota, October has it raises special concerns in tribal communities. been a different story. When it comes to the most severe outcomes of A message from the “We’re seeing about 28 to 29 cases — active COVID-19, Native Americans in Minnesota have the White Earth WIC Department cases — per week,” said Emergency Manager Ed highest rates of hospitalization, ICU use and death of Snetsinger. any group in the state — about double the rate of the states population as a whole. WIC is still open! Call to schedule an Almost all the new cases in recent weeks have appointment today. All appointments are being been linked to the same thing that’s driving cases That’s partly because Native American commu - statewide — family events. nities already suffer from high levels of diabetes, completed via phone. heart disease and other conditions which often result “Whether it’s just getting together for birthday in more serious complications from the disease. parties or weddings or funerals, that’s the main cause You can reach WIC Monday - Friday of our increase in cases,” said Snetsinger. “Just “Going into COVID, we heard some of our tribal from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at 218-204-0399. human behavior in family events.” leaders say, if we were to get large spread on our reservation, we could wipe out our whole elder pop - People are still complying with mask require - ulation,” said Dionne, which, in turn, could wipe out ments in businesses and public places, he said. But in indigenous languages that tribes have been working private, he said people on the White Earth for decades to revive. Reservation — just like people everywhere across the state and the country — are tired of COVID-19. That’s why it’s so important to combat that COVID-19-fatigue, Dionne said. “And unfortunately, now’s not the time to give “So there’s just that need to keep this going. But up on some of those transmission prevention mea - it is really getting hard for folks.” sures,” Snetsinger said. Dionne and others know how deeply difficult So tribal leaders around the state are doubling that is, especially when it comes to things like saying down on their messaging. goodbye to loved ones. Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa But Native Americans have survived other pan - Chairman Kevin DuPuis recently reminded band members in a Facebook video that there are protocols See Leaders Page 26

Medicare updates – what seniors need to know The Dancing Sky Area Agency on Aging will be the Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-333-2433. hosting several virtual events that will help people Medicare 2021 Updates will cover several top - navigate Medicare changes in 2021. ics, including: With Medicare Open Enrollment in full swing, • Introduction to the Senior LinkAge Line® understanding the changes before deciding on insur - • Annual Medicare Plan Changes for 2021 ance and prescription options is important. • Different Insurance Plan Types • Medicare Part A Updates Medicare 2021 Updates will be held virtually • Medicare Part B Updates and will be offered three times: • Medicare Part D Updates • Tuesday, Nov. 10 – 2 to 4 p.m. • Medicare Advantage Plans (Part C) • Tuesday, Nov. 24 – 2 to p.m. • Expansion of Telehealth • Thursday, Dec. 10 – 2 to 4 p.m. • Medicare Plan Finder To register for a class, go to www.danc - • Medicare Fraud ingskyaaa.org and click on the “Find the • And…much more! dates/Register.” Class registration closes three days Medicare 2021 Updates classes are provided before events. If you need more information, contact free of charge. Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Anishinaabeg Today 7

Governor appoints former White Earth Nation White Earth Council of Elders judge to fill Fourth Judicial District vacancy By Lucille Silk, Chairperson Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently which serves as a cata - White Earth Reservation Council of Elders announced the appointment of Terri Yellowhammer lyst for relationship The lives of Elders has taken a new path and it is becoming as a District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Fourth building and partnering difficult to navigate. We are trying to be so careful by taking Judicial District. Her seat will be chambered in with community organi - care of ourselves and we do not understand why others are not Minneapolis. Yellowhammer’s appointment fills a zations. She also serves looking out for us too. Some of our young family members con - vacancy that occurred upon the retirement of Judge on the Board of Trustees tinue to defy their obligations of wearing a mask and social dis - Fred Karasov. for the National Yellowhammer is the American Indian Crittenton Foundation, tancing and can bring back this horrible disease to their fami - Community Relations Development Manager for which advocates for sys - lies. As Elders, we are at high risk when we encounter this Hennepin County. In this role, she guides the county temic justice with and virus, so we beg our young and others to please follow the on effective partnering with tribal communities in the for girls, young women, health guidelines. We will get through this pandemic together! twin cities and on reservations in Minnesota on a and gender-expansive October began with a bang, encountered by snow and very Terri Yellowhammer range of issues, including the overrepresentation of young people impacted cold weather. Most of us were not prepared and had to hustle to American Indian children in the child protection sys - by chronic adversity, violence, and oppression. find warmer clothing and boots. It is most imperative that our tem. Yellowhammer is a former board chair of the homes be protected with plastic on windows and enough heat. Previously, she represented indigent clients in Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center and was I would hope that our Elder Protection Services could take the adult and juvenile child protection cases at the Indian a member of a cohort of volunteers who held babies time to check on those Elders that live in their own homes to Child Welfare Law Center, was a White Earth Nation born with neonatal abstinence syndrome at make sure their needs are being met. Tribal Court Judge, and was a Minnesota Assistant Minneapolis Children’s Hospital. Attorney General. She earned her B.A. from the College of St. Once again we are receiving concerns from our Elders that Yellowhammer has been involved in outreach Catherine and her J.D. from the University of they are not able to make contact with the programs that are for Proof Alliance, which helps treat and prevent Minnesota Law School. Yellowhammer is an required to meet their needs. For example - an enrolled Elder Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. She serves on the enrolled member of the Standing Rock Lakota that lives near the Minneapolis area came here to buy some Hennepin Healthcare Community Advisory Board, Nation of North and South Dakota. wild rice and could not reach anyone given the numbers he tried. I tried to help him by contacting the program and thought it was all set up for him to come get his rice with his payment Awareness sheds light on victim-survivors and calls and necessary enrollment card. When he got here, nothing was set in place and he had to wait and go through unnecessary for an end to violence inflicted on Indigenous peoples means to finally get his rice. This does not place our programs in a respectful manner, especially since I had made numerous Every October during Domestic Violence ed international media and public attention. Alarming calls and thought I had everything set up for him. The same Awareness Month (DVAM), advocates and commu - increases in domestic violence have been document - thing happened to another Elder that lives right here on the nities across Indian Country and the United States ed worldwide, due to victims and their abusers being Reservation, is enrolled, and finally gave up on getting her wild rally together to honor survivors of domestic vio - trapped in close quarters while sheltering in place rice. It is frustrating when we cannot get the needed assistance lence and support abuse prevention. during quarantines. In August, in an effort to help that is requested and are forgotten. In 2020, StrongHearts Native Helpline once Natives affected by all forms of violence during this Elders are having difficulty again navigating the phone sys - again calls on advocates, tribal leaders, reservation uncertain and dangerous time, StrongHearts added and urban Indian community members, service sexual violence advocacy to its existing domestic and tem at Indian Health Services. Many cannot be seen and when providers and Native organizations to support the dating violence outreach services. referred out to other specialists they receive a bill and are movement to prevent and end domestic violence, “We must continue to heighten public awareness placed in threat of the court system for none payment of their which disproportionately affects millions of Natives of the issues of violence in Indian Country,” says bills. Many of the concerns are that they are not referred out to every year. StrongHearts Native Helpline Director Lori Jump a specialist until their health is in very critical status. Our Elders Violence against Indigenous peoples began with (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians). are dying rapidly without receiving the necessary health care. European contact and has continued to this day, “StrongHearts Native Helpline urges all individuals Our Elder Council has not met on a regular basis, but have adding up to more than 500 years of abuse. Domestic not only during October but throughout the year to called special executive meetings to address the requests of our violence, which continues as a tool of colonization, believe survivors, speak out and take action against constituents. We do take telephone calls on a daily basis and try represents a lack of respect for Native peoples. abuse, and to share supportive resources with their to get their requests met by the programs that are set up to meet Native women and men in the United States loved ones and communities in a concentrated effort those needs. All Council members are strictly volunteers, so experience domestic violence at alarming rates, with to put an end to domestic violence forever.” there is no payment for our services. more than four in five Natives having experienced StrongHearts Native Helpline is a safe, anony - some form of violence in their lifetime and more than mous and confidential domestic, dating and sexual Lawrence Crowell, Vice Chair for our Elder Council is half experiencing physical violence by an intimate violence helpline that offers culturally-appropriate doing an amazing job in helping the Elders that reside in the partner in the past year. support and advocacy for American Indians and Pine Point area. He works with a group out of Park Rapids that Domestic violence has many faces: physical, Alaska Natives. If you or someone you love is expe - provide extra food for the residents in Pine Point. When there sexual, emotional, cultural, financial and digital. It riencing domestic, dating or sexual violence or if you is enough food left over he will bring it to either the Congregate doesn’t discriminate and includes violence against have questions about your behavior, help is available. Housing residents or those that live at Bimadiziwin in White children, elders, LGBTQ2S individuals. There is also For one-on-one advocacy, click on the Chat Now Earth. We simply want to express our appreciation for all that a strong connection between domestic violence and icon at https://www.strongheartshelpline.org/ or call you do “Sam.” Sam, as he is known by most people, will go out thousands of Missing and Murdered Indigenous 1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483). Advocates are avail - of his way to help others when it is five years and counting that women. able daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. CT. he has not received his own housing needs. I personally apolo - Native nations in the lower 48 and Alaska Native gize for all the programs that have let you down. Villages continually go underfunded for life saving domestic violence services. Now in its fourth year of AT Readers Promote love, Create coalition, and Speak your truth. We operation, StrongHearts has received more than are all one family, so let’s take care of each other, especially our Veterans. 9,103 phone calls and online chats requesting criti - ** Please let us know if you recently moved, or cally-needed support to deal with intimate partner have moved in the past few years so we can violence. Of the phone calls, 5,010 were received in cancel your old address. Call the Lucille Silk , Chairperson, 218-983-3768 2019 — a 396.04% increase from 2018. Anishinaabegto Tdoadya@y wath 2it1e8e-9a8rt3h-3-2n8s5n .Egxotv. Lawrence Crowell , Vice Chairperson, 218-252-9390 This year during the Covid-19 pandemic, con - 5903 or email Stephanie Williams , Secretary, 218-983-3121 versations focused on domestic violence have attract - 8 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020

