April 18, 2003 Official Newspaper of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin

KalihwisaksKalihwisaks “She Looks For News” April 18, 2003 Official Newspaper of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin www.oneidanation.org Wisconsin ranks second in revenue OperationOperation OneidaOneida CaresCares from Indian casinos Milwaukee, Wis. - The state of Wisconsin will lead all other states in Indian casino revenues paid to them except for the state of Connecticut. The $118 million payments to the state of Wisconsin by the eleven casinos in the state puts the Badger State second among the twenty-two states that have Indian gaming accord- ing to a study done by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Connecticut will receive $400 million this year from their two Indian casinos. Foxwoods Casino and Mohegan Sun Casino are two of the largest casinos in the world. Oneida Legislative Affairs Director, Kevin Cornelius, said that the Oneida Tribe realizes the significance of the sizable payments the tribes are sending the state and is surprised that the Republican legislature is still balking at the idea of new compact agreements. “The economic impact and payment that we (the eleven Wisconsin tribes) have agreed Ceremony recognizes men to, far outweighs any amount that other state’s tribes pay and women in armed with the exception of See Page 4 forces, Oneida veterans Revenue By Keith Skenandore mentary school is holding a Kalihwisaks penny drive to raise money Tears were shed, prayers for the family of Lori were spoken as “Operation Piestewa. Oneida Cares” held an Vice-Chairwoman Kathy evening committed to patrio- Hughes said the Oneida tism, family and community Nation, like any other nation, unity. share in praying for the men Recognizing the commit- and women, and families who ment and valor of Oneida cit- sacrificed to “keep our land izens in the armed forces, and Pages 2A-4A/Local News free.” Page 5A-6A/State & Nat’l paying tribute to their veter- “The freedom we enjoy News ans, approximately 50 mem- today,” said Hughes, “to gath- Page 7A/Legislative Review/ bers of the Oneida Tribe gath- er and express our spirituality Letters & Opinions ered on April 16 to offer their individually is possible Page 8A/Sports support in the current war because of our troops fighting Page 9A-10A/Operation conflict, “Operation Iraqi to protect our land.” Oneida Cares Freedom.” Hughes, an Army veteran, Page 1B/Lifestyles A “Wall of Armed Forces” Page 2B/Local News was shared with everyone in said the Oneida Nation is Page 3B/Education attendance, displaying photos extremely proud of their his- Page 4B/Health tory in serving “this great Page 5B/Eye on Environment of 21 names of Oneida citizens currently serving their nation” and that Oneida men Photos by Phil Wisneski and Keith Skenandore Page 6B/Culture and women have fought to Page 7B/Good News country. A poster of Pfc. Lori Top: Oneida veterans give a twenty-one gun salute to honor all veterans and Page 8B/Classifieds Piestewa, a Hopi woman who defend “this country in every current soldiers in the United States Armed Forces at a Community Prayer held lost her life in combat in Iraq, conflict since the at the Norbert Hill Center on April 16. The community prayer was set up to give was also pictured. Piestewa is Revolutionary War. “Our warriors, both men support to Oneida community members with family members in the Armed believed to be the first Native Forces. A wall with photos of the Oneida community soldiers was also present- American woman enlisted in and women, have defended the armed forces to die in our homeland for centuries.” ed. Above Right: Debbie Reiter-Mehojah and daughter Louisa listen intently as combat in defense of her See Page 2 the names of the Oneida soldiers are read. Above Left: Lloyd “Sky” Schuyler country. conducts a special tobacco burning ceremony before the event occurs. The The Oneida Nation ele- Oneida Cares event was scheduled to be outside, but bad weather forced it indoors. Tribal leaders criticize Republican party for “stereotyped” cartoon By Keith Skenandore “Native Americans are tax- constitution and represent all Kalihwisaks payers too.We should not be the people in this state. It is MADISON, Wis. (AP) - the subject of racist political clear the Republican guard Tribal leaders reacted with cartoons sponsored by the does not feel the Native anger and indignation at the Republican party. The Americans are citizens that lack of sensitivity and igno- Wisconsin Constitution opens deserve their representation rance of the Republican Party the declaration of rights with honorably.” in featuring a stereotyped the following, All people are Forest County Potawatomi Indian throwing a tomahawk born equally, free and inde- Attorney General Jeff at the Wisconsin Taxpayers pendent, and have certain Crawford initially accused the on their