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COVID-kindness: Stunned, not shunned THE DOCTOR’S CORNER By Carson Gardner, M.D. flu. That is perhaps the only fair comparison of White Earth Emergency Operations Center COVID-19 and the flu: we should not blame or shun someone with COVID-19 any more than we would Doctor, I’m seeing things I listened to a friend the other day, on the phone someone with a case of the flu. that aren’t there! say, “I guess reality has struck.” That friend recently We all are suffering from “COVID-fatigue” right got COVID-19. My friend has not been particularly now, as well as COVID-fear: “I’m tired of all this By Joseph LeMay, SCO Class of 2021 careless about social-distancing and transmission- darn mask wearing, staying six feet apart, hand wash - and David J. Bellware, OD prevention practices. My friend cares about and ing, and lonely hibernation. I’m ready to say to heck White Earth Health Center serves our community. My friend also is a parent, with it all. I just want to pretend this isn’t happen - grandparent, and works every day closely with many ing!” But we all shudder inside when we read in the Visual disturbances are spots, waves, images, or distortion of other dedicated people to serve our community. My news about people who have lost loved ones to vision. They have a wide variety of causes, and are experienced by friend is a person who enjoys being with other peo - COVID. And the best simple, practical protection-- most people at some point in life. Some visual disturbances are ple, visiting, sharing stories, sharing meals, and shar - at least till about six months after vaccine is available completely harmless, while others are a sign of more serious prob - ing projects. and widely taken--is those basic social-distancing lems that need attention from a doctor. Some common causes of visual disturbances include floaters, migraine headaches, and lack I am staying away from my friend right now-- and transmission-prevention things we are getting of sleep. More serious causes can include diabetes, high blood pres - but I am not shunning my friend. I am looking for - bored with and tired of! They work to decrease cases sure, stroke, macular degeneration, and retinal tear or detachment. ward to the next time we can sit down, have a cup of and deaths by up to 90 percent on White Earth lands- coffee, and share stories, ideas, and humor. I’m -or anywhere else. Ocular Migraines – Ocular migraines are a visual disturbance stunned that my friend got COVID-19. It’s not fair. It’s ok to be stunned by the increase in COVID called an “aura” which usually lasts 10 to 45 minutes shortly before But it sure is real. I’m doing what I can to be sure my cases around us. But it’s not ok for someone to be a migraine headache. The aura can appear as jagged lines in the friend has all the help and support needed to beat shunned just because they got COVID. Yes, it’s side of your vision, blurry spots, shimmering, a “heat wave” or col - COVID, recover, and get back to family, work, and important to be as careful as you can to wear a mask, ors. Generally, they will be seen in both eyes, but they may occur community. wash your hands, clean high-touch surfaces, stay six to the left or right of the central vision. Often times there are other symptoms that may occur- like nausea, or a tingling sensation in the “Shun” is a word that means to ignore, avoid, or feet apart in public places or group gatherings, avoid hands. Migraine headaches are caused by changes in the blood ves - reject someone due to dislike, disgust, or fear. large-and-close-packed crowds, stay home more, sels inside the brain, and are often inherited genetically. There are Human beings are prone to shunning people they especially stay home if you are sick, and make sure “triggers” that can cause a person to have a migraine. The triggers blame for something bad happening. Our friends, indoor spaces have good fresh-air ventilation. But, will be different for each individual person. Some common neighbors, and family who get COVID-19 this winter you know what? More than 10 percent of COVID migraine triggers are: lights, chocolate, shellfish, red wine, and the are in danger of being shunned. Why? Because we patients are healthcare workers. They are doing all preservative tyramine. People who experience ocular migraines are all scared of COVID, that’s why. And when peo - those be-careful things--I guarantee it!--and they still are at a higher risk for stroke. If you think you are having ocular ple are scared, they sometimes do crazy things. got COVID. Exposure is exposure, and now we know that migraines or see an aura in your vision, ask for an appointment with It’s a crazy thing to blame or shun people who exposure-time adds up. I doubt you would blame a your doctor to talk about your health and treatment options. get COVID-19. Sure, it would have been better for nurse, lab tech, x-ray tech, pharmacist, nurse practi - Stroke –A stroke happens when parts of the brain lose blood them not to get COVID. But can any of us say for tioner, counselor, traditional healer, or family doctor sure that we won’t get COVID this winter? I sure flow and don’t get enough oxygen. Without oxygen to parts of the for getting COVID. And I’ll bet that, if you stay in brain; a person may develop sudden weakness, difficulty with can’t say that. How many times have you had “the touch with Gichi-Manidoo, you would ask for their flu” in your lifetime? COVID-19 is much more speech or have vision loss. Part or all of the vision may suddenly safe recovery and return to community service. Well, turn black or go missing. The parts of the brain along the visual catchy and way, way more dangerous than the flu; that’s the same thing to do for a neighbor, friend, rel - but you get my point. pathway can also lose blood flow, which can cause this vision loss. ative, or coworker who gets COVID-19 this winter. If you notice that part of your vision suddenly turns dark, seek When somebody happens to get the flu virus, we Wish them well, cheer them on, stay in touch, and in immediate medical assistance. wish they hadn’t gotten it, and we stay clear of their a couple weeks or so welcome them back to our com - cough, sneeze, and wastebasket for a week or two. munity. That is what COVID-kindness is all about. Vitreous Detachment and Floaters – Floaters are faint spots, But soon they are back to the connections of family, Anishinaabeg are a people of kindness. Let’s make lines, or strands in the vision that appear to float around in space. friendship, and work. We don’t blame them for the sure that includes COVID-kindness. They are often seen when looking at a blank sky or wall, and only appear from time to time. They are caused by: either a detachment of the vitreous gel from the back of the eye, or particles that get trapped in the vitreous gel. Although they are annoying, they are typically harmless. However, a vitreous detachment can increase the chances of having a retinal detachment and the symptoms can be similar to a retinal tear or detachment. Retina Disease, Tear or Detachment – The retina is the area inside your eyes that turns the light you see into vision. Diseases of the retina can lead to wavy spots, dark spots, or missing vision. A retinal detachment occurs when the retina comes loose from the eye. This is not painful, but it can cause bright sparks of light or flashes, wavy vision, or a shadowy curtain across the vision. A per - son may also experience an increase in black spots or floaters. A retinal tear or detachment should be identified and repaired as soon as possible. Not sure if you are having a visual disturbance? If something seems wrong or different with your vision, don’t hesitate to call your eye doctor. Sometimes all it takes is a simple conversation to get to the source of a visual disturbance.

You can reach the Anishinaaeg Today at [email protected] 10 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Seven steps to creating a healthy soup

Katie Hoban, RDN, LD bouillon and garlic. Mash or blend together. Registered Dietitian Hopefully these tips will help you skip the grocery White Earth Public Health store run and come up with a great soup with what you already have! A steaming bowl of soup is a hearty, healthful These tips and more can be found on the NDSU meal. You can use food from your pantry, freezer or Extension Website (www.ag.ndsu.edu). leftovers from your refrigerator to make a tasty soup in about 30 minutes following these easy steps. Each pot of soup serves about four adults (you can double to serve your crowd or save the extra for the freezer). Wild Rice Soup The nutritional value varies depending on the ingredi - Ingredients ents you choose. 2 tablespoons butter 1. Choose one fat. 1 cup each diced carrots, onions and celery a. 2 Tbsp. canola, sunflower, olive or other oil 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour OR 2 Tbsp. butter OR 2 Tbsp. margarine 3 cups hot chicken broth 1 cup cooked wild rice, drained b. Heat in large pot on stove 1 cup cubed cooked chicken 2. Rinse and chop one medium onion. 1 teaspoon thyme, crushed a. Add to pot and cook over medium heat until 1 cup stemmed fresh button mushrooms, cubed tender. 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped 3. Choose one broth. Add to pot. 1 tablespoon olive oil a. 2 (16-ounce) cans chicken, beef or vegetable 2 teaspoons white wine worcestershire sauce broth 1cup fresh or frozen peas b. 4 c. water plus chicken, beef or vegetable 2 teaspoons minced orange peel bouillon or soup base prepared according to manufac - 3 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted turer’s directions Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste c. 1 (16-ounce) can crushed or diced tomatoes Instructions and 3 cups water 1. Melt butter in dutch oven and add carrots, onions d. 4 c. milk and chicken bouillon or soup base and celery. Sauté about 5 minutes; add flour and cook prepared according to manufacturer’s directions about 5 minutes more, stirring constantly. 2. Add broth and stir to loosen roux from bottom of 4. Choose one protein. Add to pot. pan. a. 1 pound cooked (or leftover) chopped/diced 3. Add wild rice, chicken and thyme; let simmer for beef, chicken, ham, lean sausage, etc. about a half hour, stirring frequently. b. 1 (16-ounce) can beef, chicken, ham 4. Meanwhile, sauté mushrooms and parsley in olive One-Call Center c. 1 (16-ounce) can beans (pinto, kidney, navy, oil and Worcestershire sauce about 5 minutes; add to The One-Call Center is currently in operation as a black, etc.), drained and rinsed soup, along with peas, orange and almonds. part of the Emergency Operation Center for the White 5. Choose one starch. Add to pot. 5. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper Earth Nation. It is available to assist callers and respond a. 3 to 4 c. diced potatoes to taste before serving. to emails to provide resources and supportive services b. 4 ounces egg noodles, macaroni, pasta (or 1½ Yield : 6 servings c. leftover cooked noodles) with a nurse, mental health and human services worker c. ½ c. uncooked rice (or 1½ c. leftover cooked Smoked Bacon Sweet Potato Soup available Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. rice) Ingredients d. 1/3 c. uncooked quinoa (or 1 ½ cup leftover 3 slices smoked bacon, chopped White Earth/Mahnomen County One-Call Center cooked quinoa) 1 medium red onion, chopped + Nursing + Mental Health + Human Services 6. Choose a mixture of 2 to 3 c. chopped vegeta - 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 tsp. smoked paprika 218-936-2774 // [email protected] bles (fresh, frozen or canned). Add to pot. Broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, 1 tsp. kosher salt 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper cooked or canned beans (such as kidney, pinto or 1/8 tsp. cayenne Contact the One-Call Center if you or someone you black beans), corn, green pepper, green beans, mush - Pinch of red pepper flakes (optional) know need resources or contact info for : rooms, peas, squash, zucchini 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced* 7. Choose one or more seasonings, add to pot 4 c. low-sodium chicken broth Covid19 Triage # and simmer 20 to 25 minutes or until vegetables 1 tbsp. lime juice Nursing/Home Health Services are tender. Instructions Mental Health Services a. 1 to 2 tsp. dried herbs (oregano, basil, cumin, 1. In a large pot over medium heat, cook bacon. chili powder, thyme, rosemary, parsley, etc.) Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate and reserve 1 White Earth DMV Services b. Bay leaf (remove before serving) tablespoon fat. Food Assistance c. Minced garlic 2. In the pot, sauté onions and cook until slightly soft - Community Council contacts d. 1 to 2 Tbsp. fresh herbs (add five minutes ened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until soft before serving) and fragrant, around 2 minutes. Emergency Energy Assistance 3. Season with salt, pepper, smoked paprika, red pep - A few ideas : Employment Services per flakes and cayenne, if using. Chicken and rice soup : Combine onion, celery, Veteran Services 4. Add sweet potatoes and stock. Bring to a boil, then carrots, chicken, rice, chicken broth, rosemary, parsley reduce heat to low and simmer until sweet potatoes Elder Services and garlic. are tender, 27 to 30 minutes. White Earth Homeless Resources Beef and vegetable soup : Combine leftover roast 5. Blend with immersion blender or transfer to a Enrollment Contacts beef or browned ground beef, onion, potatoes, carrots, blender in batches and blend until smooth. Substance Abuse/Rule 25 Assessments celery, crushed tomatoes, beef broth, oregano, basil, 6. Stir in lime juice, serve, sprinkle with bacon and parsley and bay leaf. enjoy! General COVID-19 Questions Black bean and corn soup : Combine onion, *Note : The size of the sweet potatoes will determine General Questions Relating to WE Programs green pepper, corn, green chilies, canned black beans the consistency of the stew once blended. If you like (drained and rinsed), rice, crushed tomatoes, chicken thicker stew, get larger sweet potatoes and smaller if broth, oregano, cumin, chili powder, cilantro and gar - you like a thinner consistency. lic. Yield : Makes 6 servings – 90 calories and 16 grams Cream of broccoli or potato soup : Combine carbohydrates. You can reach the AT at [email protected] onion, broccoli or potato, celery, cheese, milk, chicken Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Anishinaabeg Today 11

White Earth Financial Services & COVID19 Wiidookodaadiwin – “We Assist Each Other” Closed to the public until further notice

Staff available: Monday-Friday / 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Phone: 218-935-2359 or toll free: 1-844-282-6580 Call volume is at a high level, please leave your name and DOB with a brief message of your questions. Your concerns are very important to us. We strive for same day/next day return call. Family Cases contact : Tina Swenson Ext 3265, Annie Erickson Ext 3309, Jeana Ketter Ext 3291, Jennifer Scott Ext 3313, Lori Savoie Ext 3274 Adult Cases contac t: Shellie Racer Ext 3307, Lori Drift Ext 3312, Christy Wadena Ext 3709 Aged, Blind, Disabled contact : Crystal Fineday Ext 3306 Administrative Assistant : Aimee Hisgun Ext 3715, Wendy Johnson Ext 3305, Teresa Kappedal Ext 3715 Concerns or comments : Financial Service Manager, Amy Littlewolf Ext 3290 Mailing Address : PO Box 100, Naytahwaush, MN 56566 DROP BOXES AVAILABLE: ***We have five fax locations to receive documents*** Naytahwaush Sports Complex : 218-936-3104 Mahnomen Backgrounds Office : 218-936-2508 Detroit Lakes Workforce Center : 218-844-5811 Bagley Financial Services : 218-694-6507 White Earth Financial Services : 218-983-4294 IMPORTANT: SNAP/Cash/Emergency Applicants Internet users/online applications : Applymn.dhs.mn.gov No internet/no problem : Call our office and we will guide you through the appli - cation process. If you have any questions regarding Public Assistance programs and the appli - cation process, please let us know. Miigwech and stay safe

November Food Distribution Calendar

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2 3 4 5 6

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Home Deliveries Home Mahnomen, Closed for Deliveries Waubun Veterans White Earth Day No Distribution No Distribution

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Closed for Thankgiving Holiday

30 Office hours: 8 to 4:30 Inventory Distro hours: 9 to 3:30 Lunch: 12 to 12:30 No Phone: 218-935-2233 Distribution Fax: 218-935-2235 12 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to open National Native American Veterans Memorial Nov. 11

The National Museum of the American Indian Hawaiians who have served in the military. will open the new National Native American The memorial design is by Harvey Pratt Veterans Memorial on Nov. 11. The moment will be (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma), a mul - marked with a short virtual message to honor the ser - timedia artist, retired forensic artist and Marine vice and sacrifice of Native veterans and their fami - Corps Vietnam veteran. The design features an ele - lies. The message will be on both the museum’s vated stainless steel circle resting on a carved stone YouTube channel. drum. It also incorporates water for sacred cere - “The National Native American Veterans monies, benches for gatherings and four lances Memorial will serve as a reminder to the nation and where veterans, family members, tribal leaders and the world of the service and sacrifice of Native others can tie cloths for prayers and healing. American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian veter - The museum planned to host a dedication cere - ans,” said Kevin Gover, director of the museum. mony and veterans’ procession to mark the memori - “Native Americans have always answered the call to al’s completion but postponed those events due to serve, and this memorial is a fitting tribute to their current health and safety guidelines. The museum patriotism and deep commitment to this country.” will reschedule both events when it is safe to do so. The memorial, which sits on the grounds of the Major support for the National Native American museum, was commissioned by Congress to give “all Veterans Memorial has been provided by the Americans the opportunity to learn of the proud and Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes; Chickasaw Nation; courageous tradition of service of Native Americans Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies; Poarch Band of in the Armed Forces of the United States.” Creek Indians; San Manuel Band of Mission Indians; Native Americans have served in every major and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. The military conflict in the U.S. since the Revolutionary memorial has also been widely supported by tribal War. This will be the first national landmark in governments and tribal veterans organizations. More Washington, D.C., to focus on the contributions of than 85 tribes, individuals, corporations and other American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native organizations have contributed to the memorial. Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Anishinaabeg Today 13

WE Homeless Program is a provider agency for COVID-19 Housing Assistance funding The White Earth Homeless Program is a provider agency for COVID-19 Housing Assistance Program funding. Please see eligibility requirements and apply online at 211unitedway.org or call the phone number below if you don’t have internet access. After you complete the application, and select White Earth Reservation as your provider agency, a staff member will contact you. If you have any questions about this funding you can also call the Homeless Program at 218-935-5554 Ext. 3212

Report from Page 5 terly as substantial changes occur between year to date from October 1, 2019 to reporting periods. For example, revenue September 30, 2020—the fourth quarter of and expenses arrive infrequently on a fiscal year 2020—combined revenue was monthly reporting basis. This standard $178.7 million, and expenditures were applies to all funds and activities. Moving $102.7 million. On September 30, 2020, forward, the Band will report the Band’s cash on hand was $98.3 million. However, finances with significant changes highlight - $95.3 million is considered Other ed at Regular Meetings. The Band’s most Governmental Funds; $45.9 million of recent finances can be found below. As with these funds belonged to Behavioral Health any monthly report the numbers will while the General Fund was $3.0 million. change significantly. To better reflect the Collective expenditures during this actual finances of the Band, Quarterly period were $102.7 million. Other Financials will be provided for the Quarter Governmental Funds were $83.8 million, ending in December, March, June, and and the General Fund was $18.9 million September of each year. The unaudited pre - liminary numbers are subject to change as The unaudited preliminary numbers the numbers are finalized. are subject to change as the numbers are You can reach the Anishinaabeg Today at [email protected] For governmental activities, overall finalized. 14 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Purrtecting cats and dogs

Community members receive food boxes

The White Earth Feeding Our Families program, with help from the White Earth Emergency Operations Center (EOC) handed out 3,750 USDA Farmers to Familes food boxes throughout the reservation in October. The USDA, as a result of the First Coronavirus Response Act, purchased and distributed agricultural products to those in need. Each box contained 10 pounds of fruits and vegetables, five pounds of cooked meat (chicken or pork), five pounds of dairy (yogurt and cheese) and milk. Top : Amy Moore, left, and Sarah Lafebvre load a food box in a car on Oct. 15 in Mahnomen. Middle : Some of the food boxes that were given away. Bottom : Mike Johnson and Tammy Carlsrud, White Earth EOC, secure a load of food boxes headed to Naytahwaush,

Photos by Gary W. Padrta

USDA - NRCS announces EQIP sign up for 2021 funding Provides conservation practices to protect natural resources in Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minn. – Farmers, ranchers, and for - 20, 2020, will be evaluated, prioritized, and ranked est landowners can plan ahead and sign up for USDA for funding in 2021. Farmers may contact their local conservation funding. Troy Daniell, USDA−Natural USDA Service Center to get started on producer eli - Submitted photos Resources Conservation Service State gibility and planning. Daniell reminds farmers who Leech Lake Legacy is a liaison between the Leech Lake Tribal Conservationist in Minnesota, announced farmers, are interested in practices that may require permits, Police and the Cass Lake impound and a network of partner shel - ranchers, and forest landowners interested in the such as manure storage or streambank restoration, to ters and rescues. They take stray and unwanted animals and Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) begin planning and seeking permits as soon as possi - bring them to shelters and rescues throughout the state to help need to apply by Friday, November 20, 2020 , for ble. them find their furr-ever homes. Together with Paul’s Passion, a funding in 2021. Applications are being taken at all If funding allows, a second application cutoff volunteer run start-up animal rescue here on White Earth USDA Service Centers in Minnesota . will be set for March 5, 2021. Reservation, they took in 118 animals (65 dogs and 53 cats) on EQIP is the primary program available to farm - Landowners interested in applying for EQIP Oct. 17 at the Naytahwaush Sports Complex. They are hoping to do another as soon as possible. Paul’s Passion hopes to emulate ers and landowners for farm, ranch, and woodland funding should contact their local USDA service cen - the model of the Leech Lake Legacy. They strive to do future ani - conservation work, offering payments for more than ter located in Mahnomen, Bagley, or Detroit Lakes - 100 conservation practices. mal rescue, spay and neuter clinics and animal wellness clinics or - call Dustin Jasken, NRCS White Earth Tribal here on White Earth. Top : Leech Lake Legacy employee and vol - “The Farm Bill allows NRCS to support conser - Liaison , at 218-935-2987 Ext. 106. For more infor - unteers Jenny Fitzer, Terri Walker and Jenny Wolfe. Middle : vation that ensures cost-effective financial assistance mation, visit www.mn.nrcs.usda.gov . Paul's Passion volunteers from left are Deb Killian, Penny for improved soil health, water and air quality, and Kemmer and Lisa Braun. Bottom : Two of the animals that are other natural resources benefits.” said Daniell. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, hoping to find a forever home. All eligible applications received by November employer, and lender . Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Anishinaabeg Today 15 WE firefighters 'right on the fire line' of California wildfires in a record-setting season

Editor’s note : This article ran in an earlier Showers are rare. And the work is demand - edition of the Detroit Lakes Tribune ing and dangerous. So, as they see it, what’s not to love? By Marie T. Johnson “I love it,” says Dawson Winter, the Detroit Lakes Tribune youngest member of the crew. At just 19 years old, this California trip is his third and In the 14 days since they first sank their biggest dispatch to date. “It’s everything I boots into the rugged ground of the expected it to be and more. I’ve never really Klamath Mountains in northern California, liked any other job like I like this one -- just 50-pound backpacks pulling on their shoul - the work, and the people I work with. You ders, four wildland firefighters from the get to see a lot of beautiful country. After White Earth Reservation have worked to we hike up to wherever we need to go . . . stop the fiery devastation surrounding them. it’s beautiful.” Thanks in part to the work of this Winter is a 2019 graduate of Detroit Minnesota foursome, a nearly 2,200-acre Lakes High School and an enrolled member fire that once threatened lives and caused an of the White Earth Nation. With him in evacuation order is now 100% contained. California are Billy Fletcher, 31, of Park The White Earth Wildland Fire crew, along Rapids, who’s also in his first year of wild - with as many as 200 other firefighters from land firefighting; Shawn Niesen, 23, who all over the country, were dispatched to Fox lives in Waubun and has been on the crew Fire, located several miles southwest of the for three years; and Jeremy Londo, the small town of Callahan. engine boss, who’s the most experienced on With that fire now under control, resi - the team with more than 20 years of wild - dents of the area have been allowed to land firefighting under his belt. Submitted photo return to their homes and resume their nor - “It’s exciting,” said Niesen of fighting mal routines. Yet the White Earth firefight - Fox Fire. “It’s calmed down a lot now, but White Earth Wildland Fire crew members Dawson Winter, Shawn Neisen, Billy Fletcher ers are still more than 1,800 miles from the first couple days … we were pretty and Jeremy Londo (left to right), in front of their pickup truck in the Klamath National their homes, and their daily routines right much right on the fire line, like right next to Forest in northern California, where they fought wildfires. now are far from normal. it. It wasn’t big flames coming towards us, From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day, it was just smaller ones.” While the fire they’ve been focused on access roads are so rough that the drive they’re toiling and sweating under the heat ‘This stuff is hard’ is contained now, Londo said there are sev - takes an hour and a half. of flames that get close enough to touch, The White Earth crew was dispatched eral other fires in the region that still need “It’s a messy fire, in numerous areas, digging deep fire lines, and cutting down to Fox Fire on Sept. 15, one day after the significant attention. and so certain areas of the fire we have to hazard trees to prevent the fire from spread - fire started. They took two trucks out there, “It’s calmed down pretty good,” he hike to,” he said. “We’ve done a lot of hik - ing. a fire engine and a pickup truck, with two said of Fox Fire. “When we first got out ing -- a LOT of hiking. I’ve been active all After that, they drive for well over an men in each vehicle. Normally there are here, the fire was only a couple days old my life, and this stuff is hard. It’s really hour down minimally-maintained mountain three to a truck on assignments like these, and it was still pretty active. It was pretty hard. … And when there’s four guys, you passes to get back to camp, where they eat but the crew is being extra cautious because hectic when we first got here… We had a really have to work hard, as opposed to a little something and then shiver in their of COVID-19. nice cool spell earlier that helped us gain being part of a 20-man crew.” tents all night, the cold, smoky mountain air At first, they were expecting to be on some ground on the fires.” Londo said it’s been a busy season for seeping right through their sleeping bags the job for two weeks, but they were later Early on, they made good use of their wildland firefighting crews. The worst of and under their skin. asked to extend their assignment by another fire engine and also made a lot of fire lines the wildfire season is still ahead, and yet The accommodations are humble. The seven days. They expect to be back home in (a fire line is a long gap dug into the ground 2020 has already been a devastating and food is nothing to write home about. about a week. to remove vegetation and other combustible record-smashing year for wildfires in the material; it acts as a barrier to slow or stop U.S. the progression of a wildfire). With fires In California alone, about 8,000 wild - more under control, they’re checking for fires have destroyed far more land in the leftover hotspots that they can help cool state than in any year ever before, damaging down, and they may be asked to assist at nearly 8,000 structures, causing multiple other nearby fires. evacuations and taking nearly 30 lives. Throughout the various phases of Fox The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Fire, the crew said, they’ve routinely hiked reported that, as of Sept. 28, more than 3.6 for miles a day, trekking through the million acres had burned, surpassing Klamath National Forest's infamously California’s previous record of 1.9 million wooded, rocky mountainsides -- “the acres, set in 2018. Klamath Forest is known amongst firefight - With thousands of fires persisting ers as some of the roughest terrain here in across the state, and the notoriously dry and California,” said Fletcher. windy season happening now into The mountains reach altitudes of 9,000 December, it’s likely that many more wild - feet, and it gets cold up there: official inci - fires are to come, and crews will only have dent reports state that there have been a tougher time extinguishing them. unseasonably high daytime temperatures In the midst of this months-long battle, reaching into the 80s in recent days, but a success story like the Fox Fire contain - nighttime lows can dip down to the mid-20s ment is a welcome victory. this time of year. ‘Fire’s actually a small world’ “We’re at a fire camp, and basically Before heading out to California for his we’ve been sleeping in tents on the ground biggest firefight yet, White Earth crew for the last 11 days,” Fletcher said in late member Winter traveled last fall to South Submitted photo September. “We didn’t even get to shower Carolina, and then earlier this summer to for the first five days.” South Dakota, to fight fires there. During Dawson Winter works on a fire line to help stop the spread of a wildfire in northern Their camp is only eight to 10 miles California. The state is in the middle of a record-setting and devastating year for wild - away from Fox Fire, he added, but the fires. See Firefighters Page 21 16 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Anishinaabeg Today 17 Mahnomen County Salvation Army is looking for volunteers and donations