website with the inherent rights, governments state Republican Party Image courtesy of State Senator Gwendolyn Moore press release voice-over, "As taxpayers, we are instituted, deriving their Tuesday of putting a “racist An image from the Republic Party of Wisconsin got scalped." just powers from the consent and derogatory” cartoon on a video clip, shown above, depicts a tomahawk flying In a press release issued by of the governed.” Web site the party created to through the air at a Wisconsin taxpayer. The voice- the United Tribe of Taylor continued, “The See Page 5 over of the video clip says, “Let’s face it, as taxpay- Wisconsin, Lewis Taylor, St. Republican lawmakers have a ers we got scalped.” Croix tribal leader, said responsibility to uphold the Cartoon 10A(Oye=lí) April 18, 2003 Kalihwisaks OperaOperationtion OOneidaneida CareCaress Hundreds mourn, honor Pfc Lori Piestewa Associated Press have to pick up and carry that TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) - baton,” said American Indian Hundreds of mourners stood recording artist Michael and cheered Saturday when Jeans, who sang “America the Arizona Gov. Janet Beautiful.” Napolitano called for a Wayland Piestewa sent best Phoenix mountain to be wishes from his family to renamed after Pfc. Lori Lynch, who is recovering Piestewa, the first American from her wounds at Walter Indian woman in the U.S. Reed Army Medical Center in military known to have been Maryland, and invited her to killed in combat. visit. “It’s left to us to make “We pray that she one day sense of her loss and carry on will come out so we can share the legacy she left behind,” the love that Lori gave us with Napolitano said at a memorial her,” he said. service held in this Navajo The ceremony began with a Reservation community’s performance by a group of high school gymnasium. Aztec dancers, honoring One way to do that, Piestewa’s mother’s Mexican Napolitano said, is to rename ancestry. a Phoenix mountain known as The crowd erupted, stand- Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak ing, cheering and whistling, and also rename State Route when Napolitano said she 51 in Phoenix, now called the would petition the Legislature Squaw Peak Freeway, after to rename the mountain and Piestewa. freeway to honor Piestewa. American Indian groups The Arizona State Board have tried for years to change on Geographic and Historic those names, saying the term Names normally approves “squaw” is offensive. such changes. State and fed- Piestewa (pronounced py- eral policies on geographic AP Photo/Tom Hood titles say there must be a five- ESS-tuh-wah) was among Members of the Fort Huachuca Color Guard of Sierra Vista, Ariz., stand in the parking lot of the Tuba City year waiting period after a nine members of the Army’s High School in Tuba City, Ariz., Saturday, April 12, 2003, before presenting a helmet with Pfc. Lori person’s death before the 507th Maintenance Company, Piestewa’s name on it to memorial inside of the high school. Thousands of people attended the memorial name can be used. based at Fort Bliss in Texas, service for Piestewa, the first U.S. servicewoman killed in the war on Iraq. killed in an ambush near The board’s chairman, Tim Nasiriyah last month. vicewoman killed in the Iraq her parents, Percy and Terry was very peaceful,” he said. Piestewa in high school and J. Norton, has said he sup- Palestine, W.Va., native Pfc. war, was a member of the Piestewa. The four-hour public cere- with friends. A picture of ports the waiting period in Jessica Lynch, another mem- Hopi Tribe, whose reservation Piestewa was buried mony was at Tuba City High Piestewa and Lynch carried this case. On Friday, ber of the 507th and is near Tuba City. She was a Saturday morning on the School, which Lori attended. the caption, “Warriors Napolitano said Norton Piestewa’s roommate, was 23-year-old single mother Hopi Reservation, her brother On a stage surrounded by Forever.” should resign his volunteer rescued from an Iraqi hospital raising a 4-year-old boy and a Wayland told the crowd of flowers, speaker after speaker “I am so happy to have post if he refuses to consider and returned to the United 3-year-old girl in Tuba City. 2,000. He offered no other honored Piestewa with songs, known her,” family friend the change. States on Saturday. Piestewa’s son and daughter details. poems and stories. Some read Christine Butler said. “Every Piestewa was one of the Piestewa, the first U.S. ser- attended the ceremony with “It was very beautiful. It e-mails sent to the family. time she would come home, very few American Indian Representatives of she wouldn’t sit with us. She women in the armed forces. American Indian tribes from would be outside jumping on Hopi officials said that 56 around the Southwest read the trampoline.” Hopis are serving in the U.S.

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