What is the Salvation Army? gifts through the Angel Tree program. The Salvation Army is an independent 501 c3 How are we funded? organization and branch of the Christian Church. Its Much of our work is funded through the iconic organized and operated by three types of members; Red Kettle campaign. This year marks the 130th commissioned officers, soldiers, and volunteers. We year of its annual holiday fundraising event. Kick off are dedicated to meeting human need wherever, starts Nov. 13 and runs through Dec. 24. whenever and however we can to ALL people with - out discrimination. This holiday season we are expecting to see a greater need for our services. COVID-19 has not Mission Statemen t only created a larger need for us to fill but it has also The Salvation Army is an international move - decreased the number of traditional red kettles you’re ment and an evangelical part of the universal used to seeing at store entrances this holiday season. Christian Church. Its message is based on the bible. Several factors include, consumers carrying less Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mis - cash, coin shortage, more online shopping, recent sion is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to closures of retail stores and increased unemployment meet human needs in His name without discrimina - rates. tion. Donate History With more people facing poverty this upcoming The Salvation Army began its ministry in the season, your generosity is needed more than ever. United States of America in October 1879. There are five easy ways to donate. v Lieutenant Eliza Shirley left England to join her par - Make a one time or monthly donation by ents who had migrated to American in search of scanning QR code v work. She held meetings that we so successful that Text “Kettles” to 91999 to donate any amount v General William Booth sent Commissioner George Donate in person at any Red Kettle v Scott Railton and seven women officers to the united Online at SalvationArmyNorth.org to make a states in March of 1880 to formalize the effort. In one time or monthly sustaining gift. v only three years, operations had expanded to 12 Mail your donation to Mahnomen County states. By 1902, The Salvation Army was operating Salvation Army, PO Box 553, Mahnomen, MN throughout the entire United States, providing fami - 56557 ly, youth and senior services and disaster relief. All donations made to the Salvation Army stay McArthur awarded student grant The Salvation Army assists approximately 23 within the community in which they are given. million people within the United States annually. Eighty-two percent of every dollar donated goes Jacob McArthur, an employee and Today the organization is active in 130 countries towards local program services. The remaining 12 Student Ambassador for the White across the globe! percent is spent on administrative costs. Earth Tribal and Community College What do we do? was awarded the American Indian Volunteer College Fund 2020 Ford C3 Student Throughout the organization, the Salvation Volunteers are the backbone that enable us pro - Army opens our arms and hearts to serve those most Community Sustainability Project vide services in every county. We may not have a grant. vulnerable. Because human need different from state building in our community but our volunteer com - to state, city to city and even person to person, we The College Fund Ford C3 mittee, also known as, service units helps provide Community Project supports Student work to understand the obstacles, hardships and chal - local assistance. Often referred to as “the army lenges particular to the area’s population and then Ambassadors working to positively behind The Army,” volunteers play a crucial role in impact their community and school create services that best meet the needs within the helping us fulfil our promise to America of “Doing community. environments. the Most Good.” McArthur will be creating a video Jacob McArthur Client representatives provide emergency ser - We are currently looking for bell ringers for the documentary of fall and winter cultural vices such as food assistance, shelter, clothing, gas, holiday season. traditions of the White Earth Ojibwe tribe. The traditions that will be Bill-pay assistance and disaster relief. Some units To learn more and get involved contact the documented include harvesting and processing wild rice, harvesting also conduct special community projects such as Mahnomen County Salvation Army at 218-935- plants for the creation of traditional medicines, traditional winter Back-to-School Supplies/Backpacks or Christmas 5022. storytelling, and the collection and processing of maple sugar. Other topics he will be documenting include the importance of conservation and sustainability, the importance of resisting the implementation of pipelines, and how future generations need to continue to exercise their tribal rights to harvest (food sovereignty).

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Please let us know if you recently moved, have moved in the past few years, or plan on moving in the future so we can cancel your old address and update your current location. Many papers are still being sent to old addresses! Call the Anishinaabeg Today at 218-983-3285 Ext. 5903 or email [email protected] 18 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Grandpa time-connecting with the past Having a scary good time... By David L. Maack would cover the dwelling. The look on his face afterwards was priceless and My grandfather was born and raised on the White as a grandfather, with a responsibility to teach my Earth Reservation in northwestern Minnesota. For my grandsons, I used this as an opportunity to explain our family, we are not that far removed from the Rez, as family’s history and to teach him some words in we call it. Therefore, it was important that we raised Ojibwe. our children within the Ojibwe culture. A few weeks later, we went back for the dedica - That included visits “back home,” culture camps, tion and he showed his grandmother what he had ceremonies, powwows and other activities. It meant helped build. In addition, he was able to take part in a instilling in them the seven Grandfather Teachings of Native American blessing of the wigwam, along with Love, Respect, Bravery, Truth, Honesty, Humility, and a Native American Naming Ceremony for Diego. Wisdom and the understanding that as a people, we Michael Crichton wrote, “If you don’t know your are resilient. history…you are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of Linda Hogan writes, “Walking. I am listening to a the tree.” deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. If we have anything to do with it, our grandchil - Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result dren will know their history and they will be part of a of the love of thousands.” strong tree that is deeply rooted in faith, family, and Where we come from is essential if we are to lead culture. a balanced life. It gives us an understanding of who There is nothing like being a grandpa. In fact, it is we are and why we are here. It also connects us with the best job in the world! our past and points to our future. As Linda Hogan alludes to, we are taught that our David Maack is a White Earth descendent and ancestors are looking down on us, cheering us on. travels back to White Earth as often as he can. He This past month, my number one grandson helped writes a column, Grandpa Time, for the Racine with his first Eagle Scout project-building a wigwam Journal Times. He is married to Amy and they have Photo by Paula Smith at Hawthorn Hollow in Kenosha, Wis. This was sig - two children, Maria (Kiondre) and David II and two White Earth Behavioral Health hosted a Haunted Drive on Oct. 29- nificant on several different fronts. First, Kaibert’s grandchildren, Kaibert and Tannerbert. 30 at the First Thunder Being House (former Christian Retreat) in great, great grandpa Arthur Maack was an Eagle rural Ogema. The event was free and open to all reservation com - Scout, his great grandpa Terry Maack is a Life Scout, munities. Organizers handed out more than 1,600 bags of candy to his uncle David is an Eagle Scout and I am an Eagle youth. Also helping with the event were the White Earth Police Scout. Second, I grew up next to Hawthorn Hollow Department and the Becker County Sheriffs Department. and spent many hours exploring the grounds. And finally, from a cultural standpoint, the wigwam was our ancestral dwelling. The wigwam was used because of its effective - ness in keeping warmth in and wind, rain, and snow out, and because it was easy to assemble, take down, and reuse the materials for the wigwam at the next camp. The project was coordinated by Diego Alanis, a Life Scout with Kenosha Boy Scout Troop 505 and an enrolled member of the Sicangu or Rosebud Sioux tribe in South Dakota. He chose to build a wigwam after learning the history of the Potawatomi in Kenosha. Built along the old Indian trail at Hawthorn Hollow, a path used by the Potawatomi to travel from Green Bay to Chicago, the wigwam would have been used by travelers seeking refuge for a night. While there was not much that Kaibert could actually do, Diego and his family included him and when the wigwam was ready to be covered, Kaibert worked alongside of them, helping unroll the mats that

Top : White Earth descendant David Maack and his grandson, Kaibert use teamwork to help build a wigwam at Hawthorn Hollow in Kenosha, Wis.

Right : Kaibert checks out the inside of the wigwam.

Submitted photos Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Anishinaabeg Today 19 November is National Diabetes Month Green from Page 4 home. For many, working remotely is less stressful, and more produc - By Katie Hoban, RDN, LD Gestational Diabetes - Gestational diabetes tive. Out west, Google and Amazon are changing the world and grow - White Earth Public Health develops in pregnant women who have never had ing. Those guys are now the highest valued corporations in the world. diabetes. If you have gestational diabetes, your baby Exxon/Mobil isn’t even in the top 10. Each of those corporations is out November is National Diabetes Month – this could be at higher risk for health problems. buying electric cars, l0,000 or more, and financing a renewable econo - article will provide you some insight to this ever- Gestational diabetes usually goes away after your my. After all, if an electric car is 65% efficient and a combustion engine growing disease – in hopes to provide more aware - baby is born but increases your risk for type 2 dia - is only l6% efficient, why would we hang around with oil? That’s the ness! betes later in life. Your baby is more likely to have future, and I plan to be there. What is diabetes? obesity as a child or teen, and more likely to develop Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your type 2 diabetes later in life too. Meanwhile, there’s the Deep North. That’s what the political land - scape looks like and a lack of vision. Way too many politicians talking blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Prediabetes - With prediabetes, blood sugar lev - about old stuff - Representative Steve Green is still promoting nuclear Blood glucose is your main source of energy and els are higher than normal, but not high enough yet to energy and more coal. The last time anyone was really talking about comes from the food you eat. Insulin, a hormone be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. In the United States, nuclear energy was the Nixon era. There hasn’t been a new nuclear made by the pancreas, helps glucose from food get 88 million adults—more than 1 in 3—have predia - power plant built in this country for 30 years. And, coal, well that’s into your cells to be used for energy. Sometimes your betes. What’s more, more than 84 percent of them gone. So is tar sands, the industry has collapsed. It’s really time to body doesn’t make enough—or any (called Type 1 don’t know they have it. Prediabetes raises your risk evolve. Diabetes)—insulin or doesn’t use insulin well (called for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. The Type 2 Diabetes - Insulin Resistance). Glucose then good news is if you have prediabetes, a lifestyle Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline will bring 4,200 workers into northern stays in your blood and doesn’t reach your cells. change program can help you take healthy steps to Minnesota during a pandemic. They are already coming. Pickup trucks Are there different types of Diabetes? Yes! reverse it – which would mean diet changes and gather at Lake George, Hill City, and Backus, and crews from Louisiana Type 1 - Type 1 diabetes is thought to be caused adding physical activity. and Montana are coming to our north country. These are dangerous by an autoimmune reaction (the body attacks itself by Diabetes by the Numbers (from CDC – times, and there are strangers in our midst, not all of them good guys. mistake) that stops your body from making insulin. cdc.gov) Let me put it this way. Line 3 is a huge liability for Minnesota this Approximately 5-10 percent of the people who have • 34.2 million U.S. adults have diabetes, and 1 year, and over the long term. The fossil fuel era is ending, and we’re diabetes have type 1. Symptoms of type 1 diabetes in 5 of them don’t know they have it. being sold a bad deal just so a Canadian corporation can make more often develop quickly. It’s usually diagnosed in chil - • Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death profits. Enbridge has already shut down 400,000 barrels a day because dren, teens, and young adults. If you have type 1 dia - in the United States. of the market, and has moved oil into other lines- 67 and 2, according betes, you’ll need to take insulin every day to sur - • Diabetes is the No. 1 cause of kidney failure, to a new complaint filed by Honor the Earth. That’s why the state and vive. Currently, no one knows how to prevent type 1 lower-limb amputations, and adult blindness. the tribes appealed the corrupt decision of the Public Utilities diabetes. • In the last 20 years , the number of adults diag - Commission. In other words, they don’t even need the line. Type 2 - With type 2 diabetes, your body doesn’t nosed with diabetes has more than doubled . Governor Walz, we need you to act. Minnesota needs a way out of use insulin well and can’t keep blood sugar at normal Hope this article has provided you with helpful madness, and archaic policies of the l980s. We need you to join us in levels. About 90-95 percent of people with diabetes information that will benefit perhaps yourself, family creating the New Green Revolution. Minnesota was the birthplace of have type 2. It develops over many years and is usu - or friends to better their lives if they have been what’s called the Green Revolution- and that’s today’s agriculture. ally diagnosed in adults (but more and more in chil - affected by Diabetes. Check out next month’s paper That’s to say, that the University of Minnesota with Borlaug Hall is dren, teens, and young adults). You may not notice for more another article on who is at a higher risk for where the brains for the fossil fuels industrial agriculture was really fed. any symptoms, so it’s important to get your blood prediabetes and what lifestyle changes you can make Norman Borlaug is known as the Father of the Green Revolution. Let’s sugar tested if you’re at risk. Type 2 diabetes can be to improve your health with diabetes. make a New Green Revolution. prevented or delayed with healthy lifestyle changes, Article References – Center for Disease Control such as losing weight, eating healthy food, and being (cdc.gov) and National Institute of Diabetes and Here’s my suggestion, solar, renewables ,legalization of cannabis, active. Digestive and Kidney Disease (www.niddk.nih.gov). and a just transition. Now, that may sound wacky, but that neighbor to the north- Canada, they ‘re doing pretty well with the business worth $2.5 billion. Here in Minnesota tens of thousands of jobs would be cre - ated with a legalized cannabis industry, and a full scale fiber and food hemp economy. This is entirely a new economy for our state, and it’s a chance for a just economy, we could do it right. Medical Marijuana is a start, but Minnesota’s policy has confined the business to two big corporations, and now White Earth and Red Lake have legalized medical marijuana. It’s time to open the doors, and find the good varieties, to make this accessible to people, and to create an economy. Legalization of recreational marijuana, would do the most: it’s big business. Taxes could fund the schools to be safe for our children, and make sure we have good internet service and health care. We will need it. Oregon, for instance, with a smaller population has a l7% excise tax on recreational cannabis, that’s the equivalent of $l02 million back to the state. That’s more money, easy than Enbridge. THE LINE 3 Project is worth about 23 jobs in the long run. That’s after the party of employing a bunch of untrained security guys with guns and an attitude. Then there’s a solid industry: Minnesota used to have 11 hemp mills, and we want them back. We could make all that stuff we buy from China right here, and make more jobs than the 23 Enbridge will leave us with Line 3, after all the shooting ends. We could make all sorts of equipment for this work in the Iron Range, rather than importing it from China. Duluth and Superior used to make stuff, and now it’s time for a new round of manufacturing. That’s what we need more than mines and pipelines. And we are ready to roll up our sleeves this next spring for the new economy. Let’s do this together. There’s more than enough hate in the world, create the New Green Revolution and make America Beautiful again . 20 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020

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Firefighters from Page 15 the spring fire season, he was in White Earth every join: not only is his dad on the crew, but his grandfa - day, helping to manage local wildfires and prescribed ther’s a former fire chief, his uncle’s a current fire burns, and working on field management projects chief, and many other family members of his, men such as thinning brush. and women, either have been or currently are fire - That’s what a lot of the members of the White fighters. Earth Wildland Fire crew do -- a mix of working at “I have a picture at home of, when I was proba - home, and away. There are a little over 20 members bly 11, me and my dad watching the firefighters back total on the crew today. then,” said Winter. “I think that’s where it all started. It’s been a long time that I’ve wanted to do this.” David Snetsigner, a forestry manager at the Snetsinger said Winter’s uncle was one of the White Earth Tribal Forestry Office and Winter’s first wildland firefighters in White Earth. That was father, has been a part of the wildland fire crew since back in the 1980s, when the program first started. At 2003, making him one of the senior members. He that time, the tiny crew had just “one little water estimates he’s been dispatched to more than 30 pump and a van,” he said. “Now, we have like five assignments over the years. Most of those have been engines, all kinds of different pieces of equipment … wildfires, but sometimes crew members are called to It’s a totally different game now.” help with other kinds of natural disasters. White Earth Nation is just one of many agencies “We’ve sent people down for Hurricane Sandy, that send wildland fire crews out of state, Snetsinger and Hurricane Katrina,” for example, Snetsinger said. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is another, as is the said. U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and oth - Most assignments last at least two weeks plus ers. travel time, but can go longer. Assignments can pop “There’s lots of opportunities to get into fire,” he up at any time, and when they do, the available crew said. “Fire’s actually a small world -- you end up see - members usually get just one day to prepare. Many ing people across the country that you know from have families to say goodbye to, employers to alert, back home … There’s a lot of the same people that other obligations to tend to, and schedules to you work with. It’s kind of cool, actually.” rearrange before they go. He knows the risks of the job, but said that even Every year in White Earth, the crew is called to so, he doesn’t worry too much about his son being an average of 80 to 100 wildfires on the reservation. out there, even on bigger fires. Most of the crew live on or near White Earth, but “I know how dangerous it can be in California - Howah Ads that’s not a requirement to join. Several crew mem - - I’ve been out there three different times myself,” bers are considered tribal employees, while the rest Snetsinger said. “But I trust who he’s with and I trust work for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. But they’re all the leadership that’s out there with him. To get onto a Happy Birthday part of the same crew, and they’re not to be confused fire that large and in the mountains, it’s an exciting with the White Earth Fire Department, which is a thing, so I’m happy for him … You don’t always get REMINDER ! Karissa separate entity. on the big fire that everyone sees on CNN, so it’s Their ages range from 18 up to retirement, and pretty cool for him to get out on something like that.” Howah Ads are $5 with a From while the crew is mostly made up of men, there are For more information about the White Earth picture or $4 without. Thaddeus currently two female members. Most of them were Wildland Fire crew, call David Snetsinger at the Lloyd, inspired to join through word of mouth, usually by a White Earth Tribal Forestry Office, at 218-935-5967. All payments must Mom & friend or family member who’s on the crew. Or visit the Facebook page for White Earth be made in advance . Dad, For Winter, it was almost inevitable that he’d Reservation Wildland Fire Management. & your No exceptions bro Des Nov. 7th

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AT address change DEA At the current time, the best way to update your newspaper Hotline address is to email Report illegal sales of [email protected] prescription drugs to the You can also call 218-983-3285 Drug Enforcement Agency Submitted photo Ext. 5903. Please leave your Hotline at 1-877-RxAbuse name and your old/current 3(1-877-792-2873) Dawson Winter, Shawn Niesen and Jeremy Londo, of the White Earth Wildland Fire crew, dig a fire address. line at the California Fox Fire alongside other wildland firefighting crews. 22 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Obituaries

Josephine Bellanger Geraldine Margaret “Gawkidee” Bugg

Josephine Bellanger, 74, of Detroit Lakes, formerly of Hendrum, Minn., died Oct. 1 at Geraldine M. Bugg, 87, of White Earth, died Oct. 5 at her home in Congregate hous - Essentia Health in Fargo, N.D. ing surrounded by her loving family and under the care of Hospice. Josephine Bellanger was born Dec. 7, 1945, in White Earth to Wilfred and Eulalia Geraldine Margaret “Gawkidee” Bugg was born Nov. 22, 1932, in Ponsford to James (Brisbois) LaFriniere. She grew up in the Roy Lake area, attending Mahnomen Public and Nancy (Ortley) Evans. She was raised and educated in Ponsford. Geraldine was unit - School. After graduation, she met Kenneth Bellanger and the ed in marriage to Charles Bugg on Nov. 23, 1952, in Bagley, couple was united in marriage in 1965. They made their home Minn. They moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1958 where in Milwaukee and were blessed with three children: Michelle, Geraldine worked for Riverview Hospital, Control Data, St. Rebecca and Wayne. After Kenneth’s death in 1972, she and her Paul Civic Center and as a housekeeper at a number of resi - young children moved back to Minnesota to be near family. dences. Charles died June 10, 1997. Geraldine moved to She met Timothy Villabrun and they were blessed with one Bemidji, Minn., and in 2010, she moved to White Earth. daughter, Courtney. She later met Ernest Miller and they were Geraldine enjoyed playing bingo, Friday-night concerts at blessed with two more children, Liza and Andrea. The couple the Shooting Star Casino, visiting with her grand and great enjoyed many wonderful years together. grandchildren, fixing puzzles, shopping at the Boys and Girls In 1985, they moved to Hendrum, where she was employed Club Thrift Store and feeding her birds. Geraldine went on for the US Postal Service. Josie served as postmaster of the many travels with Wisdom Steps. She loved all the angels she Hendrum Post Office for many years. She met many wonderful collected and took pride in her collection. Attending Pow- people and created lifelong friendships during her years of ser - wows was a highlight in Geraldine’s life. vice as postmaster, before retiring in the early 2000s. Ernest died in 2018, but Josephine always kept busy. She continued to make her home in Hendrum Survivors include her children: Annabelle Hicks of Albert Lea, Minn., Denise Guinn until June 2020, when she moved to Detroit Lakes. of Rice Lake, Stephanie Kingbird, Terrance Bugg, Bette Bugg all of Bemidji and Clayton Bugg of Duncan, British Columbia; and 33 grandchildren, 90 great grandchildren and six In her spare time, Josephine enjoyed sewing, traveling, trips to the casino and going to great-great grandchildren and two on the way. garage sales. She cherished her time with family and was always filled with so much laugh - ter. She was an inspiration of patience, love and perseverance. She will be missed by all In addition to her husband, Charles, she was preceded in death by a son, Shawn Bugg; who knew and loved her. daughter, Charlene Bugg; adopted children, Ralph and Cynthia Stone; grandsons, Clayton Josephine is survived by her daughters: Michelle Bellanger (Mike Podany) of Bugg Jr. and Jacob Bugg; brothers and sisters: Garrison Evans, Betty Lou Evans, Kathryn Burnsville, Minn., Rebecca Bellanger of Detroit Lakes, Courtney (Duane) Werk of Benson, Inez Loun and Fernette Neeland. Donnelly, Minn., Liza (Brian) Ruud of West Fargo, N.D., and Andrea Schlepp of Moorhead, A funeral service was held Oct. 11 at the White Earth Community Center. Minn.; grandchildren: Melissa Lepper, Tara Gilbert, Brittany Azure, Dante Fornizy, Deandre Interment: Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Fornizy, Dakari Anderson, Hailey Werk, Akayla Werk, Riley Ruud, Jennifer Schlepp, Kara Arrangements: David-Donehower Funeral Home of Detroit Lakes. Schlepp, T.J. Schlepp and Grady Schlepp; 12 great-grandchildren; brothers, Dave (Judy) Online: www.daviddonehower.com LaFriniere and Bert LaFriniere both of Mahnomen; sisters: Mary (Buck) Tibbetts of Naytahwaush, Carrie Graham of Naytahwaush, Carol Mathre of Laporte, Minn., Jennifer (John) Uruo of Detroit Lakes and Melody (Gary Butenhoff) LaFriniere of Apache Junction, Lester Dean Ish-quay-gah-bow Fairbanks Ariz.; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Kenneth Bellanger and Ernest Miller; par - Lester Dean Ish-quay-gah-bow Fairbanks, of New Brighton, Minn., died Oct. 3 at J.A. ents, Wilfred and Eulalia; son, Wayne; brothers, Wilfred (Putt) and Glenn; and sister, Marge. Wedum Residential Hospice in Brooklyn Park, Minn. An outdoor Memorial Mass was held Oct. 7 at St. Anne’s Catholic Churchyard in Lester Dean was born April 13, 1939, at the White Earth Hospital in White Earth. He Naytahwaush. was proceeded in death by his father, Alex Joseph “Big Man” Fairbanks and mother, Interment: St. Anne’s Catholic Cemetery in Naytahwaush. Margaret Cecelia Ish-quay-gah-bow and six of his siblings Arrangements: Anderson Family Funeral Home of Mahnomen. Lester Dean is survived by his children: Michael Jay Fairbanks, Russell John Online website: www.andersonfamilyfh.com Fairbanks and Lisa Marie Blackcloud; grandchildren: Gary Peter Morin, Michael Scott Swenson, Stephanie Ann Swenson, and Brian Steven Swenson; and six great-grandchildren. Tanya Marie Bunker Lester Dean spent his last days with his long-time com - panion, Roberta Irene Pettit, and relatives, Gregg Hammerly Tanya Marie Bunker journeyed into the Spirit World on Sept. 27 at her home in with wife, Stephanie and son, Aaron and Chris, friends James Minneapolis. Houle, Andrea Barbour and their daughter, Jasmine, and his Tanya was born July 13, 1971, in Minneapolis to William Morrison Sr. and Donna cat of 18 years Sylvester. Bunker. Tanya was raised in Minneapolis and lived most of her life in the Minneapolis He was an active member in the military for three years area. She had three children: Michael Iceman, Larissa Iceman where he was assigned to an Engineering Division, serving in and Destiny Bunker. Tanya enjoyed painting, beading, scrap - Germany. He was an MP and a floater where he learned to booking and doing crafts. She was known to be a loving and cook, barber, drive, and repair trucks. After leaving the ser - caring grandma and loved spending time with her family. vice Lester Dean received his GED, studied at Dunwoody, and Tanya is survived by her children, Michael (Nicole) took photography classes. He worked for many years as a Iceman and Destiny Bunker (Adrian) of Minneapolis; grand - machinist, while playing the guitar in a country music dance children: Deshawn Russette, Dayonna Russette, Morgan bands and taking photos of everything. He took thousands of pictures in his lifetime. Russette, Meyers Russette and Ariella Rochelle Florence Later he created his traditional powwow regalia. His son, Mike contributed to the Mendoza all of Minneapolis; siblings: Travis (Ramona) beadwork. Lester Dean danced for many years at powwows. He shared his knowledge of Bunker of New York Mills, Minn., Edwin Barnett of Detroit natural herbs and traditional medicine with his family and friends. He also participated in Lakes, Tina Barnett of Detroit Lakes, Justin Barnett of Frazee, a drum group for Native Americans that have passed. Lester Dean was an impressive sto - Minn., Christopher Barnett, Chantel (Derek) Francis, Tara ryteller. He would share his life experiences with you and just put you in awe. (Tyler) Fuller and Terrance Paquette all of Detroit Lakes; aunt, He collected data and old photos about his elders and created ancestry booklets with Roxanne Bellanger of Brainerd, Minn.; and many nieces, photos for surviving members of his family. He also collected data that traced the nephews and cousins. Fairbanks name back about 500 years, when the first Fairbanks arrived in America. Preceding Tanya in death are her parents, William Morrison Sr. and Donna Bunker; Due to the Corona-19 virus concerns no services have been planned. His ashes reside brother, William Morrison Jr.; and daughter, Larissa Iceman. at his home in New Brighton. Visitors are welcome in small groups. Please call 334-216- A graveside service was held Oct. 6 at the Calvary Cemetery in White Earth. 0432 and ask for Lisa, daughter of Lester Dean, if you choose to visit. Arranagements: David-Donehower Funeral Home of Detroit Lakes. Burial will be at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in White Earth next spring. Online: www.daviddonehower.com Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Anishinaabeg Today 23 Obituaries

Raymond James “Jesse” Foster Jerold William Karsten Raymond James “Jesse” Foster, 78, of Detroit Lakes, formerly of Ponsford, went Jerold Karsten, age 86, of Naytahwaush, died Oct. 18 at the Mahnomen Health Center home to be with his Lord on Oct. 4 at Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. Hospital. Jesse was born Feb. 2, 1942, to Margaret “Muggins” (Foster) Janke at White Earth Jerold William Karsten was born July 24, 1934, in Ada, Minn., to Jerome and Mable Hospital. Jesse lived with his partner, Elizabeth Swenson for five plus years and was a step - Karsten. He grew up and attended school in Ada. Jerry married Marie Blattenbauer and father to two children, Jazmine and Jason. Jesse worked at var - the couple was blessed with two children. The couple later divorced, but actively shared ious job throughout his life. He was employed by the Ottertail in their children’s lives. Jerold was employed at the Vikings Gas Plant in Ada for many Power Company in Fergus Falls, Minn., and later he worked at years. In 1987, he married Beverly Person and they spent many wonderful years at the Pine Manor Treatment Center. His work at the treatment center lake. was especially meaningful to him as he had struggled with Retiring on the lake served him well, Jerry loved to fish. In addition to fishing, he alcohol addiction but had been clean and sober for several spent a great deal of time at Pinehurst Resort. He was a daily part of the men’s coffee club years. He genuinely interacted with the clients and was an and always enjoyed a “Dick LaVoy Windsor.” Jerry liked to keep busy and could often be encouragement to many. found tinkering about and fixing things. Although Jerry’s health declined with the progres - Some activities Jesse enjoyed was eating homemade food, sion of Alzheimer’s, he proudly continued living in his home with the loving care of his watching and playing with his great nieces and nephews and wife and family. living with Mark and Jamie during the three years prior to Jerold is survived by his wife, Beverly of Naytahwaush; daughter, Pauline Karsten of entering Emmanuel Nursing Home in Detroit Lakes. Gillette, Wyo.; son, Samuel Karsten of Champlin, Minn.; step-daughter, Tracie Kvale of Jesse is survived by his siblings: Delores (David) Rousou, Moorhead, Minn.; step-sons: Paul (Debbie) Kvale of Grand Forks, N.D., and Brett Kvale Donna (Ken) Niemi, Wayne (Katie) Janke and Michael (Misty) Janke; nieces and nephews: of St. Croix Falls, Wis.; brother, Marvin Karsten of Perham, Minn.; grandchildren; and Ruth (Bill) Newton, Joe, Gary (Cindy), Mark (Jamie), Elaine (David) Keezer; and many several nieces and nephews. other nieces and nephews to numerous to name. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister. He was preceded in death by his mother, Margaret “Muggins” Janke; grandparents, A memorial service was held Oct. 24 at the Anderson Family Funeral Home in Charles and Elizabeth Foster; siblings: Rose Marie Fairbanks, Charles “Joe” Foster, Diane Mahnomen. Arnold and Rossetta (Jim) Sauk; and many aunts, uncles and cousins. Interment: Ada City Cemetery. Arrangements: Anderson Family Funeral Home of Mahnomen. A funeral service was held Oct. 8 at the Assembly of God Church in White Earth. Online website: www.andersonfamilyfh.com Interment: Chief Cornerstone Cemetery in White Earth. Arrangements: Anderson Family Funeral Home of Mahnomen. Online website: www.andersonfamilyfh.com Leroy James Bellcourt

Leroy Bellcourt, 79, of Ogema, passed away suddenly on Oct. 12 at St Mary’s Cheryl Jean Kjos Essentia Health Hospital in Detroit Lakes. Leroy James Bellcourt was born Nov. 18, 1940, in White Earth Township to Joseph Cheryl Kjos, age 72, of Waubun, died Oct. 21 under the care of her family and Hospice and Grace (LaChapelle) Bellcourt. He was raised and attended school in White Earth. of the Red River Valley. Growing up, Leroy met Doris Jackson and they became Cheryl Jean was born Sept. 1, 1948, in White Earth to Martin and Florence (Kjolberg) friends. After school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1961. Pederson. She grew up on a farm four miles northwest of White Earth, attending school in After leaving the Army, Leroy moved to south Minneapolis Waubun. Cheryl met Earl Kjos Sr. in 3rd grade when he pulled finding and marrying his best friend and love of his life, Doris her pigtail and eventually became the love of her life. They Jackson. In the early 1990s, the family moved back to White were married on Sept. 24, 1966. The couple lived in the Twin Earth. Cities for a few years before moving back north where they Leroy loved to listen to music, his coffee in the morning, settled in Waubun. jigsaw puzzles, playing cards, gardening-which he was excel - Throughout her life she worked various jobs, from the lent at, but his favorite thing to do was visit with his family and Garment Factory near Mahnomen and Swifts in Detroit Lakes, friends. Leroy’s family was always his first priority. Frazee and Perham, Minn. Cheryl later retired from the Deeply loved, Leroy’s passing is mourned by his children Shooting Star Casino as lead maintenance supervisor in 2014, Brian, Shari, Valerie, Leroy Jr, LaNay, and Kari; twenty one to care for her husband, Earl, who died in March 2015. She grandchildren, and ten great grandchildren; siblings Ray, continued to live in her home on the farm in which she loved Richard, Donna, Sharon, and Ron; numerous nieces, nephews, near Waubun ever since. and extended family. Cheryl loved gardening, sewing, crafting, anything in the Preceding Leroy in death were his wife Doris; parents, Joseph and Grace; grandpar - great outdoors, and was a dream baker. She loved spending time with her family. Cheryl ents: Joe and Myrtle Bellcourt, and Phillip and Myrtle LAChapelle; sons, Vincent and lit up when she saw her grandchildren and glowed when she saw her great grandchildren. Arnie; grandson, Jeff; granddaughter, Violet; and brother, Wayne. Cheryl will be dearly missed but is at peace, which brings great comfort to her family. A Mass of Christian burial was held Oct. 16 at St. Benedict Catholic church in White Earth. Cheryl is survived by her son, Mark Kjos of Waubun; daughter, Lori (Willie Wallace) Arrangements: David-Donehower Funeral Home of Detroit Lakes. Amundsen of Ada, Minn.; brother, Allan Pederson; grandchildren: Michael (Amy), Ashley, Online: www.daviddonehower.com Jenifer and Robert; great grandchildren: Delilah, Eden and Corinth; nieces and nephews: Lisa, Tina, Becky, Greg and Dennis; and other extended family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Sr.; son, Earl Jr.; granddaughter, Due to ongoing issues with the COVIN-19 pandemic, White Heather Suzanne; and great granddaughter, Heather Grace. Earth RBC program hours, days available and services Honoring her request, Cheryl was cremated and a memorial service was held Oct. 24 offered may change at any time. at Lake Grove Lutheran Church in rural Waubun. Interment: Lake Grove Lutheran Cemetery. Please call ahead or check out the latest information Arrangements: Anderson Family Funeral Home of Mahnomen. on our website at: Online website and video tribute: www.andersonfamilyfh.com www.whiteearth.com or You can reach the Anishinaabeg Today www.facebook.com/WhiteEarthNation at 218-983-3285 Ext. 5903or [email protected] 24 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020

WE TRIBAL COURT WE TRIBAL COURT WE TRIBAL COURT WE TRIBAL COURT CHILDREN’S COURT CHILDREN’S COURT CHILDREN’S COURT CHILDREN’S COURT In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child(ren) of: In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child(ren) of: In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child(ren) of: In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child(ren) of: Melissa Jackson Rene Tibbetts Ronnie Keezer Cassie Littlewolf Summons of Petition and Hearing Notice Summons of Petition and Hearing Notice Summons of Petition and Hearing Notice Summons of Petition and Hearing Notice Court File No. CC16-0299, CC18-0364 Court File No. CC20-0644...0647 Court File No. [CC18-0341] Court File No. CC17-0706 etc

YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on April 12, YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on October December 20, 2019, a Petition to Suspend September 1, 2020, a Suspension of Parental 2018 a Suspension of parental Rights Petition 9, 2020, a Suspension of Parental Right Parental Rights was filed with the White Earth Right Petition was filed with the White Earth was filed with the White Earth Tribal Court Petition was filed with the White Earth Tribal Tribal Court regarding your child in file Tribal Court regarding your child in file regarding your child in file CC18-0341. A Court regarding your child in file CC17-0706. CC16-0299, CC18-0364. A Pretrial hearing on CC20-0644…0647. A Pre-trial hearing on the Pretrial hearing on the matter is scheduled for A Pre-trial hearing on the matter is scheduled the matter is scheduled for January 7, 2021 at matter is scheduled for December 23, 2020 at December 16, 2020 at 1:45 PM. You are asked for December 31, 2020 at 10:30. You are asked 9:30 A.M and again at 10:00 AM. You are 1:15 PM. You are asked to contact White Earth to contact White Earth Tribal Court to contact White Earth Tribal Court asked to contact White Earth Tribal Court Tribal Court Administration located at the Administration located at the RTC in White Administration located at the RTC in White Administration located at the RTC in White RTC in White Earth, Minnesota at 218-983- Earth, Minnesota at 218-983-4648. If you fail Earth, Minnesota at 218-983-4648. If you fail Earth, Minnesota at 218-983-4648. If you fail 4648. If you fail to appear for this hearing the to appear for this hearing the Court may find to appear for this hearing the Court may find to appear for this hearing the Court may find Court may find you in default and enter an you in default and enter an order. you in default and enter an order. you in default and enter an order. order. Dated : October 29, 2020 Dated : October 30, 2020 Dated : October 30, 2020 Dated : October 30, 2020 Chad Chaney Chad Chaney Chad Chaney Chad Chaney Attorney for WE Indian Child Welfare Attorney for WE Indian Child Welfare Attorney for WE Indian Child Welfare Attorney for WE Indian Child Welfare

WE TRIBAL COURT WE TRIBAL COURT WE TRIBAL COURT WE TRIBAL COURT In the Matter of Bonnie Meeks and Anthony CHILDREN’S COURT CHILDREN’S COURT CHILDREN’S COURT Fairbanks vs. Abby Tellinghuisen In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child(ren) of: In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child(ren) of: In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child(ren) of: Summons for Appearance of: Abby David Jack Jr. Lasondra Allen Mark Lemieux Tellinghuisen Summons of Petition and Hearing Notice Summons of Petition and Hearing Notice Summons of Petition and Hearing Notice Court File No. C20-0474 Court File No. CC17-0706 etc Court File No. CC20-0413 Court File No. CC20-0644...0647 YOU ARE HEREBY notified that court is scheduled for December 10, 2020 at 9:30 YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on October YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on August YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on a.m., for a hearing on the Petition for Third 9, 2020, a Suspension of Parental Right 19, 2020, a Suspension of Parental Right September 1, 2020, a Suspension of Parental Party Custody and will be held at the White Petition was filed with the White Earth Tribal Petition was filed with the White Earth Tribal Right Petition was filed with the White Earth Earth Tribal Court at 35500 Eagle View Court regarding your child in file CC17-0706. Court regarding your child in file CC20-0413. Tribal Court regarding your child in file A Pre-trial hearing on the matter is scheduled A Pre-trial hearing on the matter is scheduled CC20-0644…0647. A Pre-trial hearing on the Road, Ogema, MN 56569. You are asked to for December 31, 2020 at 10:30. You are asked for December 3, 2020 at 10:30 AM. You are matter is scheduled for December 23, 2020 at contact Court Administration at 218-983- to contact White Earth Tribal Court asked to contact White Earth Tribal Court 1:15 PM. You are asked to contact White Earth 4648, ext. 5757, to receive a copy of the Administration located at the RTC in White Administration located at the RTC in White Tribal Court Administration located at the petition. FAILURE OF ABBY Earth, Minnesota at 218-983-4648. If you fail Earth, Minnesota at 218-983-4648. If you fail RTC in White Earth, Minnesota at 218-983- TELLINGHUISEN TO APPEAR AT OR to appear for this hearing the Court may find to appear for this hearing the Court may find 4648. If you fail to appear for this hearing the MAKE ARRANGEMENTS PRIOR TO you in default and enter an order. you in default and enter an order. Court may find you in default and enter an THE NEXT SCHEDULED HEARING order. COULD RESULT IN A DEFAULT Dated : October 30, 2020 Dated : October 29, 2020 JUDGEMENT ENTERED AGAINST HER Chad Chaney Chad Chaney Dated : October 30, 2020 AND PERMANENT LEGAL AND PHYS - Attorney for WE Indian Child Welfare Attorney for WE Indian Child Welfare Chad Chaney ICAL CUSTODY COULD BE TRANS - Attorney for WE Indian Child Welfare FERRED TO PETITIONERS.

WE TRIBAL COURT WE TRIBAL COURT WE TRIBAL COURT WE TRIBAL COURT TRAFFIC COURT TRAFFIC COURT TRAFFIC COURT TRAFFIC COURT In the Matter of Sheldon Patrick Burnette; In the Matter of Rose Ann Bellanger; DOB: In the Matter of Wendy Sue Littlewolf; In the Matter of Melinda Jean Jones; DOB: 08/17/1993 10/30/1980 DOB: 08/17/1965 DOB: 02/06/1987 Summons for Appear in Court Summons for Appear in Court Summons for Appear in Court Summons for Appear in Court Court File No. T20-0560 Court File No. T20-0588 Court File No. T20-0559 Court File No. T20-0536

YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on November 18, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. an Order November 18, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. an Order November 18, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. an Order November 18, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. an Order to Show Cause Hearing on the traffic cita - to Show Cause Hearing on the traffic cita - to Show Cause Hearing on the traffic cita - to Show Cause Hearing on the traffic cita - tion will be held at the White Earth Tribal tion will be held at the White Earth Tribal tion will be held at the White Earth Tribal tion will be held at the White Earth Tribal Court at 35500 Eagle View Road Ogema, Court at 35500 Eagle View Road Ogema, Court at 35500 Eagle View Road Ogema, Court at 35500 Eagle View Road Ogema, MN 56569. You are asked to contact Court MN 56569. You are asked to contact Court MN 56569. You are asked to contact Court MN 56569. You are asked to contact Court Administration at 218-983-4648, ext. 5757 Administration at 218-983-4648, ext. 5757 Administration at 218-983-4648, ext. 5757 Administration at 218-983-4648, ext. 5757 to receive a copy of the citation. If you fail to receive a copy of the citation. If you fail to receive a copy of the citation. If you fail to receive a copy of the citation. If you fail to appear for this hearing, the Court may to appear for this hearing, the Court may to appear for this hearing, the Court may to appear for this hearing, the Court may find you in default and/or held in contempt find you in default and/or held in contempt find you in default and/or held in contempt find you in default and/or held in contempt of court of court of court of court Dated : October 22, 2020 Dated : October 22, 2020 Dated : October 22, 2020 Dated : October 9, 2020 Please contact Court Administration to Please contact Court Administration to Please contact Court Administration to Please contact Court Administration to make arrangements to appear by phone make arrangements to appear by phone make arrangements to appear by phone make arrangements to appear by phone due to Covid-19. due to Covid-19. due to Covid-19. due to Covid-19. Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Anishinaabeg Today 25

Obituaries

Richinda Lois Rock Carol Jean Norquist Richinda Lois Rock was born Dec. 16, 1951, in White Earth to Albert and Anna (Rice) Carol Jean Norquist, 76, of Modesto, Calif., entered into Eternal Life with her Savior Basswood. She passed away Oct. 18 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, N.D. Jesus Christ, peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones on Oct. 15. Carol was born Chinda grew up in the Pine Point area and graduated in the Honor Society from Park Nov. 23, 1943, to Louie Goodin and Angeline Wadena in Warroad, Minn. Rapids High School. She was very active in her community and very successful in creating Carol is survived by her husband Gale of 58 years; daugh - the first Pine Point drum group with the assistance of her ters: Gayle Ann Norquist, Cyndy Lynn Tverberg and Karin father, Albert Sr. She aimed to make sure kids in the communi - Leigh Tarvin; along with eight grandchildren, 16 great grand - ty learned to sing. Chinda continued her education, graduating children, sister-in-law’s, several cousins, nieces and nephews. with a B.S. in elementary education from Moorhead State Carol is predeceased by her parents; and brothers: Earl University. She taught adult basic education in White Earth and Goodin, Mitzi Goodin and Sonny Goodin. was an elementary teacher in Pine Point. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and Chinda enjoyed bingo, puzzle books, playing softball, friend. She loved to cook, crochet, knit and be with family. shooting pool and playing cards. She especially loved spending Carol especially enjoyed going back to Minnesota every year time with her family especially her grandchildren. to be with family and friends as well as casino visits. During She is survived by her daughters: Dawn Ann Basswood, her time back in Minnesota she followed powwows and was Sunshine Lynn (John) Rock and Jane Elizabeth Kettle; grand - proud of her Native American heritage, specifically from children: Desiree, Jordan, Adrianna, Natalie, James Lee, Naytahwaush. Madison, Emma, Aleigha and Dominic; great grandson, Carol was very spiritual and from the beginning she ded - Daycion Weaver; siblings: Delmar Basswood, Margaret icated her children to God and encouraged them to explore the beauty of the gospels. Her Basswood, Patricia Miller and Sandy Smith; and numerous nieces and nephews. devotion to her family and her belief in God supported her in her struggle and ultimately Chinda was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Anna Basswood; sisters: gave her peace. Rosetta, Jeanie Mae, Doris, Mary Lou and Debra; brothers: Richard Sr., Maynard, Rolland In lieu of flowers, donations to the American Cancer Society or any local Hospice can and Albert Jr. be made in Carol’s name. A graveside service was held Oct. 22 at Breck Memorial Episcopal Cemetery in Ponsford. Arrangements: David-Donehower Funeral Home of Detroit Lakes. Cold weather tips for water and sewer service Online: www.daviddonehower.com The most likely spot for water lines to Frozen water pipes freeze is where it enters the house/building. Know where the main shut off, when a Make sure warmer air can reach pipes pipe is frozen the ice inside the pipe Deborah Ann Decker where water enters the house/building. If expands. When it thaws and turns back into Deborah Decker, 57, of Ogema, died Oct. 2 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, N.D. you have heat tape wrapped around your water the pipe usually is cracked causing a Deborah Ann DeGroat was born Sept. 30, 1963, to Sharon (Rogers) and George pipes make sure it is plugged in. leak. If you can operate the main shut off DeGroat Sr. in Kenosha, Wis. She grew up and attended school in Kenosha and moved to Check around your home for areas you can prevent flooding the rest of your the Ogema area when she was 27 years old. where water supply lines are in unheated home Debbie worked as a baker before beginning to work as a PCA on the White Earth areas and take measures to prevent the flow Frozen but not ruptured? If you turn on Reservation. She has spent the past 28 years with her lifelong partner, Dale Accobee, living of cold air in these areas. Common loca - the faucet and the water doesn’t come out or in Ogema. Debbie loved spending all her time with her family tions include: basement, crawl space, attic, comes out in a trickle, your pipes are prob - and enjoyed watching her grandchildren grow. Debbie was a garage, and under kitchen and bathroom ably frozen. You need to act quickly to thaw caring individual with a bubbly personality. Throughout the cabinets. the frozen pipe before it bursts. day, she had to sing you a song including any phrases or words Determine where your water shut-off Locate the pipe where you believe pipe you had to say. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and valve is in your house and learn how to use is frozen or blocked. Often the frozen area loved her. it. For most homes the shut-off valve is of the pipe will be frosted or have ice on it. Debbie leaves behind her significant other, Dale of located near the water meter at the point If the situation is getting critical the pipe Ogema; children: Tara (Celestine) Bailey of St. Cloud, Minn., where the water line comes into your home, may be slightly bulged or look slightly fis - Ashley (Carlandus) Bailey of Detroit Lakes, Dallas Decker and which usually in your basement. If a pipe sured. Sophie Accobee both of Ogema; grandchildren: Aden, freezes and breaks it will be important to know where the shut-off valve is located. If the frozen pipe is behind a wall or Harmonie, Aamira, Chasity, Zoey, Janiyah and baby girl in ceiling, you’ve got a challenge on your March; brothers, George Jr. (Andrea) DeGroat of Twin Lakes, Keep the thermostat set to the same temperature both during the day and at hands. You have three choices: Wis., and Paul (Nel Kier) Warren of White Earth; aunts and • Turn up the heat in the house and nieces and nephews. night. By temporarily suspending the use of lower nighttime temperatures, you may wait. She was preceded in death by her parents. • Use an infrared lamp or lamps to heat Private family services were held. incur a higher heating bill, but you can pre - vent a much more costly repair job if pipes the wall where you think the frozen area is Arrangements: Anderson Family Funeral Home of Mahnomen. located. Infrared lamps are better than reg - Online website: www.andersonfamilyfh.com freeze and burst. Do not plow or drive over the area ular heat lamps because the heat passes where your water and sewer lines are through the air without heating it, directing buried. Doing so pushes the frost further more energy to warming the wall and into the ground, increasing the risk of freeze frozen pipe. up. • Tear out part of the wall or ceiling to Make sure the roof vent is not covered get at the frozen section of pipe. Then thaw with snow or blocked. Snow build up over the pipe as an exposed pipe. the vent will cause the sewer drain to slow Plug in your heat tape if you unplugged down. This prevents the warmer air in the it during the summer months sewer system from venting up the house Please contact the White Earth Water and keeping the line above from freezing. and Sewer department in the event of your Make sure any sewer cleanouts or ris - water or sewer freezing at 218-983-3202. ers (white pipes in the yard) are capped so The community water systems will monitor You can reach the AT at [email protected] none of the cold air can enter the sewer sys - water temperature to prevent community tem causing a freeze up. freeze ups. 26 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020

• Must have a Driver’s License and acceptable driving history for WE Reservation Housing Authority traveling throughout the Reservation. • Must pass pre-employment drug and background screenings. Tel. (218) 473-4663 / Fax (218) 473-2910 Affidavit of Publication Position: Project Manager/Inspector Position: Tri-Funding Re-Hab Aide WHITE EARTH BAND OF OJIBWE ) Location : White Earth Housing, Waubun Location : White Earth Housing, Waubun WHITE EARTH RESERVATION ) ss. Closes : Until Filled Closes : Until Filled STATE OF MINNESOTA ) Pay : $17.00 Pay : $13.40 White Earth Tribal Court Status : FT/Term of the Grant Status : FT/Permanent The White Earth Reservation Housing Authority is seeking qualified The White Earth Reservation Housing Authority is seeking qualified In Re the Matter of: candidates to oversee the planning and implementation of a special candidates to work with special grant projects administered by the Melissa Jackson, DOB: 03/26/1984; grant project administered by the White Earth Reservation Housing White Earth Reservation Housing Authority. Petitioner, Authority. Job Tasks : and Job Tasks : • The position is responsible for assisting with administering property Lonnie Burrow Jr., DOB: 08/27/1986; • Directs and oversees all aspects within the assigned department to and procurement for the White Earth Housing Authority. Respondent. ensure program objectives are met and scope of work is completed on • Help with measuring, prices and orders material time. • Delivers material as requested by the supervisor. SUMMONS File No. OP20-0439 • The position is responsible for administering property and procure - • Maintain delivery slips per project. ment for the White Earth Housing Authority. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required : THE WHITE EARTH BAND OF OJIBWE TO THE ABOVE- • Initial inspection to determine the needs of the rental and homeown - • Understanding of and ability to work within procurement policies NAMED RESPONDENT: er’s unit according to program guidelines and requirements, takes pic - and guidelines set by the housing authority as well as applicable local, A Permanent Order for Protection has been issued based on the tures and estimates the cost of damages to the unit. tribal, federal and funding sources. Affidavit and Petition for Order for Protection in this matter. An • Write scopes of work for each unit in the project. • Ability to follow and apply the policies and procedures of The Order for Protection was issued on October 21, 2020. • Solicits bids by contractors according to the scope of work, includ - White Earth Housing Authority. ing lead-based paint removal contractors. • Must have moderate to advanced computer skills with emphasis on NOTICE OF RESTRAINING PROVISIONS • Measures, prices and orders material Excel and experience with database software. SERVICE OF THIS SUMMONS MAKES THE FOLLOWING • Delivers material when needed. • Creates and maintains files. REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO THIS ACTION UNLESS THEY • Performs inspection as required by the Housing Authority to • Ability to work with minimal supervision and complete assigned ARE MODIFIED BY THE COURT OR THE PROCEEDING include: rehabilitation of project units, including lead based paint tasks in a timely manner. DISMISSED: identification, removal of RHHS hazards. Qualifications Included : Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required : • Previous experience related in the construction trade. (1)RESPONDENT SHALL NOT COMMIT ACTS OF • Understanding of and ability to work within procurement policies • Previous work related experience in scope of work completion and DOMESTIC ABUSE AGAINST THE PETITIONER. and guidelines set by the housing authority as well as applicable local, material procurement. (2)RESPONDENT MUST NOT HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH tribal, federal and funding sources. • Must have a Driver’s License and acceptable driving history for PETITIONER WHETHER IN PERSON, WITH OR • Ability to follow and apply the policies and procedures of the White traveling throughout the Reservation. THROUGH OTHER PERSON, BY TELEPHONE, LETTER Earth Housing Authority. • Must pass pre-employment drug and background screenings. OR ANY OTHER WAY • Must have moderate to advanced computer skills with emphasis on • Vast knowledge of the geographical area of the White Earth Excel and experience with database software. Reservation and Leech Lake Reservation. IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OF THESE PROVISIONS, YOU • Creates and maintains files for each unit in project that includes WILL BE SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS BY THE COURT. contractors information for each unit in the project. Position: Tri-Funding Re-Hab Assistant • Ability to work with minimal supervision and complete assigned Location : White Earth Housing, Waubun tasks in a timely manner. Closes : Until Filled Qualifications Included : Pay : DOQ • Previous experience related to management of personnel in the con - Status : FT/Permanent from Page 6 struction trade. The White Earth Reservation Housing Authority is seeking qualified Leaders • Previous work - related experience in scope of work completion, candidates to oversee the planning and implementation of special budgeting, bidding contracts and material procurement. grant projects administered by the White Earth Reservation Housing demics, and Dionne is confident they will again, even • Must have a Driver’s License and acceptable driving history for Authority. if she’s concerned about health inequities and other traveling throughout the Reservation. Job Tasks : disparities that are exacerbated by the pandemic. • Must pass pre-employment drug and background screenings • Directs and oversees all aspects within the assigned department to ensure program objectives are met and scope of work is completed on “We always seem to come out on the other side,” Position: Maintenance time. Dionne said. “We will persevere.” Location : White Earth Housing, Waubun • The position is responsible for administering property and procure - On the Red Lake Nation in far northwestern Closes : Until Filled ment for the White Earth Housing Authority. Minnesota, Chairman Darrell Seki said he’s frustrated Pay : DOQ • Initial inspection to determine the needs of the homeowner’s unit Status : FT/Permanent according to program guidelines and requirements, takes pictures and by high transmission rates in nearby Beltrami County, The White Earth Reservation Housing Authority is seeking qualified estimates the cost of damages to the unit. and with President Donald Trump for not communicat - candidates to be responsible to provide general maintenance repair for • Write scopes of work for the unit. ing the importance of wearing masks. all housing properties. • Solicits bids by contractors according to the scope of work. He said he’s trying to do his part to convince peo - Job Tasks : • Measures, prices and orders material ple that COVID-19 is dangerous, and to take it serious - • Performs professional services to the White Earth Housing • Delivers material when needed. Authority and surrounding areas to maintain all tribal housing to in a • Performs inspection as required by the Housing Authority to ly. The message remains the same, even if people are safe and sanitary condition include: rehabilitation of projects. tired of hearing it. • Performs various unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled tasks in general Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required : “I still encourage our people to wear a mask,” he maintenance such as repair, care and up-keep of ground, equipment, • Understanding of and ability to work within procurement policies said, in twice-weekly videos for tribal members posted buildings and facilities with responsibility for work performance in and guidelines set by the housing authority as well as applicable local, several trades. tribal, federal and funding sources. on social media. “I don’t like to wear masks, but I do it • Participates in assignments involving painting, masonry, plumbing, • Ability to follow and apply the policies and procedures of The to try and save lives and avoid passing it around.” carpentry, electrical and other craft skills in repairs to building, equip - White Earth Housing Authority. ment and grounds • Must have moderate to advanced computer skills with emphasis on • Fill out and complete work orders, reports, inspections and other Excel and experience with database software. written documents. • Creates and maintains files for the contractors according to the Anishinaabeg Today Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required : homeowner’s unit. • Knowledge and ability to follow and apply the policies and proce - • Ability to work with minimal supervision and complete assigned Readers dures of The White Earth Housing Authority. tasks in a timely manner. • Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Qualifications Included : • Ability to work with minimal supervision and complete assigned • Previous experience related to management of personnel in the con - Please let us know if you recently moved, tasks in a timely manner. struction trade. or have moved in the past few years so we can • Knowledge of basic home improvement procedures and general • Previous work related experience in scope of work completion, bud - cancel your old address. maintenance repair of furnace, equipment and home appliances. geting, bidding contracts and material procurement. • Ability to perform work indoors and outdoors, with frequent expo - • Must have a Driver’s License and acceptable driving history for Many papers are still being sent to sure to dust, dirt and debris. traveling throughout the Reservation. old addresses! • Ability to withstand frequent bending, kneeling and squatting. • Must pass pre-employment drug and background screenings Frequent use of hands and fingers to operate equipment. Send Applications to : Call Anishinaabeg Today Qualifications Included : White Earth Housing Authority (attn: Diane) at 218-983-3285 Ext. 5903 • High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) 3303 US Hwy 59 S or • Previous experience related in the construction trade. Waubun, MN 56589 email [email protected] • Prefer some experience in working with home maintenance repair. EEO with Native American Preference Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Anishinaabeg Today 27 Township Notices Attention New Homeowners & Existing Homeowners If you are in need of a Well and Sewer System ATTENTION: for your house/ trailer home you can contact White Earth Water & Sewer for an application as Eagle View Township’s November Meeting is we receive grants. being moved to Thursday, November 12, 2020 beginning at 7 p.m. Requirements to qualify for the grants are: The meeting will he held at the Elbow Lake Community Center - 39944 North Elbow Lake * Tribal Enrolled member Drive.

* Reside on the White Earth Reservation A Canvass Board will meet to certify the township election and regular business will be conducted * Show proof of land (Land Deed/Tribal Land at that time. agreement) and proof of homeownership Eagle View Township Clerk * 18 years of age or older Mary Turner

* Must have electricity, heat source, and interior plumbing to the home

* Income verification (some existing home owners Lake Grove Township grants require) Monthly Meeting Notice Contact us at 218-983-3202 Notice is hereby given to the citizens of Lake Grove Township, County of Mahnomen, State of Minnesota, that the monthly Township meeting will be held November 17 . The meeting will commence at 7:30 p.m. at the Jerome Wolbeck Job Announcement Lakes Area Adoption residence.

Support 3rd Annual Lori Tibbetts Position Available : The Mahnomen County Farm Service Clerk,Town of Lake Grove Agency (FSA) is accepting applications for a permanent full- Adoptive Mom’s Retreat time Program Technician. Program Technicians are responsi - “Be Still, And Know” ble for carrying out office activities and functions; interpret - ing and explaining procedures; and utilizing web-based soft - A day of refreshment, encouragement, Thank You ware applications to maintain producer data and processing education and connection with other adoptive automated forms. They provide assistance to landowners and operators in administering government farm programs. moms. We would like to give a big thanks to the Saturday, Nov. 14 Naytahwaush Community Council and all the volunteers Applicants should possess good customer service and com - munication skills; have strong computer skills; and farm back - Community Alliance Church that continue to donate their time to our community. Even with the coronavirus pandemic you are still putting your - ground or knowledge of agriculture not required but would be Detroit Lakes, Minn. beneficial. Ideal candidates will be detail oriented and a team selves out there for us and you are trying to do your best at www.adoptiveretreat.com player. Annual salary ranges from $31,208 to $56,222 (CO-04 keeping us safe by wearing face coverings and gloves. We through CO-07) depending on the qualifications of the appli - [email protected] appreciate all of your hard work. Stay safe and again thank cant. $30 / person (includes lunch) you. Interested individuals should apply by following the instruc - “Our retreat qualifies for continuing education Timothy and Cheryl Rindahl tions in the complete vacancy announcement at hours for foster and other needs. ” www.usajobs.gov (enter Program Technician in the key - words box and Mahnomen, MN in the location box and click on search). Applications can be submitted beginning October 26, 2020 through 10:59 pm on November 9, 2020. For additional information, contact Crystal Dibley at 218- Ganawendandaa Nibiikaangi In Need of 935-2561 or [email protected]. Let’s Protect Our Waters USDA is an Equal Opportunity Provider, Septic Pumping? Employer, and Lender Help Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers If you need your septic system pumped call the White Earth Public Works Department at 218-983-3202. To avoid spreading aquatic invasive species do the following: Enrolled elder (55 years & older) - $25 BEFORE launching and BEFORE leaving. u White Earth Nation has a Remove aquatic plants and aquatic animals Enrolled member (54 years & younger) - $80 u Facebook page! Drain lake/river water away from the landing u Non-enrollee (any age) - $115 Dispose of unwanted live bait in the trash Visit us for the latest It’s unlawful to transport aquatic plants, and Non-White Earth Businesses - $120 COVIN-19 updates: zebra mussels . (Must live on White Earth Reservation) www.facebook.com/ WhiteEarthNation You can reach the Anishinaabeg Today at 218-983-3285 Ext. 5903 or [email protected] 28 Anishinaabeg Today Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Rice Lake Cemetery gets new fence

Harvesting wild rice from a birds-eye view

Richard Hanks shared some photos of the recent wild rice harvest. He used his drone to capture imagines that many people can’t see from the shore.

Drone photos by Richard Hanks

COLA from Front Page ing, food and transportation issues, special education can use the wi-fi. COLA officials consider this a Photos by Sharon Sauck services, Covid-19 mitigation measures, importance short-term solution due to the distance between the of Ojibwe language and culture revitalization, and school and where students live on the reservation. Members of the Day Labor Crew recently built a new fence the need for broadband internet services for students Plus, the satellite connectivity is spotty due to the around the expanded Rice Lake Cemetery. Top : Building the and community members. lack of cellular towers. fence were Andrea Basswood, Kevin Heinonen, Randal Basswood, Frank Bellanger and Dylan Hvezda. Bottom : Crew The tour ended with a demonstration of COLA’s MacGregor said she appreciated the feedback members put the finishing touches on a gate. Smart Bus, part of a pilot project that outfits a school from the RBC and COLA staff and said she was bus with wi-fi. The bus then visits communities impressed with the school and its scenic location on where students, who are currently distance learning, Mission Lake.

Photo by Gary W. Padrta Wednesday, November 11, 2020 The Circle of Life Academy staff and tribal council welcomed U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior Katharine MacGregor, blue jeans, at the school on Oct. 15.